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Feb

RETIRED RADIO NEWSCASTER, DEAD AT 75

Jim Howe (1940 – 2015) lost his fight with cancer on Friday February
6. He became a member of the KEX (1190) news staff in 1962 and continued with the Portland station for 39 years.

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Dec

THRILLING ENTERTAINMENT FROM 1963

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Dec

A GREAT PHOTO OF A LOCAL MUSIC LEGEND

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Heck Harper (center w/guitar) and His Circle 8 Hoedown Band on KGW-TV, 1960.

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Dec

“AIRCRAFT DOWN”~ ON THIS DAY IN 1978

The crash site of United Airlines Flight 173 near NE 158th Avenue and East Burnside Street in Portland, Oregon.

Since the United 173 crash resulted in a Crew Resource Management (CRM)
training revolution, the accident has been called one of the most important in
history.

Held responsible for the accident, Captain McBroom lost his pilot’s license and
retired from United Airlines shortly afterwards. He died on October 9, 2004 at
age 77.