Man in Space and the Myrtle Point Moment
In Myrtle Point on a Saturday dawn many watched Col. Glenn's launch attempt with fascination and unease. The piece reflects on spaceflight's reality versus science fiction, privacy for Glenn's family, and humanity's future as nations pursue space exploration and the hope for world peace through shared effort.
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Myrtle Point
Col. Glenn
Col
Glenn
Buck Rogers
Buck
Shepherd
Virgil Grissom
Colonel Glenn
Time Magazine profile hints at a bourgeois life of Gloria Guinness
Time magazine profiles Gloria Guinness and her husband displaying a network of homes in Manhattan Palm Beach and Europe. The piece notes luxury apartments a tunnel between properties and a private jet and helicopter. It questions whether such havens imply constant anxiety or a tranquil lifestyle.
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Time Magazine
Jacquelioe Kennedy
Washinggton Dyc
Dheartah
Woaldert Lowers
Lausanne
Pans Avenue
Norway
Palm Beach
Dake Worth Florida
Florida
Vris Guraness
Europe
Loul Guiness
Take Worth
Gloria Guiness
Five houses and twelve months of travel for Mrs Guinness
A cheeky column notes Mrs Guinness’s lavish lifestyle, joking that she needs four more houses three planes and eight servants than the writer. It quips about wardrobes at each shelter and a life spent hopping between homes with a playful, boastful tone.
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Coquille
Humans cling to home in face of disaster and war
The piece contrasts Peru avalanches and volcanic eruptions with people returning to danger zones. It argues mankind favors known risks over unknown ones and warns against tying U.S. policy to a fragile world order, noting the perpetual threat of war as a preferable gamble.
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General Features Corp
Laryngectomized Readers Asked To Speak Up
Letters to the Herald emphasize awareness of laryngectomees who breathe through neck openings after cancer-induced loss of the larynx. Readers with such conditions urge careful handling in emergencies and check procedures down to the breast bone before any aid or coverings.
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United States
Check the Neck first aid guide from laryngectomee group
Betty Cary announces the New Voice Club of the Northwest for laryngectomees. The group, sponsored by the American Cancer Society, meets at Portland Central Library on the third Saturday each month at 2 p.m. Members in Oregon Washington and Idaho wear Medic Alert bracelets noting neck breathing.
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New
Voice Club of
Northwest
Portland
American Cancer Society
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Central Library
Betty Cary
New Voice Club of the Northwest
S. W
Park St
Coquille Valley Flood Control Set Back Again
County Agent George Jenkins said the Army Engineers need 16000 more dollars to finish additional surveys before a flood control hearing. Surveys have run since the 1920s with a 4000 dollar grant last fall. further studies by health and wildlife agencies are also required. The final report is promised by 1963 to head off opposition.
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Coquille Valley
George Jenkins
Corp of Army Engineers
Army Engineers
U. S Public Health Service
Fish and Wildlife and Recreation
Jenkins
Coquille Chamber of Commerce
Soldier to participate in joint Great Bear winter exercise
Fort Richardson Alaska man William C Thorp Jr a 25 year old graduate of Powers High School in 1954 joins other U S Army Alaska signal personnel in the Great Bear winter maneuver in Alaska February 12 to 21 The soldier attended Oregon State College and worked for Seeate Pacific before joining the army
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Fort Richardson
Alaska
William C. Thorp Jr
Powers, Org
U. S. Army
Alaska Signal Company
Powers High School
Oregon State College
Army
Seeate Pacific
Birth Announcements From Mast Hospital
A series of birth notices list new arrivals: Laura Mae Stevens a girl born at 6 42 p.m. weighing 6 lbs 15 oz to Mr. and Mrs Clyde Stevens at Myrtle Point Box 002. Mary Louise Hervey a girl born at 4 56 p.m. weighing 4 lbs 15 oz to Mr. and Mrs William PD Hervey at 1011 W 12th ime. Gregory Allen Bennett a boy born at 10 16 p.m. weighing 5 lbs 15 oz to Mr. and Mrs Duane D Bennett at 112 Carlie Lane Myrtle Point. Brenda Renee Sams a girl born at 6 35 p.m. weighing 7 lbs 1 oz to Mr. and Mrs Roy E Sams at Box 2330 Fairview Rt Coquille.
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Clyde Stevens
Laura Mae
Myrtle Point
Wm. PD. Hervey
Mary Louise
W. 12Th
Duane D. Bennett
Gregory Allen
Carlie Lane
Roy E. Sams
Brenda Renee
Fairview Rt
Coquille
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Cneed Ose
Mes, I. F. Mall, Sr
Kev Ts
Wewspaper
Man In Space
Guiness
Mrs. Guinness
Alpha and Omega
Paul Harvey
Peru
Mt Hauscaran
Hoylas
Missouri
Mississippi
Vesuvius
Torre del Greco
Mauna Loa
Hawai
Andes
Thornton
Prench
Moint
Mick
Guittard
Mabel Reisdorf
Saar Waster
Pomot Oreeson
Soug ET Guairid
Pp&l
Pacific Power
Pacific Power Office
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