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From the pages of Astoria’s daily newspapers
10 years ago this week — 2005
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Appropriately damp weather greeted local citizens and
tourists who came to get one last look at Fort Clatsop Sun-
day before workers begin dismantling the charred struc-
ture.
Beginning Thursday the public was able to get a close-
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stroyed the replica Oct. 3. Crews were set to begin demol-
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Erikson Drive won’t be ready for at least another three
months, the Astoria City Council learned Monday night.
Noting that the signal was supposed to have been opera-
tional by Sept. 1, Mayor Willis Van Dusen said “We found
out now we’re six months off the mark. I feel very disap-
pointed about it.”
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scribed Astoria as “the deepest pocket of poverty” in the
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by Congress, we ought to be first in priority to have feder-
ally paid teachers assigned to our school system.
Republicans in Congress are viewing the teacher corps
with alarm – justified, we believe – that filling our schools
with federal employees will lead to federal control of local
school affairs.
Since Astoria presumably would be first in line in Ore-
gon for teacher corps invasion, this problem ought to con-
cern us considerably.
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United States naval planes and the destroyer tender
that lay below Tongue Point for the past several days
left this morning for unknown destinations. Name of the
squadron of six planes and the tender were not made pub-
lic nor was the purpose of their visit here. Naval men have
been reticent of late on all activity in this vicinity.
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