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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 defendants. The Cornets, owners of Foster Trailer Court, circulated petitions that led to the commissioners' decision to vacate L Street from Highway 20 to Fourth Avenue, and Fourth Avenue from Wiley Creek Road to Ash Street.

The suit alleges a false statement – that the streets were not used – misrepresented the petitions. Residents of th...