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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1970
Page
2
The Myrtle Point Herald announces changes in its editorial staff with shifts in roles. The Managing Editor and Society Editor positions see updates as production oversight continues in town reporting.
A clerical lullaby from a Walcott Indiana Baptist Church cookbook offers humorous old advice on “how to cook a husband” with exaggerated kitchen metaphors. It warns against mistreatment while noting the era’s gendered humor and contrasts it with modern power appliances.
IPAR, the Institute for Public Affairs Research, Inc., founded by Edward A. Prentice in Portland, aims to inform high school students about economics and current issues through face to face classroom discussions. The group includes leaders from AFL-CIO, Georgia-Pacific, and state offices and is backed by Oregon business, labor, and professional groups with officials from the Oregon State Bar and Portland Chamber of Commerce. More than 100 requests for speakers were received from area educators following its January launch.
About 30,000 high school students heard IPAR speakers with sessions averaging 300 attendees. Topics covered environment drug abuse property and law enforcement. IPAR plans statewide expansion and an environmental Un-Conference for September Canby.
A Myrtle Point report notes the District 41 school board concluded its business in about an hour, with efficiency praised alongside comparisons to longer, stalled sessions elsewhere. The column also humorously contemplates a forthcoming baby and a 72 year wait for a high school diploma for Harry Stewart.
A reader laments youths in town drinking and states parents must set examples and law enforcement must act. She questions responsibility for drawing the line between innocent fun and real danger and warns of grave consequences including funerals and grieving families.
Kenneth E. Carl, chief of Oregon Department of Agriculture Dairy and Consumer Service, named to a three year term on the Federal Food Standards Committee, western region representative. Term began July 1 1970. committee meets twice yearly in Washington DC.
A list from city court shows multiple individuals fined or warned for traffic violations and related off ences. Several defendants received fines of $15 to $960, with others given court warnings or license related penalties.
Associated Oregon Industries announces a major policy shift into local government work. The Local Government Division will mirror the Oregon Retail Council setup with a full time director and trustees, starting with a July 15 meeting in Portland to appoint initial officers and trustees from the Portland-Vancouver Willamette Valley region.
Miss Lara Morgan of Bandon elected by Coos County Tuberculosis and Health Association as Christmas Seal campaign chairman for the county for 1970. She will appoint six community chairmen and organize the mailing effort from 284 Fitzpatrick Building Coos Bay offices between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Volunteers and donations support health programs in the county.
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