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New Port of Tacoma Executive Director John Terpstra, second from right, is greeted by other Port employees just after word came from the Port Commission that Terpstra would succeed Lawrence Killeen as the top employee in Tacoma's Port.

From left to right: Paul Chilcote, Sharon Starr, John Terpstra, personnel director Lorna Ovena.

Photo by Bruce Kellman

Back of Photo:
Terpstra, John

Citizen Geo. Francis Train, "City of Destiny Champion"

Commemorative plaque reading, "In commemoration of George Francis Train's record around the world trip point of departure and return March 18, 1890-May 24, 1890. Time 67 days 13 hours presented by the Junior Chamber of Commerce."

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Plate marking Train's trip around the world

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Jenny Williams, leader of the recall drive that recalled Puyallup tribal council members Bertha Turnipseed, Lena Landry and Roleen Hargrove.

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John Spellman, left, and George Weyerhaeuser

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"Damon Herd, the Tacoma Fire Dept's 1st black Fire Marshal, stands before a fire truck at the station that also is home to his office (901 Fawcett)."

Herd is 36 years old in the photo and became a firefighter in 1971. According to Herd, he was a part of the first group of minority applicants that the Tacoma Fire Department recruited in the early 1970s.

“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.

Back of Photo:
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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Henry Sicade

Henry Sicade was part of the Puyallup Tribe and lived in the Fife area before the town existed. Sicade was active in the tribal council until his death in 1938 at the age of 72.

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Mrs. Dolores Silas
Staff photo by Bob Rudsit

From Clipping in File:
Dolores Silas and Reed School Pupils

Reed Elementary School principal Dolores Silas and Reed School pupils. At the time, Silas was one of only three female administrators in the Tacoma Public School system. Silas earned a BA degree at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama and did graduate work at the University of Arizona.

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Port of Tacoma--Blair Waterway
Photo cutline: "Contaminated muck dredged from Blair Waterway is stored in this Tideflats pond lined with plastic."

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About 2300 Tacoma and Pierce County citizens packed the Foss High School gym Thursday for the first "Safe Streets" community forum to Fight Illegal Drug Use, Gangs and Violence. 150 individuals held number signs to aid in forming discussion groups of 15 people each.

Bruce Kellman/News

Note: Published photo has the number of people at 1,600.

Back of photo: McIlvaigh Middle School students march down Portland Ave. 3/10/89 after a noon rally urging the kids to say no to drugs and alcohol. NEWS BILL HUNTER PHOTO

Back of photo: Roosevelt Elem. Annex Demolition

Roosevelt Annex, which was used as a gymnasium and multi-purpose room, was demolished after being condemned due to safety concerns. A $100,000 playground took its place.

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Suzanne Asbury

Suzanne Asbury, a 22-year-old pilot and professional skywriter, works for Pepsi and would be performing a Fourth of July aerial display in a couple days in 1982.

Sang Hyon Nairn leaps six men, striking a target in a martial arts demonstration. The mayors of Tacoma and Gunsan City, Korea, celebrated their "sister city" status.

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News
Thomas Haugen, age 31, of Bonney Lake Hangs-out along Pacific Ave. in downtown Tacoma.
(Suki interviewed this guy in relation to the J&M Tavern closing)
Staff Photo by Joe Giron

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Row of vacant pawn shops on Pacific at 15th in Tacoma
Photo by David Yee
Inside Track

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Lower Pacific Ave.
Photograph by Bruce Larson

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Billy Welch, a 10th grader at Clover Park District, walked with striking Clover Park High School teachers Tuesday afternoon, on what was to have been the first day of school for the district.
Kellman - Photo

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Nez Perce tribe member Jo Ann Kauffman, Executive Director of the Seattle Indian Health Board, poured a can of Treaty Beer into a garbage can. She appeared at a press conference condemning the new product and said the can contained "Hate and prejudice." Conference was at Indian center near Fort Lawton.
Bruce Kellman/News

More than 300 state employees rallied for women's equality in the State Capitol Rotunda in Olympia.

Back of Photo:
Betty Drost

One of the credited leaders of the Citizens Committee for School Support, Betty Drost, celebrates the passing of a $24.5 million special levy for Tacoma Public Schools with 81 percent of the vote.

Danette and Carey usher in the year of the ox TNT 02/03/1973 p.1

Mrs. Lilly Gould and her No.6 son, Steven, wish all of their friends in Tacoma a happy new year. The Goulds live in Lake City where they will celebrate the year of the ox, 4671, with friends. They've received greetings from Saigon. TNT 02/23/1973 p.8

Back of Photo:
"Port of Tacoma - Gen.
New Construction Site: Shown here is the current terminal for Totem Ocean Trailer Express (TOTE) which leases the 25-acre site from the Port of Tacoma. This area will be the new site of a two-berth container facility for Tacoma Terminals, Inc., a subsidiary of Sea-Land Services, Inc. The Port is relocating the TOTE operation to Blair Waterway, where it will build a modern, expanded, roll-on, roll-off facility.

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"St. Regis - Western Star Paper Machine
Clipping taped to back: "READ ALL ABOUT IT--Seven St. Regis Paper Co. officials, her for this morning's official dedication of the company's $30,000,000 expansion of its Tacoma kraft pulp and paper mill, look over a special 18-page section of The News Tribune, marking the event. Seated, left to right, are Phillip B. Duffy, vice president, the corrugated container division; Reginald L. Vayo, vice president, kraft division sales; and Kenneth D. Lozier, vice president, of advertising and sales promotion, all of New York. Standing are George J. Kneeland, New York, assistant vice president; Russell R. Major, Tacoma, assistant comptroller; John A. McDermott, Jacksonville, Fla., vice president, pulp and paper manufacturing; and Dr. William R. Haselton, general manager of the Tacoma plant."