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POW WANTS FLAG BACK--USAF Lt. Col. John A. Dramesi, shown with the flag he made in his North Vietnamese prison upon his release and later presented to President Nixon is waiting for decision of three judge court to release the impounded flag. The Nixon material was impounded when the president resigned and Dramesi wants the flag back for the Bicentennial celebration.

Associated Press file photo, 1973

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Prayers before sweeping up S. L Street, from left to right: Laura Neal, Theda Cherry, Priscilla Lisicich, and Lynitra Jackson. For Sandy Nelson story.
Melissa Stevenson Photo

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Indians, Puyallup

“Members of the Puyallup Tribe celebrate Yekabotsa Mills’ ninth birthday with a Native American Church prayer ceremony.” A tepee is backlit, showing the people sitting inside. Photo by New Tribune staff Dean J Koepfler

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Students who live in Puyallup's South Hill area are riding their school bus to the South Hill school called Woodland Elementary.
Bruce Kellman/Photo

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Tacoma--Views (Tacoma--Aerial Views)

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Vacation Home on Burley Lagoon

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Careful selection of winning card

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Chemical Pollution

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Dr. B. Elizabeth Drake

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Hilltop (Home Ownership Program) Terence Thomas - Real-estate/Personal Banker, working with Evelyn Hargrove.

“Terence Thomas, a Seafirst real estate personal banker, talks with Evelyn Hargrove, one of the potential buyers, at a class Seafirst organized” to educate people about credit applications and real-estate transactions. Seafirst Bank, the Martin Luther King Housing Development Association, and the Tacoma Housing Authority organized a program to help low-income Pierce County residents purchase a home and revitalize Tacoma’s Hilltop Neighborhood.

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Cascadia - George Ortez

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State Troopers were on the look-out for motorists who wanted to drive through the water over Meridian street at 144th in the South Hill area of Puyallup. They issued $46 tickets to several drivers Friday morning -- for failing to obey a restrictive sign. Trooper Steve McDonald, left, and Trooper Mike Erickson watched.
Bruce Kellman

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Tacoma--Views (Tacoma--Aerial Views)

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Chemical Pollution - Wash.

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Steve Downing

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Hilltop (Home Ownership Program)

“One of the six houses in the Seafirst program awaits the remodelers’ hammers and saws.” Seafirst Bank, the Martin Luther King Housing Development Association, and the Tacoma Housing Authority organized a program to help low-income Pierce County residents purchase a home and revitalize Tacoma’s Hilltop Neighborhood. Four houses were purchased by the Martin Luther King Housing Development Association and two others were owned by the Tacoma Housing Authority. The Martin Luther King Housing Development served as the developer and remodel of all six homes while Seafirst Bank provided government backed loans to both agencies that would later be assumed by the buyers.

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Indians, Puyallup

Two people, one is holding a clipboard, sort through various boxed and canned food items.

Construction is ongoing at the Heritage Manor subdivision on Puyallup's South Hill.
Bill Hunter/Photo

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Tacoma--Views (Tacoma--Aerial Views)

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John Spellman, left, and George Weyerhaeuser

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--BJ's Bingo, new Indian gambling rules.
Lazara Gallardo, 90, of Tacoma plays bingo at BJ's Bingo Hall Friday. Her granddaughter, Lamar Abalahin, 22, of Tacoma is sitting behind her. They were playing in hopes of winning one of the six Yugos given away at BJ's. The winner of the car was Lazara's daughter! (Juanita A. Pastor, winner)
Photo by Susie Post

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Chem. Poll.

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Chuck Doud
Charles Doud

“Hawthorne residents protested giving up their homes for the dome.” During a public hearing, the public was divided on where to build the dome. The city council heard people arguing about placing the dome downtown or in the Hawthorne Neighborhood. Photo by staff member Bob Rudsit.

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Erick Johnson

Three people hold signs reading, "Save Historic Hawthorne" and "We won't move our homes of fifty years or more. They are paid for."

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Indians, Puyallup

Joe Washington, shaman of the Lummis, led the Puyallup Tribe in a ceremony marking the start of the salmon run. The ancient ceremony was held on tribal land near the Portland Avenue Bridge. The ceremony ended with a wedding. Joe Washington asked for the tribe’s adults to remember what they had seen and to pass the knowledge on to their children. Photo by Tribune staff member Russ Carmack.