Myrtle Point Herald staff and publication details
Myrtle Point Herald lists Ralph Day as publisher George E Scott as editor Shirley Francs society editor Marie Nichols and production staff Janice Wilson Rod Slanga and an established 1889 paper published every Thursday at Myrtle Point Oregon P O Box 578.
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Ralph Day
George E. Scott
Shirley Francs
Marie Nichols
Janice Wilson
Rod Slanga
Myrtle Point
P.O
Ore
Call to youth to heed immutable laws and rebuild a nation
A column urged the youth to abandon excuses and moral laxity, arguing physical and moral laws govern life. It warns of historical cycles toward bondage and urges action now to restore faith, thrift, courage, and national service, inviting readers to publish dissenting views.
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Rome
Greece
Snivelli
Oppose Goodell War Time Limit Aims As Football Metaphor
The letter critiques Senator Charles E. Goodell proposal for a fixed Vietnam withdrawal deadline. It argues the plan reduces war to a sport with halftime and urges patience, hoping South Vietnamese forces gain momentum and world opinion shifts. It cautions a deadline could invite North Vietnamese victory and sacrifice.
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Charles E. Goodell
R-Ny
South Vietnam
Poepthal
Tay Rave
Qnetertack
U.S
Manod
Readers call for unity amid Vietnam war tensions in Coos Bay letters
The Myrtle Point Herald presents an editor’s note inviting letters to the editor. A reader argues that moratoriums and demonstrations by militants deepen American division, hindering peace talks in Paris and prolonging casualties in Vietnam. The letter urges unity, condemns internal discord, and cites a former president on internal threats.
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Myrtle Point Herald
United States
North Vietnam
Paris
Hanoi
Vietnam
Hall family to rebuild home after destructive fire
William C. Hall plans to rebuild after a fire that destroyed his home off Weekly Road and most belongings while he hunted. The loss included firearms worth about 2000 and a Royal elk rack. Hall suspects an electrical cause though exact origin may never be known. He praised neighbors and the community for help offered since the disaster.
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William C. Hall
Hall
Roseburg
Stringtown Road
District Game Commission
Summer Lake
Dallsteander
Vandals threaten Myrtle Point substation in waterlogged near miss
Pacific Power and Light district manager Jack Dunham reported vandals entered the Maple Street substation in Myrtle Point. Doors to main circuit controls were opened. although no damage occurred, circuits were saturated with water risking a short. One or more intruders could have suffered severe burns from high voltage. A similar incident occurred near Coos Bay three weeks earlier at a Bonneville Power Administration substation, where a young man remains hospitalized with serious burns.
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Pacific Power & Light Company
Jack Dunham
Power Company
Maple Street
Myrtle Point
Pp&l
Dunham
Powers
Georgia
State Board to Inspect Area Schools in Myrtle Point District
A State Board of Education team will visit Myrtle Point District 41 in the third week of February to spot check area schools for standardization. Stewart said the district’s schools are rated standard and meet state standards aside from controllable space conditions. He noted nearly all teachers hold certificates, with three awaiting paperwork, and the board faces a busy period of meetings and conventions next month.
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State Board of Education
Myrtle Point
Stewart
Myrtle Pointer and Local Notes From Canby and Powers
Recent visitors include former Myrtle Point Herald owners Mr and Mrs Logan White now involved in building an 18 hole golf course and pool at Sutherlin. Local truckers boast Loy’s driving up hills with title waving. A dog steals a steak at Coquille Valley Elks Club and a road project near Powers uses blue green spray to plant grass seeds for erosion control. Also an essay on grandmothers and grandfathers from the Canby Herald with humorous lines and a note: Maybe this really is the banana belt.
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Myrtle Point
Logan White
Canby
Mosier Bride Ties Local Swiss Cheese Maker in Myrtle Point
Myrtle Point Enterprise notes Fred Mosier the Swiss cheesemaker returns from San Francisco with a bride. A new partner will join in the creamery business. Public Christmas tree planned after a Thursday Opera House meeting.
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Myrtle Point Enterprise
Fred Mosier
Schroeder
San Francisco
Mosier
Huling & Lundy
Myrtle Point
Opera House
W.H. Walker
Birdie Walker
Sedy
Painter and Son
Salmon Gulch
Wagner
New Mexico
George Hall
Johnson’s Creek
Washington on drugs and the need for harsher laws
Washington report discusses the rapid spread of drug use from cities to suburbs and schools, citing a rise in juvenile arrests from 1960 to 1967 and predicting worse figures for 1968 and 1969. It urges federal action, stronger penalties, and broader dissemination of drug education.
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Washington
Oregon
Nixon
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