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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1970
Page
2
Myrtle Point Herald announces the editorial team and production staff including BILL PALMROTH Managing Editor SHIRLEY FRANCS Society Editor and MARIE NICHOLS Society Editor Janice Wilson Production. The paper is published weekly on Thursdays from Myrtle Point Oregon with established 180% and postal details.
Today the Red Cross Bloodmobile visits Myrtle Crest school gym from 3 to 7 p.m. Donors can help three local residents awaiting open heart surgery and support hospitals that use over 6.5 million pints yearly, with 60 percent from volunteers.
The piece highlights 56,500 highway fatalities and 4.7 million injuries in 1969, urging public reaction. It notes a 15 percent rise in single car crashes driven by speeding and aggressive driving, calling for awareness of personal impact.
Mary Lee Robbins of Elkton died June 3 in Lower Umpqua Hospital Reedsgort. Funeral held Monday at Catholic Church Myrtle Point. She was a former Powers nurse at Mast Hospital and survived by a brother and two sisters.
Jack Robert Hendrick born February 3 1980 died June 8 1970 in Ketchikan Alaska was a Myrtle Point resident for most of his life later moved to Ketchikan He survived by two brothers Rex and Jeff Hendrick three sisters Leila Cribbins Freda King Veda King one daughter Freda L Gillette and one granddaughter Clara M Myers Clara Myers former Myrtle Point resident died June 6 in a local nursing home service held June 10 at the Myrtle Point Chapel burial at Norway Cemetery Survivors include two sons John A Myers and George Fisher two daughters Hazel Willis and Maths Terwillager ten grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren
The Elgin resident and bank employee William O Rourke restored a 1914 Model T, earning the 1969 John A Stynoski Trophy from the Model T Ford Club International. The brass radiator, 20 horsepower car took five months and 790 hours of work, with parts sourced after a Creston Illinois purchase.
The piece discusses inflation hurting all Americans from young to old and the need to restrain federal spending to balance with receipts. It attributes inflation to long term overspending, especially due to the Vietnam War, and notes unemployment rising as the cost of living climbs. The text urges Congress to curb deficits while the economy cools.
The speaker argues against waste and urges cutting low priority spending to balance the budget as surtax ends June 30 and lower corporate earnings reduce revenues. He cites past votes to cut the Supersonic Transport and other defense funds while listing education, crime, health, pollution control, public works, job training, housing, and defense as high priorities.
The Coos County budget committee faces strong opposition from residents and at least one member to using 12500 in federal matching funds for a feasibility study. The proposal seeks a Corvallis firm to review the project using Corps data to determine viability for moving Industrial water from the Fairview resource project to Coos Bay.
In Myrtle Point the Rumiano Bros of Willows California completed a creamery at Spruce and 1st Streets and is moving equipment from the old site to the new building adjacent to the Hermann brick structure. The project signals a major expansion in local industry and heritage business life.
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