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From Our Files (May 31, 2023)
May 31, 1973 George Finer, 60, died after being stung by a bee or similar insect near his home. He and his wife were on their way to put water in a trough for cattle when they apparently stirred up a...
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 fuel. Bowman's Shell was asked to ration gas at 10 gallons per customer and Keeney's Arco is following...
From Our Files (May 17, 2023)
May 17, 1973 The state Water Reseources Board rebuffed the latest effort of the Oregon Environmental Council to block eventual construction of a proposed Cascadia Dam and to have the South Santiam...
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 by the Chamber of Commerce. Businesses will stay open late, and merchants...
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 Fire Department and Ambulance to successfully rescue James Buchanan, of Marcola, from his demolished...
From Our Files (April 26, 2023)
April 26, 1973 The Louis W. and Maud Hill Foundation, which owns timberlands in the area, authorized a $12,000 grant to the school district for the construction of a Forest Products Program class...
From Our Files (April 19, 2023)
April 19, 1973 The Sweet Home Sailorettes Baton Twirling Class took home three first place awards in the second annual Baton Contest at Albany Memorial Junior High. The group of 11 young girls took fi...
From Our Files (April 12, 2023)
April 12, 1973 City Council will look at the proposed extension of sewer and water service in two areas. To be studied are an engineer's report on sewer and water extension at Highway 228 from Evergre...
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 Linn County Commissioners to rescind an order vacating streets in the subdivision. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Cornet and Citizens Valley Bank were also named as...
From Our Files (March 29, 2023)
March 29, 1973 A burning conveyor belt flashed through the power house at Willamette Industries' Foster Division, spreading sparks along its path and starting several small spot fires. Sparks from...
From Our Files (March 22, 2023)
March 22, 1973 The Sweet Home Rock and Mineral Society will give away a commemorative keychain to those who attend the 25th annual banquet. The idea to create keychains made from quarters with the...
From Our Files (March 15, 2023)
March 15, 1973 The DEQ requested a survey be conducted in the Foster and Midway areas to determine whether a health hazard exists. The project includes inspection of septic tank systems and a survey...
From Our Files (March 8, 2023)
March 8, 1973 The city Planning Commission will recommend to the City Council an ordinance that will, under certain conditions, create a special combining zone that allows mobile homes on individual...
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 into flame and ignited a 15-acre forest fire 20 miles northeast of Sweet Home. The blaze...
From Our Files (Feb. 22, 2023)
Feb. 22, 1973 Another bit of history in East Linn County was preserved when the Willamette National Forest accepted 30 acres of forest land at the Cascade Mountain crest of the old Santiam Wagon Road...
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 law on a model by the Uniform Code Commissioners. When a product such as a car or radio is...
From Our Files (Feb. 8, 2023)
Feb. 8, 1973 Robert Harrison Myers was arrested after Daryle Jimerson requested that police look for his stepdaughter, Vickie, who has been trying to obtain a divorce from Myers. Jimerson told police...
From Our Files (Feb. 1, 2023)
Feb. 1, 1973 Reducing the high school student lunch time at the beginning of the semester was delayed. Several complaints were registered with administrators following a recent announcement that the lunch period would be reduced from one hour to...
From Our Files (Jan. 25, 2023)
Jan. 25, 1973 A patrolman and junior high student were hospitalized following a collision of a school bus and city ambulance at the intersection of 12th and Long streets. Charles Pollock, 14, was chec...
From Our Files (Jan. 18, 2023)
Jan. 18, 1973 City Manager Michael Gleason said an increase in vandalism is costing the city thousands of dollars in repairs, adding that Sweet Home has one of the worst records in the state for...
From Our Files (Jan. 11, 2023)
Jan. 11, 1973 Shawn Patrick Lindley was the first baby born of the Sweet Home district this year, and the first child for parents Kenneth and Carolyn Lindley. Shawn was born Jan. 3 at 9:49 p.m.,...
From Our Files (Jan. 4, 2023)
Jan. 4, 1973 A local business has been using a recycled material for several years and it might already be mailed to your house. Cladwood Co. recycles newspapers by using them in the process of...
From Our Files (Dec. 28, 2022)
Dec. 28, 1972 Wally Mathers bought the Frontier Room and Tourist Cafe from Rose Carter, who owned the Main Street business for 18 years. Mathers will operate the Frontier Room but will continue leasing the Tourist Cafe to D.L. and Frances Fleury, wh...
From Our Files (Dec. 21, 2022)
Dec. 21, 1972 The high school student body was concerned about classmate Randy Johnson, who recently lost his home and belongings in a fire. They decided to give his family a $100 check. Students contribute to a general fund from proceeds of dairy...
From Our Files (Dec. 14, 2022)
Dec. 14, 1972 Week-long freezing temperatures and snow storms abrupted many locals with freezing water lines. When the thermometer dropped from 15 degrees to minus three in a day, plumbers, the city water department and hardware stores were flooded...
