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From Our Files – November 1, 2023 Edition
Nov. 1, 1973 The Army Corps of Engineers is giving Foster and Green Peter a facelift. Projects at…
From Our Files – September 6, 2023 Edition
Sept. 6, 1973 The Foster-Midway Independent Association opened an office in a 15-foot trailer camper at 4833 Hwy.…
From Our Files (June 28, 2023)
June 28, 1973 A boa constrictor named Stanley is still missing after it disappeared from Robert Wetzell’s auto…
From Our Files (June 21, 2023)
June 21, 1973 Proposed HB3256, which would have designated part of the South Santiam River as a scenic…
From Our Files (June 14, 2023)
June 14, 1973 The School District is feeling what might be the most solid bite of inflation in…
From Our Files (June 7, 2023)
June 7, 1973 The Sweet Home High-Q team took the state champion title after defeating Beaverton High School…
From Our Files (May 31, 2023)
May 31, 1973 George Finer, 60, died after being stung by a bee or similar insect near his…
From Our Files (May 24, 2023)
May 23, 1973 Gas stations are facing gas shortages and rising prices. O.K. Gas has run out of…
From Our Files (May 17, 2023)
May 17, 1973 The state Water Reseources Board rebuffed the latest effort of the Oregon Environmental Council to…
From Our Files (May 10, 2023)
May 10, 1973 More than 40 businesses are participating in “Ding-A-Ling Daze,” the biggest retail sales promotion sponsored…
From Our Files (May 3, 2023)
May 3, 1973 It took more than 20 men from state police, Linn County Sheriff’s Office, Sweet Home…
From Our Files (April 26, 2023)
April 26, 1973 The Louis W. and Maud Hill Foundation, which owns timberlands in the area, authorized a…
From Our Files (April 19, 2023)
April 19, 1973 The Sweet Home Sailorettes Baton Twirling Class took home three first place awards in the…
From Our Files (April 12, 2023)
April 12, 1973 City Council will look at the proposed extension of sewer and water service in two…
From Our Files (April 5, 2023)
April 5, 1973 Property owners in Foster’s Shoals Addition are going to the courts to try to get…
From Our Files (March 29, 2023)
March 29, 1973 A burning conveyor belt flashed through the power house at Willamette Industries’ Foster Division, spreading…
From Our Files (March 22, 2023)
March 22, 1973 The Sweet Home Rock and Mineral Society will give away a commemorative keychain to those…
From Our Files (March 15, 2023)
March 15, 1973 The DEQ requested a survey be conducted in the Foster and Midway areas to determine…
From Our Files (March 8, 2023)
March 8, 1973 The city Planning Commission will recommend to the City Council an ordinance that will, under…
From Our Files (March 1, 2023)
March 1, 1973 Strong winds estimated to have reached up to 50 mph fanned near-dormant slash burning piles…
From Our Files (Feb. 22, 2023)
Feb. 22, 1973 Another bit of history in East Linn County was preserved when the Willamette National Forest…
From Our Files (Feb. 15, 2023)
Feb. 15, 1973 The Oregon Consumer League is making landlord/tenant law a priority as they try to base…
From Our Files (Feb. 8, 2023)
Feb. 8, 1973 Robert Harrison Myers was arrested after Daryle Jimerson requested that police look for his stepdaughter,…
From Our Files (Feb. 1, 2023)
Feb. 1, 1973 Reducing the high school student lunch time at the beginning of the semester was delayed.…
From Our Files (Jan. 25, 2023)
Jan. 25, 1973 A patrolman and junior high student were hospitalized following a collision of a school bus…