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Page 6 Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, October 29, 2003 On October 28, 1636, Har- vard College, now the oldest in the U.S., was founded, and grammar school became compulsory education in Bos- ton ... October 28, 1776, Gen- eral Howe failed to destroy George Washington's army at White Plains ... November 1, 1835, the Seminole Indians in Florida, led by Osceola, be- gan attacks protesting their forced removal ... November 2, 1835, Sam Houston was put in command of the Texas army ... October 28, 1886, the Statue of Liberty was dedi- cated ... November 2, 1926, the Air Commerce Act was passed, providing federal aid for airlines and airports ... October 29, 1929, the stock market crash marked the end of past prosperity as stock prices plummeted, beginning the worst American depres- sion in history ... November 1, 1929, Albert B. Fall, former Secretary of the Interior, was convicted of accepting a bribe of $100,000 in the leasing of the Elk Hills (Teapot Dome) naval oil reserve and was sentenced to a year in prison and fined $100,000 ... Octo- ber 30, 1938, Orson Welles did a radio dramatization of "War of the Worlds," a fic- tional Martian invasion, which generated a nationwide panic ... November 2, 1948, President Truman was elected, defeating General Thomas E. Dewey in a his- toric upset ... November 1, 1950, two members of a Puerto Rican nationalist movement tried to assassi- nate President Truman ... November 1, 1952, the first hydrogen device explosion took place in the Pacific ... October 28, 1962, President Kennedy and Soviet Premier Khrushchev agreed on a for- mula to end the Cuban mis- sile crisis ... November 2, 1962, President Kennedy announced that Soviet missile bases in Cuba were being dismantled ... November 2, 1963, South Vietnam Presi- dent Ngo Dinh Diem was as- sassinated after the U.S. with- drew support for him ... No- vember 1, 1973, Leon Jawor- ski was named Watergate Special Prosecutor by the Nixon administration ... No- vember 2, 2001, the Bush administration said that the assets of 22 groups on its list of terrorist organizations would be subject to seizure. (c) 2003 DBR Media, Inc. Don’t Litter! TED’S TREE SERVICE 38 years experience in JoCo Danger Tree/Residential Specialist CCB# 147570 - Bonded & Insured 1477 NE 7th Street Grants Pass, Oregon 97526 592-4789 (Free Estimates) Fence & Decks LLC All types of fencing & decks - 22 years experience CCB#151842 592-6192 ‘My Three Sons Cleaning Service’ Carpets - Windows - Upholstery Licensed - Insured - Bonded 596-2113 Lamb’s Baaa-dy Shop 592-2883 1436 Rockydale Road Complete Body Work * Paint * Fiberglass Yoga Yoga with Linda Tuesdays and Thursdays, 4-5:30 p.m. at the Kerby Belt Building 592-6797 www.soyoga.com Place your ad here! 3 months $59 Formal Wear *Formal Gowns *Tuxedo Rentals *Gorilla Grams *Balloon Bouquets (541) 479-8820 3 months $59 A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he knows something. -Wilson Mizner-
