Coos Bay Highway Plans Highlight County Debate
County leaders push for an interstate sign at Coos Bay to advance Highway 42 development for trucking and tourism. They urge collaboration with state engineers, emphasize port potential, jet bases, and heavy shipping, while rejecting the Winnemucca to the Sea slogan as divisive.
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Coos Bay
J. J. Bob Geaney
Geaney
San Diego
State Highway Commission
State Highway Engineers
Oregon
Coos County
Secretary of the Interior
Secretary of Defense
Mahaffy
Shell Oil Company
US Fidel Blockade of Cuba Moves to Stop Soviet Vessels
President Kennedy announced a naval interdiction against Cuba to halt deliveries of offensive weapons. US warships will stop, search, and seize vessels nearing Cuba as 25 Russian ships are reported near the island. Khrushchev's government issued a cautious response as the policy dispute continues.
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Washington
Kennedy
Cuba
United States
Americas
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Organizing Americas push gains Latin support on Cuba blockade
Organizing Americas seeks action on the diplomatic front to avert nuclear war. The United States moved to organize the region as Latin American countries responded with overwhelming support, enhancing the presidential proclamation's international legal standing and strengthening the Cuba blockade.
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Washington
Cuba
West Germany backs U S on Cuba crisis and risks
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer said West Germany is ready to share all risks from the U S standoff over Cuba. He and his government stand behind the United States as the Cuban crisis grows more grave with possible reprisals in Berlin.
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BOM
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
U.S
Cuba
United States
Berlin
India Fighting Reds Near Himalayas in Border Clash
Indian and Chinese forces exchanged volleys in the high Himalayan border region. Defense Minister V. K. Krishna Menon said Chinese troops launched successive waves and pushed Indian units from multiple outposts at both ends of the disputed frontier.
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New Delhi
India
V. K. Krishna Menon
Leaves Canceled in Soviet Military Move
Moscow reports the Soviet Union halted all leaves for military personnel and suspended discharges following breaches of armou forces. The Kremlin ordered the pause in service by troops at strategic fronts, including submarine fleet and aircraft defence units.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Armou
Taes
Th Kremita
Senter Aga Groupe
State Water Board to discuss Coos flood control efforts
The State Water Resources Board will hold a public meeting in Coquille on October 30 to present findings on water resources in the south coast basin and discuss plans for development and flood control in the Coquille river valley. The session aims to review needs for domestic municipal irrigation power mining recreation wildlife and pollution abatement and to consider a state policy for unapportioned waters.
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Oregon
Myrtle Point
Coos County
Coquille
State Water Resources Board
South Coast
Neld
State Water Board
Peirntoene Ded Cinerea
Ann
Salvage logging urged to curb beetle losses in Oregon
Oregon State University entomologists warn windstorm created vast windthrow that will fuel bark beetle outbreaks. Dr. J A Rudinsky predicts major timber losses next spring unless rapid salvage logging removes dead timber and cuts off beetle food supply.
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Oregon State University Forest
J. A. Rudinsky
Pacific Northwest
West Coast Telephone Restores 200 Storm Telephones
West Coast Telephone Company reports about 200 storm damaged telephones back in service by Wednesday. The October gale, Oregon's worst, knocked out 500 phones in the local exchange and 15,000 in the Oregon district. Forest Grove division exchanges suffered the most, with roughly 9,000 outages across Forest Grove McMinnville Hillsboro Clatsople Vernonia Banks and Geeton. A 400-strong emergency crew worked to restore service to normal.
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West Coast Telephone Company
Oregon
West Coast
Oriegon
Forest Grove
McMinnville
Hillsboro
Clatshanle
Vernonia
Banks
Geeton
Iowa Tests for Freshmen and Juniors at Myrtle Point High
Iowa tests of educational development are given to freshmen and juniors at Myrtle Point high school this week. The tests aid teachers by detecting areas where students need most improvement for guidance purposes.
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Iowa
Myrtle Point High School
Street paving nears finish in Fairview district project
Paving nears completion in the improvement district covering Fair view Border Bender Spruce Maple and Willow streets by Woodward and Son and Barklow. High winds from Frieda caused extensive disruption to the work and site conditions, delaying progress and prompting safety measures.
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Fairview
Border
Bender
Spruce
Maple
Woodward ‘and Son and
Barklow
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Charlies Mahaffy
Board of Commissioners
California
Pioneer
Winnemucca-to-the-Sea
Southwesier
Walter Barklew
County Board of Commissioners
Charles Mahatty
Mahatty
Germany
Coos
Corps of Engineers
Donald Crockett
Frieda
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