Operation Alert 1956 Civil Defense Exercise Details
The article outlines Operation Alert 1956 a seven day July nationwide training simulating a mass nuclear attack. It involves 76 locations including cities air bases and Atomic Energy Commission sites with 39 hydrogen bombs and 5 million ton TNT each. Over 30 federal agencies will evacuate staff and operate from emergency sites under FCDAs coordination.
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Coos County School Finance Faces Tax Burden
The final report outlines that property taxes in Coos County fund much of school costs, warns of economic repercussions from further tax increases, and calls for state action. Recommendations urge a state level tax share, an equalization formula, and trials to cut costs without lowering education quality. The document also notes a serious teacher supply issue.
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Coos County
Addressing Rural School Reform and Forest Fire Prevention
A Coos County committee urges state aided experiments to raise teacher pupil ratios and higher administrator salaries to lure educators for a growing postwar youth population. It backs district consolidation under local control and rural sensitivity, alongside a campaign urging forest fire prevention in Oregon with personal responsibility and public cooperation to keep forests green.
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Coos County
Citizens Warned Against Fire In the Forests
The notice urges extreme fire precautions as temperatures rise above 100 degrees. It warns forest visitors and motorists that any carelessness could ignite fires and mandates extinguishing all campfires and embers to prevent a blaze in Oregon forests.
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Obituary: William Webb Mast Dies in Cement Creek Fall
William Webb Mast was accidentally killed July 2 in a fall from a bridge at Cement Creek, landing thirty feet below. The notice records the death and the accident location with terse details.
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Man Dies in Rocky Creek Accident Near Lee Valley
A logger died after an incident around 9 pm Monday July 2. His body was found about 6 am Tuesday and graveside services were held at Mast Cemetery in Lee Valley. Survived by sons Charles H. Mast Roseburg W Don Mast Spokane Wash one brother Lloyd Mast Lee Valley and one sister Myrtle Edwards Ellensburg Wash and six grandchildren.
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