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Nov. 18, 1971

Linn County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating the theft of a battery charger taken from a Federal Highway Administration maintenance shop near Quartzville.

The thieves are said to have climbed a 12 foot woven wire fence prior to prying a hasp off the shop door. Deputies are also investigating the theft of beer and money taken from Maples Grocery Store near Cascadia.

Water at Foster Lake is unusually low so that contractors can pour concrete for the new boat ramp being built at Sunnyside Park.

If no unseasonal rains come to force closing of the dam gates, the ramp shoul...