Oregon Senate Leader’s Wartime Path to Governorship
The fragment recalls a World War II officer stationed at Camp Adair Oregon who at nearly 50 risked a political ascent. It notes Oregon’s system where the 20 senators elect a president as governor in line of succession and mentions McKay who became governor in 1948 after a plane crash killed the governor and senate president.
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Grams
Interior Department
McKay
Camp Adair
Oregon
Senate
McKay Wins GOP Primary Challenging Hall in Oregon
In Oregon politics McKay defeated Hall in the GOP primary. McKay leads a conservative administration under a governor who shares power with the secretary of state and treasurer on the state board of control. He rose from Port Town to Oregon State College and Salem car dealer before chairing the Willamette River Basin Commission which shaped flood control and land impacts.
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McKay
Salem
Oregon
Secre
Hall
House
Board of Control
Banking Board
Land Board
Senate
Porthland
Union Station
Oregon State College
Williamette River Basin Commission
Devel
Willamette Valley
Willamette River
Fire Chief Resigns in Wichita Falls After Fire Incident
Eugene White became acting chief of the Wichita Falls Fire Department on Friday. He succeeds Jim Juliuson who asked to be replaced after Juliuson offered to resign amid an investigation of a fire run Tuesday night. City Manager Bill N. Taylor announced the change.
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Tex
Eugene White
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