Kennedy-Ives Labor Bill Sparks Protests Across Nation
A Washington column denounces the Kennedy-Ives labor bill as dishonest and destructive. It notes Senate passage with one dissenting vote and urges readers to press House members to oppose the measure to curb labor bosses and protect workers.
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Walter Reuther’& Co
Senate
Congress
United States
McClellan Committee
House of Representatives
House
Bob Taylor
U. S. Press Association
Washington, D. C
Sims
Barry Goldwater
McClellan
Senator McClellan
Kennedy-Ives
House Labor Committee
Port Commission backs Highway 42 as priority project
The Coos Bay Port Commission endorses Highway 42 with unified support from Coos county to accelerate construction. Forest W Amsden notes the endorsement strengthens Housewives For 42 in appeals to the State Highway Commission, while boosters praise the action.
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Cane Bay
Coos County
Oregon
Pacific Coast
Charlies W. Mahaffey
Port Commission
Forest W Amsden
Coos Bay
Postcard Stamp Fiasco Sparks Office Licking Tales
A historical note recounts a stamp regulation change requiring two thousand 3-cent post cards with 3c stamps by August 1. Post office workers scrambled to affix overlaid stamps while avoiding center “licks” as questions about who did the licking persist.
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Post Office
Threats and insults in a postcard about HST library
A hostile postcard from Reverend Norbert Heins of Independence Missouri targets the Harry S. Truman library and hints at violence. It alleges political plans to block Adlai Stevenson’s nomination and mocks the idea of destroying the library by atomic bombs.
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Norbert Heins
Independence
Heins
Harry S. Truman
George
HST
Adlai Stevenson
Adlai
Harry
Why Wayne Switched Parties A Longstanding Motive Emerges
A fragment from the Oregonian cites Mike in Behind the Mike noting national magazines feature Oregon senators. Walter Reuther reportedly pressed Morse for 15 years to switch from Republican to Democrat, claiming Reuther and Morse are close allies.
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Wayne
Mike
Oregonian
Oregon
New Republic
Walter Reuther
UAW Clitics
Wilne Morse
Reuther
Morse
Larbor
Political rants and hunting rules mix in 1958 Oregon notes
The piece rails at Senator Morse over ADA and Reuther influence, cites Eisenhower deficit fears and rising taxes, then shifts to Oregon hunting rules for 1958. It reports buck deer and elk seasons, unit permit details for Powers and Coquille, application deadlines, and a note about cougars in local foothills.
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Eisenhower
Indiana
Tax Foundation
Census Bureau
State Game Commission
Powers
Coquille
Blue Ridge
Coos County
Game Commission
Smelt running strong along the Rogue and Bandon coast
Local reports note plentiful smelt last weekend at Bandon with buckets filling fast while the lower Rogue shows anglers chasing summer steelhead on flies in riffles Gold Beach shopkeepers say a few steelhead are being caught near the bay mouth the channel near the beach was crowded with boats and shore fishermen mooching for salmon amid rising crowds and fading quiet fishing days back in the day.
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Bandon
Banana Belt
Boy Fends Off Wild Beast Near Hall Creek Road
Tommy Brown a 12 year old resident of Hall Creek road confronted a small wild beast near his home last week following his grandmother’s advice. He armed himself with a stout shillalah and stood his ground as the animal slunk into the brush.
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Tommy Brown
Hall Creek
Bear visits car in Yellowstone picnic surprise
A minister and family touring Yellowstone Park left their car to view scenery and returned to find a bear inside licking their picnic lunch, an unusual wildlife encounter during a family outing.
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Yellowstone Park
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Myrtle Point Herald
Newspublisher ‘Association
Mayrite Point
National Editorial Ences “Associar
G. W. Wall
Ediler — & F. Mall
Bus. Mgr
Representatives, Inc
Oregon Granite Co
Medford
Ore
Werner Typewriter
Ore Phone CO
Nevada
California
Petet’s Cab
Myrtle Point
ADA
U. S. Senate
Mama Bear
Fulier Paints
Brodie Shingle Company
Methodist Church
Womens Society of Christian Service
Myrtle Point, Ore
Edwards’ Electric
Michael G. Carne
North Adams
Roxy Theatre
Cmica
Ty Potentiol
Gaforta
Monty
wGuey Guarantied
Perkins Drug Store
Riad Pat
Ashley
Spruce St
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