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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1962
Page
3
The article cites Edgar Hoover urging citizens to learn the true nature of communism, engage in civic programs, exercise voting rights, and respect human dignity. It warns against fear as a tool of totalitarian ideologies and urges combatting bigotry to uphold democracy and national survival.
Three associations of nurserymen landscape gardeners and flower growers in Oregon unite to promote the Land of Flowers campaign. They note tourists spending over 186 million dollars last year and argue gardens and blooms decorate towns, attract visitors, and reflect a vigorous, proud state identity from Portland to Myrtle Point.
A critical column argues the Draft Forever policy endangers liberty. It denounces selective service head Hershey and warns endless conscription harms youth, jobs, and national vitality, urging Americans to resist perpetual mobilization. It contends future wars rely on skilled technicians, not universal draft boards, and laments a brainwashed generation accepting regimentation.
George Clarno Jr a Remote hunter and hunter and logger has two blacktail deer racks meeting Boone and Crockett trophy measurements and likely the first of their kind from Coos County. The piece notes duck and goose populations declined after a two year open season, urging federal action to curb slaughter with stricter seasons and bag limits.
Myrtle Point residents may visit City Hall on March 27 between 1 and 3 p.m. for help with Oregon state tax returns. Tax experts will assist with questions and filing. Bring earnings slips and a copy of the 1961 federal return if available. Refunds are first come, first served. joint returns require both spouses’ signatures. Deadline to file is April 16, a Sunday.
The Defense Department will erect a $700000 seismological observatory in Oregon near Sparta in Baker County to detect underground nuclear explosions violating proposed agreements among the United States United Kingdom Russia Canada France Poland Romania and Czechoslovakia. Twenty one seismometers will be installed in watertight vaults beneath two feet of earth with monitoring amplification and recording gear.
Nora Bessie Irish died March 12 1962 at Myrtle Point nursing home born February 3 1881 in Johnson County Tennessee. Funeral services were March 15 at Schroeder's Chapel M P with Rev Oris Doty officiating interment Fox Bridge cemetery. Survived by husband Frank Coquille son Fred Lewis Myrtle Point two daughters Oveda Gasner Salem Roger Powers Los Angeles nine grandchildren six great grandchildren.
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