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Pamplin Media Group - 1946: Local governments move to take over air base


75 YEARS AGO
March 7, 1946
The problem of the Madras Air Base was carried a good step further toward satisfactory solution Monday night, when a joint meeting of the City Council of Madras and the County Court of Jefferson County was attended by representatives of the U.S. Reclamation Bureau, irrigation district and citizens of the city and surrounding community and the session was ended with adoption of a joint resolution of the council and court requesting a joint sponsorship of the air base.
The adoption of the joint sponsorship resolution carried, following considerable discussion but without a dissenting voice, was the sequel of meetings held here last week between various local interests and Ray N. Harper, representative of the Civil Aeronautics authority, here from Seattle. ....

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Wyden, Merkley Keeping Oregon and 2021 in Sight - The Corvallis Advocate


Wyden, Merkley Keeping Oregon and 2021 in Sight
December 23, 2020
Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley who serves on the Senate Appropriations Committee and Ron Wyden today announced a wide range of investments that will benefit Oregon and are included in the fiscal year 2021 spending bill that has passed the Senate. The next step is for the president to sign the bill into law. 
Taken together, the investments announced by the senators impact virtually all communities in every corner of the state, addressing some of Oregonians’ biggest challenges. The provisions highlighted include only a fraction of those in the omnibus package that benefit Oregon, including health care, education, science and conservation, and more.  ....

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