Ellsworth Reports on Nat s Congress and Postal Bills
Ellsworth details House Rules Committee discussions on a postage rate hike and related fiscal issues. He notes bill progress, potential rate increases from three to four cents, and the impact on business mail and magazines. He also cites land reversion to Roseburg for a park, ICC orders on selling in transit, and his push to delay enforcement pending hearings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Rules Committee
Post Office and Civil Service Committee
Legislative Committee
Congress
Gener
Post Office Department
Roseburg
Veterans’ Hospital
Veterans Administration
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Oregon Shippers
Commission
Paul Harvey on highways and home life in the Ozarks
Paul Harvey reflects on a nationwide highway program with eight lane bypasses in fifty cities and three plus lanes elsewhere. He uses rural logic about who runs the farm to parallel shifts in funding and attention to the home and rural life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ozarks
Political Rhetoric Echoes of Old Ideals and Taxes
The excerpt laments internationalists guiding policy and high taxes that funded foreign projects while neglecting domestic needs. It accuses leaders of promoting socialism abroad and neglecting U S highways, arguing for a shift toward federal economy and restraint despite past debt. Paul Harvey allegedly stays silent on the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patagonia
England
U. S
Paul Harvey
Santa
Coos Curry Pioneer Picnic at Agness Recalls Rogue River War
A Coos Curry Pioneer Association event at Agness featured Chief Frye giving an Indian version of Rogue River events. Speakers, military and forest service talks, and instrumental numbers highlighted a day honoring early settlers and the Battle of Big Bend. Attendees included local residents and reporters. sunlit weather complemented the commemorative program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Laird
Coos-Curry
Elvin
Chief) Frye
Mr. Frye
Frye
George Morey
US Forest Service
Rogue River District
Pleof Agness
Forest Service
Maphil Easton
Chas Thompson
Mr. Easton
George Washington Meservey
Illahe
Ran Meservey
Mr Easton
Ran Ad
Ed Abernethy
Oregon
George Abernethy
Martin Winch
Hudson Bay
Dr McLoughlin
Lewis Knapp
Port Orford
Big Bend
Jess
Blanche) Hobbs
Seattle
Dr. McLaughlin
Mr Thompson
Battle of
Henry Schroeder
Ray Epperson
Mary Patry
Gus Bender
Herald
Myrtle Point
John Carl
McCloud
Arago
Bertie McCloskey
Norway
A. N. Gould
Coquille
Coos Bay Times
Coquille Sentinel
Porcupine Kill Fails to Stop Oregon Tree Damage
Salem June 7 1956 porcupine kill of 12465 animals in eastern and southern Oregon pine forests shows no drop in numbers despite control efforts. Larsen notes large kills in Fremont and Deschutes regions with underreported deaths by visitors and timber firms. bark feeding harms young ponderosa pines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Ore
Oregon
al Larsen
State Forestry Department
Larsen
Rogue River
Prospect
Klamath Indian Reservation
Ochoco
Fremont National
Blue Mountains
Deschutes
Fremont
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ellsworth
Franklins Stoves
Henry A. Schroeder & Sons
North Bend
Fea
Schroeder
Sunset Magazine
Hard Mountain
Oror Orl Lg
Hutch
Salem Phairs
New England
West
Flint Ridge
Flint Ridge Maple Headquarters
Agness
The
Christian Science Monitor
Erwin D. Conham
Boston
Mail
PEX Sian
Banden
Shaw
Wieners
Swift
Golden West
Gerber
Bor
Tere
Oregon Straw
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