Word: portlands
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Guards who seized the man with the pipe discovered that he had Communist connections of another kind in his record. Alexander Pavlovich, 32, a Yugoslav seaman, had jumped ship in Portland, Ore. in 1951 in a desperate effort to remain in the U.S. Picked up for deportation by immigration authorities, he had unsuccessfully pleaded that sure death faced him in Yugoslavia as an opponent of Marshal Tito's Communist regime. His plea for sanctuary was refused for lack of supporting evidence. In custody, he had tried drastic measures, including slashing his wrists with a razor, to prolong his stay...
...public power unhappy, it was good news for the small domestic and rural customers of the private utilities. Since the state keeps a close control on utility rates, they will reap the major benefits from cheaper power. Luckiest of all are the people in McKay's native Portland, Ore. They are supplied by the Portland General Electric Co., which counts on Bonneville for almost three-fourths of its power needs. Last year, when water was low and less power was generated, P.G.E. had to buy costlier steam-generated power (eight mills per kw., v. two mills for Bonneville power...
...next ten years, Joaquin fought Indians, fathered three children and two slim, dim books of verse and spent most of his time boozing in "doggeries" (saloons) and pasting whisky ads in the family Bible. Fed up, Minnie left with the children, and on June 6, 1870, Joaquin sailed from Portland, Ore. for San Francisco and the life of letters. Blond locks aflow, Joaquin strode down the gangplank and announced: "Let us go and talk with the poets." But Bret Harte, Ambrose Bierce and the other "Bards of San Francisco Bay," as he dubbed them, refused to take Joaquin as seriously...
...soon as he read the TIME article, Carter phoned Colt offering to buy the rebuffed Venus for the same price ($18,000) that the Salem committee had agreed to pay. And he proposed to lend her to the Portland Art Museum...
...statue arrived for dedication ceremonies last week, and Venus may now be seen in a place of honor among the prized sculptures of the Portland Art Museum...