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HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS DAY IN HISTORY

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TODAY IN HISTORY

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An early morning line up for gas in Portland, Ore.

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Oak Grove, Ore.

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Most gas stations in the area reduced their hours, enforced limits on the 
amount of
fuel purchased and some closed on Sundays.

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Having to hitch a ride in Beaverton

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THE COLUMBUS DAY STORM OF 1962

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A storm damaged light plane at the Portland airport

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The scoreboard at Gresham High School

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Wind damaged sign atop a Salem theater

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Damage in Eugene

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HUMANITARIAN DIED ON THIS DAY IN 1974

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            Oskar Schindler (28 April 1908 – 9 October 1974) 

Oskar Schindler was an ethnic German industrialist credited
with saving the lives of about 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust
of World World War ll by employing them at his enamelware and
ammunitions factories, located in what is now Poland and the
Czech Republic. He is the subject of the 1982 novel Schindler’s
Ark
, and the 1993 Steven Spielberg film Schindler’s List.

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Liam Neeson as Oskar Schindler

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TODAY IN HISTORY

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