A recording of a KMO radio spot for Day's Tailoring

J.A. Paulson partial pre-interview session conversation, work on drug squad post WWI, drug busts. (Interview No. 15, Tape No. 1)

J.A. Paulson discussion of early days on department, corruption in the department, first beat jobs, work on check detail, also early life. (Interview No. 15, Tape No. 2)

J.A. Paulson continued discussion of work on check detail. (Interview No. 15, Tape No. 3)

Note: Former tape splicing broke and was repaired during this section 3 times. Digital editing was used to create a single track as originally intended.

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Woman/girl playing guitar and singing various folk songs:
1963 French song “Dominique”
“Michael Rowed the Boat Ashore”
Instrumental

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Murray Morgan uses his typewriter while listening to local radio news on KMO (recording likely in December 1965 based on news items and Christmas music being played).
Some topics on the news program

• Eddie Ray Lincoln being shot/killed by police.
• A missing student pilot out of Spokane that was en route to Moses Lake
• Electrical Workers Union strike
• English professor George Bluestone leaving the University of Washington for Hollywood.
• Qantas orders Boeing 747 jetliners.
• Coast Guard searches Chinese ship in Tacoma after caller says there was a bomb aboard. The explosive was never found.

Segment with Washington representatives talking about Dr. Dixy Lee Ray's comments on the Handford Nuclear Waste situation.

Segment with Virginia Anderson about hotels in Tacoma.

Julius Tollefson discusses early life, coming to the U.S. and Tacoma, work in logging camps. (Interview No. 13, Tape No. 1)

Julius Tollefson continues logging talk, mentions large lumber mills, University Place description, Our Saviour Lutheran Church and Good Temples Lodge. (Interview No. 13, Tape No. 2)

Julius Tollefson continues discussion of Good Temples Lodges, Viking and Sons of Norway Lodges. (Interview No. 13, Tape No. 3)

Fred Stiegler talks early life in McCormick (Wash.), memories of Tacoma (c.1920), strike of 1935, lumber industries in Tacoma, Industrial Workers of the World (I.W.W.). (Interview No. 29, Tape No. 1)

Interview about rescue work and mountain camps on Mount Rainier. Mountain rescue worker being interviewed mentions legendary mountaineers, the Whittaker twins (Jim and Lou), being rescued off Mount Rainier after Lou Whitaker became paralyzed in his back and hip and “had to have direct aid by rope coming down this ice wall by Dee Molenaar”.

Jim Whittaker is the co-founder of REI and the first American to scale Mount Everest. Both Whittaker twins worked in mountain rescue work in the Cascades of Washington State, were guides on Mount Rainier and were instructors for the US Army’s renowned 10th Mountain Division.

Dee Molenaar is another famed mountaineer, who was also an author and artist. Molenaar was part of the 1953 K2 expedition with Pete Schoening and has climbed Mount Rainier more than 50 times. He died at the age of 101 in 2020.

Louis Mazzuca talks about life of family, early work on the railroad, life of Italians in Tacoma. (Interview No. 10, Tape No. 1)

1st segment is an interview with June Zambian from Public Utilities. 2nd is a segment about the Tacoma Actors Guild. 3rd segment is an interview with Nancy Mendoza. Last segment is talking about the Cheney Studs.

Side A: 1. Artistry in Rhythm; 2. Bernie's Tune; 3. Tuxedo Junction; 4. Street Scene; 5. Puck's Blues; 6. This is Always; 7. Don't Get Around Much Anymore; 8. Design for Blue; 9. Home Journey; 10. A String of Pearls; 11. It's All Right With Me; 12. Intermission Riff; Side B: I Concentrate on You; 2. The End of a Love Affair; 3. You and I and George (Red Kelly talks/sings); 4. Senitmental Riff; 5. Random Riff

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KMO News radio broadcast c. 1965 with subjects including Old Tacoma development, building supermarkets, 1965-1966 school year, Never Never Land

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Murray Morgan reading the news c. 1960s including topics of judges and legislature pay raises, Japanese film “Harakiri” (1962) being shown in Proctor and violinist Michael Rabin performing with the University of Puget Sound band at Mount Tahoma High School.

This District 3 Candidate Forum was hosted by the League of Women Voters at the Tacoma Public Library South Tacoma Branch on July 11, 2023. Voices include: Monique Piegdon, South Tacoma Library Associate, Cynthia Stewart, former president of the League of Women Voters, Bailey Wambold, forum moderator, and candidates John Frazier, Marlando Redeemer, Jamika Scott, and Chris Van Vechten. Questions included in the forum were designed by the League of Women Voters and pertained to District 3 as well as the city of Tacoma. Topics included: the climate, homelessness, crime, gun control, and how to engage the public.

Leonard Svedberg (John L.A.) talks about early life in Finland, travel to United States, work in Tacoma, Lodge work in Scandanavian Community, impressions of Tacoma. (Interview No. 1, Tape No. 1)

Mildred Wehmhoff talks early family life in Tacoma, school, church, special events (i.e. the opening of Stadium Bowl), flu pandemic of 1918. (Interview No. 36, Tape No. 1)