Family members of the striking Tacoma Boatbuilding Co. workers joined the picket lines with signs and singing in support. Two thousand two hundred workers are striking the plant. “Lillian Stevens, Claudia Selby, and Brian Ferguson, 9, from left, sang family support for strikers.” Photo by staff member Bruce Kellman.

A group of demonstrators hold a banner reading, "STRIKE." A sign in the background reads, "Tough times never last but tough people do."

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Bill Garst of Tacoma reads on his bunk in the Last Chance Shelter. He lost his job and is looking for another one. He doesn't get unemployment (reason unknown) and because he couldn't make house payments foreclosure forced him out onto the street.
Photo by Peter Haley

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Steam escaped from the broken pipes on the coal-fired engine of the African Queen after she broke down during a news media cruise of Seattle's Lake Union Monday morning. Damage to the 76-year-old African steamer of movie fame evidently came during a January visit to the mid-west during sub-zero cold spell. The tour continued via a tow. The boat will be on display at the Big Tacoma Boat Show this week. The steam pressure valve indicated zero pressure and the boat whistles remained silent because of the broken pipes.
Bruce Kellman

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Marie Schroeder leads The Rockeretts, a troop of senior citizen lady dancers who perform at various fundraisers and community events, through a routine during a practice session at the Milton Senior Center.
Bill Hunter/Photo

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Senior citizens from all over the county danced to the tunes of Pep Perry's Combo, a quartet playing music from the 40's and 50's, at Green River Community College. The college's Special Events Program sponsored the Valentine's dance which was free. Seniors enjoyed refreshments and each got a complimentary photo taken with their sweetheart.
(The program has been going for about 4 years)
Photo by Karen Stallwood

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Tony Daigle makes the stop from his position at short stop during a morning - practice of the "King County Sounders", a coed softball team for seniors. They practice in Des Moines Park, and their first game will be at a jamboree on May 31. More participants are welcome-- especially women.
Haley

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The Yorks are longtime residents here

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Antique Sandwich Co.

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Dr. Harold Sandler and Elena Loshchenkova address students at Wilson High School in Tacoma, one of their Pacific Northwest stops.
Photo by Russ Carmack

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News-Peace March
People from around the state participated in a local demonstration as "The Great Peace March" arrived in Washington D.C. They had a rally on the steps of the Capitol Building in Olympia, then had a symbolic march down the capitol grounds and a few blocks into the town. The local demonstration in Olympia was sponsored by the Nuclear Weapons Freeze Coalition.
Larry Burnbaum
Photo by Susie Post

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Wrist Wrestling

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Trang Nguyen (16), Thuy Le (14) who both attend Stadium H.S. and have been in the US for only 3 months and Betty Thach (16) who attends Clover Park H.S. and has been here for 2 and a half years, are all Amerasian children, they watch the city skyline pass by as the Sea Explorer boat Charles Curtis, a 80 foot wooden hull boat built in 1931 slips out of city waterway. Tacoma has been designated as one of about 50 cluster sites across the US. A program has been scheduled to welcome the Amerasian youth and their families, after lunch a boat cruise of Commencement Bay, courtesy of the Sea Explorers, a branch of the Boy Scouts of America.

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Post Card
Auburn Masonic Temple

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New City Hall under construction.

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Old wooden school building

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New Post Office
The Auburn Post Office moved from its previous cramped quarters at 1st and Auburn Ave to this new 19,000-square-feet building at 11 and 3rd St. NW last month. The $330,000 concrete black and window wall building was built and is owned by the Lease Co. of Seattle and is leased to the Post Office Department on a 20-year lease.

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Going Fishing?

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Auburn's cramped quarters
Mayor Stan Kersey, right, in busy city building-department office.
Photo by Warren Anderson

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-Ape Cake-
Roland Winbeckler, chief decorator for a bakery in suburban Kent, daubbed frosting on a 6-foot, 4-inch gorilla made of banana cake and butter-cream icing. The ape will go on display at a Tacoma firm's private zoo. The 30-year-old Winbeckler has carved all sorts of animals and people out of cake and hopes someday to do something "outrageous" like a life-size Empire State Building or busy street scene.

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--Freeway Model Displayed--
A 40-foot model of the Tacoma Freeway as it will appear when completed in several years is being displayed this month on the second floor of the county-City Building. Picture shows freeway running east to and over the Puyallup River. G. M. Schuster, city public works director, front right, points to state approach to city's projected Yakima Avenue Bridge. Under his arm are Delin Avenue and Tacoma Avenue undercrossings. Behind Schuster are Harold A. Hagestad, left, coordinating engineer between Tacoma and state, and Myron Calkins, city engineer. They are pointing to the complex of crossings and approaches that will be the Pacific Avenue Interchange, designed to relieve Freeway of Cross-town traffic congestion.

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--Puyallup Valley Freeway System--
The proposed Puyallup Valley Freeway's effect on Puyallup is revealed in the mockup (photo 1) by the State Highways Department. The map shows proposed construction. Except for the section of SR 410 between Fife and Highway 161, the system is scheduled to be operational by late 1971.

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A Year From Now

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Pacific Avenue Interchange

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WA State Highway Dept. Photo
by Forest and Whitmire Photography

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Tacoma Spur Groundbreaking

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Laurie Nelson belts out a tune to "Trash Toad" during a performance at Roosevelt Elem. School a key element in Tacoma's solid waste/recycling program is an assembly the city puts on at various elementary schools. It's a multi-media show that includes Laurie dancing and singing and a guy dressed up in a "Trash Toad" costume.
Photo by Russ Carmack