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B r o o x in g e -H a rb o r P IL O T *♦** B ro o k in g s , The PILOT O re . * * ♦ * A p r i l 2 5 , 1957 CM TCQ h ! CORNCR h .. BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER N A T IO N A L I 1 A E n te re d E D IT O R IA L A S SO C ÍA T IO N U f FI I t A T | a s s e c o n d -c la s s M a rc h 7, N IW S P A P K K P U B L IS H E R S / M ( MBf • m a tte r ASSO CIATION 1 at th e 1946, u n d e r a n p o s t o f f ic e A ct of M a rc h at 3, B r o o k in g s , O r e 1879 Ray Pisarck, Joe Murphy Editor» and Publisher» SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year in A dvance (in C u rry C o u n ty ) ................................................ $ 3 0 0 One Year in Advance (outside Curry County) ...................... $3.50 A VERY M OM ENTOUS W EEK. L a s t w e e k w as a m o m e n to u s one f o r th is a r e a . T w o v e ry im p o r ta n t th in g s to o k p la c e w h ic h c o u ld e a s i l y c h a n g e o u r w h o le e c o n o m i c p i c t u r e in th e y e a r s t o c o m e . 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