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Sept. 20, 1973 Willamette Industries Logging Division office was burglarized. A portable Sony AM radio worth $25 was stolen along with a metal box containing an unknown number of stamps and $2.50 in...

Sept. 6, 1973 Deputies are investigating the death of John Wesley Place, 15, who was found in the back seat of a vehicle behind My Tavern Place. The boy lived in a residence at the same location....

Aug. 30, 1973 Kitty Thornton's buffalo, Sally, got loose and roamed the streets in the middle of the night. It was corralled outside the city on 10th Avenue with the help of city police, state police...

Aug. 23, 1973 Mark Miner shot himself in the foot while practicing quick draws with a .22 pistol. After being treated at the hospital, it was reported the bullet did not hit any bones. A billboard...

Aug. 16, 1973 E.L. "Doc" Wright likes to fool around with a gold pan in Quartzville Creek and now he gets to show his hobby to the world. He will star in a pilot show, "Treasure Probe Unlimited,"...

July 26, 1973 Arlo Gustaf Nordendahl died after falling off a 25-foot cliff in Cascadia State Park. Early investigation revealed Nordendahl was "horseplaying" with Harold F. Maier on a bluff when...

July 19, 1973 A petition was filed asking the state Health Division and Board of Health to initiate annexation of the Foster-Midway area to the City of Sweet Home. The petition, circulated by R.E....

Hardware disease, which results from a cow's indiscriminate eating habits, was frequently seen when hay was baled with wire. Any stray sharp metal, like a nail, could be involved. The hardware would...

If that yellow 1932 Ford cruising by during this Thursday's Cut the Gut cruise night looks a little familiar, it should - at least, if you've seen "American Graffiti." George Lucas' 1973 blockbuster,...

Sweet Home's annual Sportsman's Holiday will take place this week, with a vast slate of activities planned. "Sportsman's Holiday is a fun small-town tradition that brings the community together to...

As has been its custom for some 15 years, Cascade Timber Consulting, together with Ram Trucking, sent the Hallmark Mayor's Christmas Tree from a spot near Green Peter lake last week to its...

Most articles that appear in this nutrition column are designed to meet the interests and needs of the general public. The topic for this month, however, is a little more specific: something for...

You hear it all the time. Likely you have even said it: "I was bad today."Or, "I was good today." "Good" and "bad," terms commonly used for moral and ethical issues, somehow have become everyday...

It's not too often that a 6-year-old wants to read The New Era. Emily Reynolds went one step further. She's a subscriber. Emily showed up recently in our office, with her mom, to sign up for her own...

Krista Reed, a member of the Raindrops 4-H Club, shows off her photo of the Grand Canyon that won at the Linn County Fair. She won reserve champion among all photos and will send her photo to the...

It is undeniable that there are loads of food options at summer barbecues. It begins with the table of chips and dip. As you greet the other quests at the BBQ, you eye the selection: salt and vinegar,...

John Chesselll above, plays the bass sax with a band of banjo players, below, from across the country at the Veteran’s Club July 4 during the Oregon Trail Banjo Camp’s annual Fourth of July...