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FROM PORTLAND’S PAST ~ 1924

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The Bob White Theatre marquee and auditorium – 64th and SE
Foster, Portland, Ore.  (Delano Collection).
  


2015

The Bob White Theater was built in 1924 and has had many lifetimes. It was home
to epic Russ Meyer films for years, country music themed films, then Vietnamese language films. In its final days, it was the residence and workshop of a restorer
and collector of pipe organs.

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A LOOK BACK AT PAST NEWS HEADLINES

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Tim maguire
TIM MAGUIRE

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Jessica McClure Morales turned 30 in March.

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WAR PROTEST ON THIS DAY IN 1966

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Joan Baez at the Oakland draft center.

 

In Oakland, California, at least 40 anti-war protesters, including
the folk singer Joan Baez, were arrested for blocking the entrance
during a sit-in at a Armed Forces induction center. 

 

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Joan Chandos Baez turned 75 in January.

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PENNY MARSHALL IS 73 TODAY

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Carole Penny Marshall

Penny Marshall starred as Laverne DeFazio in the ABC sitcom Laverne &
Shirley (1976-1983), then went on to become a director of such films as
Awakenings (1990), A League of Their Own (1992) and Big (1998), both
starring Tom Hanks. With Big, she became the first female director to have
a film gross over $100 million. She started tap dancing at the age of three
and began her acting career with guest-starring appearances on The Odd
Couple
, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and Happy Days.
 

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ROGER MOORE IS 89 TODAY

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Sir Roger George Moore

Roger Moore replaced Sean Connery as James Bond in 1973, and won
a Monte Carlo TV Festival Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004. His other
major works include Ivanhoe (1958-1959), Maverick (1961), and The Saint
(1961-1969), where he played Simon Templar.

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