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Salem in 1998

World Events

In Japan, the Akashi Kaikyo bridge linking Kobe to to Honshu becomes the longest suspension structure in the world. It replaces a dangerous ferry transportation.
US embassy are bombed in Tanzania and Kenya.
Iraqi disarmament crisis intensifies as UNSCOM weapons inspectors withdraw.

Salem in 1964

World Events

In his first State of the Union address, Lyndon Johnson announces US will conduct “A War on Poverty.” In November he defeats Conservative Republican Barry Goldwater in presidential election.
24th Amendment of the Constitution abolishes poll tax; Civil Rights Act passes in Congress.

Marion Square Park, Front/Com’l/Union St. NE in CAN-DO

This block-square area, designated as a park in 1846, had been the permanent campsite for the Chemeketa band and others of the Willamette Valley Kalapuyans. In the winter of 1847,an epidemic of measles broke out, causing the deaths of half the population...