Condon Post Office Runs as Local Service Hub
In flood Christmas week 1964 Postmaster Al Riney drove 230 miles to Pendleton and back delivering mail. He promotes hunting bulletins, community notices, and nonprofit postings, keeping a planter of flowers, a bulletin board, and a twine station at the Condon post office. He aims for first class service in a second class facility.
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Condon
Ore
Pendleton
Santa
Riney
Oregon State University Extension Service
State Game Commission
Drowning Deaths Linked to Yacht Explosion Off Virginia
Two men die after their 37 foot yacht reportedly explodes and burns off Cobb Island in the Atlantic near Virginia's Eastern Shore. Henry W Wilson of Flossmoor Jr and John StefAnic of Chicago drowned, autopsies show. Stefanie’s body found near a dinghy named Island Lady II as Coast Guard recovered Stefanie at Cobb Island’s southern tip.
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Norfolk
Atlantic Ocean
Virginia
Henry W Wilson
Flossmoor, Jr
John Stefanic
Chicago
Cobb Island
H. H. Karnitschnig
Mison
Coast Guard
Stefanie
Virginia medical examiners determine medical facts only
Unlike the coroner system, Virginia's medical examiners conduct investigations to establish medical facts in death cases, separating responsibilities from coroner inquiries.
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Virginia
Monday Livestock Market Prices by Weight and Class
Prices listed for hogs veal lambs slaughter cattle and feeder cattle by weight and grade. Top hogs heavy butchers sows and feeder pigs shown with price ranges. veal lambs slaughter cattle and stocker classes detailed with varying grades and weights.
World's Fastest Flying Bird Nests in Canada
A report from Queen Charlotte Islands in British Columbia notes peregrine falcons as the fastest birds in the world. Nesting on cliff faces up to 300 feet high, they hunt marine life and face threats from hunters and pollution. The BC Fish and Wildlife Service has controlled peregrine harvesting since 1960 to protect the population.
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Canada
QUEEN CHARLOTTE _ISLANDS
B.C
Queen Charlotte Islands
British Columbia
Central Asia
Europe
U.S
Rocky Mountains
Queen Charlottes
Queen Charlotte
Vanessa Honors at Salzburg Opera Festival
After premiering at the New York Metropolitan Opera House, Samuel Barber s opera Vanessa was staged at the Salzburg Festival becoming the first American opera to receive that honor.
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New York Metropolitan Opera House
Samuel Barber
Vanessa
Salzburg
Austria
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U.S. Weather Bureau
al Riney
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Winchester, Virginia
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