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Articles from the June 22, 2014 edition


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  • Riot set stage for “Governor’s Pot Party”

    Jun 22, 2014

    Hitler salute By Finn J.D. John (Editor’s note: This is one of three articles about this event.) Around midsummer in 1970, Ed Westerdahl finally agreed to talk to the two scruffy hippies who’d been politely pestering him for the previous week. The hippies — Robert Wehe and Glen Swift — had come to Salem from Portland in an old Opel Kadett. They wanted to talk to the governor, Tom McCall, and Westerdahl was McCall’s chief of staff. Westerdahl had initially blown them off, hoping they’d give up and go away, but they’d shown no sign o...

  • Koosah Falls Kayaking

    Jun 22, 2014

    McKenzie River Reflections...