The Readers Digest on VA Bureaucracy and Veterans Insurance
A March Reader's Digest summary criticizes the VA for waste and delays. It cites 6 billion yearly spending, over 200 000 workers, and 13 regional and 38 local offices. The piece notes missed insurance conversions, 6000 unsettled death claims, and long delays averaging 118 days.
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Mevenson
Hoover Commission
Omar Bradley
Bradley
Carl R. Gray, Jr
Stevenson
Charity of Friends
Truman
VA Move Spurs Reform Talk and Size Cuts
Moving office tasks irritates staff as Civil Service rules hinder dismissals. A clerk faced 272 months of hearings to prove unfitness. Veterans project radical surgery on 13 VA offices to cut space and 21,000 jobs, saving about 75 million annually.
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Stevenson
J. R. Galbraith
Inspection Service
Hoover Commission
Broadbent Hornets edge Riverton Trojans 17 to 15
In Broadbent gym Friday night the Broadbent Hornets defeated the Riverton Trojans by two points, 17 to 15, in a fast, exciting basketball game drawing many local and River ton supporters.
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Riverton
Riverton Trojans
Broadbent Hornets
Broadbent
Arza Smith
Roseburg
Emery Me
Leonard Watson
Carl
Wayne
Grants Pass
Watson
W O. Watson
Lloyd Watson
Ila Thomas
Cock Bay
William Thrower
Billy and
Bruce
Myrtle Point
Carol
Auto Drivers License Examiner Here March 8
According to word from Secretary of State Newbry there will be an auto license examiner in Myrtle Point Tuesday March 8 at the city hall from 10 am to 3 pm. Persons seeking licenses or permits should contact the examiner ahead of closing to complete their application with minimal delay.
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Earl Roger
Ted Green
W L. Moore
Roy Mee- Allister
R M Hermann
Dale Terp
Roy Brooks
R W Mattson
Charles Porter
Wee ON Fe
Guy Grant
Oliver Shull
George Hall
Ray Brooks
Newt Duestie SS
Mes Ella
Ros McAllister
lLbeyd Lacae
Jonn Heminway
Lfoyd Smith
Rufus Rylander
Wayne Babcock
Susan
Dewey Miller
Janie
J A Smith
George Brown
Kermit Hayes
Addie Hayes
Nancy Kay
Myrtle Point
Dewey Winklemann
California
Cares Bones
Powers
H D Bones
Coquille
Rheuben Mast
Clyde E. Bartlett
Jim Booher
Brooker
Myrtle Point High
Boohers
Jim
Vivienne
Oregon
Vivienne Booher
Clyde
Newbry
Wildlife Smarting Under Severe Cold Across West
Wildlife including elk deer and antelope as well as game birds suffer from extreme cold in western states. Livestock producers feed game along with cattle since heavy snow began. Deer and antelope often follow hay loads into cattle country, intermingling with range animals.
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Western States
Winter tame: hungry antelope eat domestic forage
The text notes that hungry antelope grow tame in winter when snow covers forage. It contrasts their usual hay uninterest with crusted snow periods, during which they readily eat the exposed forage like domestic herds.
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Auto Service
Ritchie’s
B.F. Goodrich
Silvertown
Thornton Tire Service
Spruce St
Front St
Dreadway
Curtis
Coos Bay
Goodrich
Rey
P D Parrish
Mr Parrish
Mr Watson
Wayne Watson
Charles Wagner
Mary Hartley
Emma Hermann
Fred Massey
Lewis Brettenbacher
Becky Lynn
Trenton
Ernest Miller
Yada
A Rae
Win Prine
Moon
8Th St. Myrtle Point
IMG CO
Olympia, Wash
Olym
Nicholson Trucking CO
Langiels
Ore
Imenthe
Packard
Coos Motor Co
Coos Bay, Ore
Myrtle Hotel
P.C. Roper & Co
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