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 * ... that Bill Naito (pictured), who abruptly left Portland, Oregon at age 16 to avoid Japanese-American internment during World War II, later became one of the city's most esteemed business and civic leaders?
 * ... that before a drought caused Hart Lake to dry up, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service captured and relocated rare Warner suckers, re-introducing them when water returned to the lake?
 * ... that in 1959 sprinter Roscoe Cook of the University of Oregon beat Olympic gold medalist Bobby Morrow and world record holder Ray Norton in the 100 metres and tied the world record?
 * ... that the attorney who owned the M.E. Blanton House in Aloha, Oregon, lost an appeal over a road project that removed part of the house's yard?

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 * 1) Recent additions/2010/December, archive of Main Page appearance.
 * 2) Recent additions/2013/October, archive of Main Page appearance.
 * 3) Recent additions/2013/October, archive of Main Page appearance.
 * 4) Recent additions/2013/November, archive of Main Page appearance.