District Band Festival to Parade Through Myrtle Point This Weekend
Two front page stories say Myrtle Point hosts youth events this weekend. The 29th annual District Band Festival features a parade at 1 p m and a concert at 8 p m in the gym. Cub and Boy Scouts ride steam engines to Powers, with two train excursions at 9 a m and 1 p m, courtesy of Georgia Pacific and Southern Pacific. Bands come from Coquille Myrtle Point Powers Gold Beach Coos Bay Sunnyside Langlois Empire Reedsport Bandon North Bend Gardner Brookings and Port. streets will be crowded.
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Cub Scouts
Boy Scouts
Georgia-Pacific Corporation
Southern Pacific Railroad Co
Coquille
Myrtle Point
Powers
Gold Beach
Coos Bay
Sunnyside
Langlois
Empire
Reedsport
Bandon
North Bend
Gardner
Brookings
Portnap
Faith and pioneers shape Pan American Airways visionary founder
A reflection on pioneers in all fields and the role of Juan Trippe in building Pan American Airways from a skeptical start to a global airline. The piece argues faith in innovation drives major enterprises and international understanding, asking if future Trippes can thrive in a changing nation.
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Juan Trippe
Trippe
Miami
Florida
Havana
Cuba
Juan Trippes
Secondary oil recovery grows with huge Pennsylvania project
Wall Street Journal staffer describes a plan where 27 000 barrels of alcohol are injected into a field to free about 150 million barrels of trapped petroleum. The method, called secondary recovery, has become economically viable due to tech advances and high exploration costs, expanding proved reserves and lowering energy costs.
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Pennsylvania
Thomas W Bush
The
Wall Street Journal
Bush
Vitality of the Railway Express Agency Amid Adversity
The Railway Express Agency faced losses but rebuilt its structure and modernized operations. Aimed at improving service and patronage, it invested heavily in new rolling stock and processes. It competes with Parcel Post, a taxpayer funded private deficit, and advocates self sustaining rates.
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Railway Express
Cevard
Pyers
Parcel Post
Don't Kill 14 B
Opinion urging support for Section 14-B of the Taft-Hartley Act. The piece accuses labor leaders of coercive unionism, argues voluntary unionism would improve merit, and calls readers to pressure Senators and Congressmen to uphold 14-B. It cites labor force trends and warns against banning compulsory unions.
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87Th Congress
Deesd
Showdown Time in Cuba
A 1961 commentary compares Cold War tactics to boxing, arguing the United States must show resolve in Cuba to deter Russia. It urges aggressive defense of Berlin Quemoy and Matsu, Laos, and Caribbean interests, noting past U.S. interventions and the need to strike strong but measured.
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Russia
Kremlin
China Islands
Berlin
Cuba
Laos
Japan
Bomer
United States
Reds
Quemoy
Matsu
Castro
Haiti
Nicaragua
Honduras
Colombia
Mexico
Panama
Guatemala
Dominican Republic
Spain
Great Britain
Germany
Italy
France
General Features Corp
Ducks Unlimited Alarmed by Drought Hit Nesting Areas in Canada
Outdoor officials warn extreme dry conditions are drying nesting zones for ducks and geese across Canada. Needing rainfall to sustain hatching, they foresee possible bag limit cuts and shorter seasons this fall. Waterfowl numbers are thinning, pintails and canvasback notably scarce in the Coquille valley and surrounding feeding grounds.
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Ducks Unlimited
Canada
Northwest
Northlands
Coquille Valley
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Faith the Great Builder
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Paul Harvey
Frank
Ron Rowan
Men’s Wear
Bob King
Pp&l
Rowan
Coos County
Pacific Power Office
Pacific
Power & Light
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