Portland radio journalist Heidi Tauber died Wednesday
evening after a head-on crash with a semi-truck on the Hwy
30 exit from I-405. Heidi, who most recently worked for Oregon
Public Broadcasting, was 52. The driver of the semi was not hurt.
LOCAL BROADCASTER DEAD AT 52
FIFTH MAYOR OF PORTLAND ON THIS DATE IN 1854
William Sargent Ladd (October 10, 1826 – January 6, 1893) was a politician and
businessman in Oregon. He twice served as Mayor of Portland from March 15, 1854
to April 1,1855 and a second term beginning in 1857. He was a prominent figure in the early development of Portland, and co-founded the first bank in Oregon in 1859. Ladd also built the first brick building in the city of Portland. A portion of his former estate, the Ladd Carriage House, was on the National Register of Historic Places until 2008. Ladd arrived in Portland from his native Vermont on April 8, 1851. Originally a Democrat, he became a Republican in 1864 when he supported Abraham Lincoln’s re-election.
The Ladd Carriage House in 1953
AVIATION HISTORY IN OREGON
WILLIAM H. MACY IS 61 YEARS OLD TODAY
Actor William Hall Macy, Jr. was nominated for an Academy Award for his role
as Jerry Lundegaard in Fargo (1996). In 2003, he won two Emmy Awards, one
for starring in the lead role and one as co-writer of the made-for-TNT film Door
to Door, a drama based on the true story of Bill Porter, a door-to-door salesman
for Watkins here in Portland, Oregon who born with cerebral palsy.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARK LINDSAY ~ 69 TODAY
Mark Lindsay was born in Eugene, Oregon and moved with his family
to Idaho when he was young. He is best known as the lead singer for
the group Paul Revere & the Raiders.
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