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... that
Bill Naito
(pictured)
, who abruptly left
Portland, Oregon
at age 16 to avoid
Japanese-American internment
during
World War II
, later became one of the city's most esteemed business and civic leaders?
... that before a drought caused
Hart Lake
to dry up, the
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
captured and relocated rare
Warner suckers
, re-introducing them when water returned to the lake?
... that in 1959
sprinter
Roscoe Cook
of the
University of Oregon
beat Olympic gold medalist
Bobby Morrow
and world record holder
Ray Norton
in the
100 metres
and tied the world record?
... that the attorney who owned the
M.E. Blanton House
in
Aloha, Oregon
, lost an appeal over a road project that removed part of the house's yard?
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