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In 1991, following some post-holiday lay-offs, some of Powell's employees formed an organizing committee, seeking to become part of the Oregon Public Employees Union (OPEU). They succeeded in getting more than 35% of the workers to sign union cards, but because less than 65% of them had done so—the OPEU's suggested threshold—they decided ...
Oregon State rugby has been successful in recent years. The Beavers finished the 2012 season ranked #9 in the nation, [48] and finished the 2011 season ranked #12. [49] Oregon State played an undefeated regular season in 2012 and was champion of the Northwest conference in 2012, qualifying for the playoffs for the national DI-AA championship. [50]
In 1934, Herbert W. Armstrong, an advertising agent turned radio- and televangelist, founded the Radio Church of God, a radio ministry [3] in Eugene, Oregon. Armstrong's biography states that he had been ordained in 1931 by the Oregon Conference of the Church of God (Seventh Day) , an Adventist group, but split with them in 1933.
The Johnson Wax Headquarters is the world headquarters of the household goods company S. C. Johnson & Son in Racine, Wisconsin, United States.The original headquarters includes two buildings designed by Frank Lloyd Wright: the Administration Building, completed in April 1939, and the Research Tower, completed in November 1950.
The FCC rules that television stations have the right to refuse to air ads under "reasonable access" provisions of the law pertaining to political candidates. The ruling comes after WMAQ-TV / Chicago rejected an anti-abortion ad that activist and presidential candidate Randall Terry wanted the NBC O&O to run during Super Bowl XLVI .
Charles Raymond Starkweather (November 24, 1938 – June 25, 1959) [2] was an American spree killer who murdered eleven people in Nebraska and Wyoming between November 1957 and January 1958, when he was nineteen years old. [3]
With a print run of about 19,000 copies, The Prague Post reached approximately 40,000 readers a week with its print edition published every Wednesday. [citation needed] In 2013, The Prague Post ceased its print edition and moved to an online-only format. [1] Its website at its peak had 40,000 unique users generating 150,000 page views per month ...