Five sticks of dynamite, being used to clear a channel in the Yakima River south of Richland, "backfired" yesterday afternoon and blew a hole in the deck of one lane of the Bailey bridge. General Electric was trying to relieve ice pressure on the piling of the bridge with small blasts, but the charge "blew upward."
2/8/1978
The Tri-City Herald
Mammoth bones uncovered at a construction site on Ironton Drive in West Richland are one of the best archaeological finds ever discovered in the Mid-Columbia. "The neat thing about this site is besides the mammoth, we're finding rodents, frogs, birds, rabbits all close together," said Jim Martin, University of Washington archeologist.
2/9/1948
The Tri-City Herald
Another March of Dimes container fell victim to thieves in Kennewick when the Two Boys Caf on Avenue C was broken in to in the early morning hours. The proprietor said the container was quite full. The juke box was also broken into and about $5 in nickels was also stolen. Entry to the caf was made by forcing the back door.
2/10/1982
The Tri-City Herald
The federal government's cheese giveaway was expected to be over in the Tri-Cities today as volunteers at Pasco's Salvation Army center and the Tri-City Food Bank finished doling out 2,862 five-pound blocks.
2/11/1972
The Tri-City Herald
Lamb-Weston's Connell potato processing supervisor plant has a problem. A worker was injured when he fell off a toilet seat at the plant. Now the supervisor must fill out a form that asks questions such as whether the employee had been instructed in the proper use of the equipment. Meanwhile the employee is being treated at a hospital for a back injury.
2/12/1925
Kennewick Courier-Reporter
Advertisement: Masquerade costumes will be here Friday and will be on display at the Kennewick Hardware Store. Costumes will be rented at cost. Only fifty to select from. Get yours early!
2/13/1952
The Tri-City Herald
Capt. David Gorgol, 29, who is stationed at Camp Hanford, is being held under observation at a San Francisco hospital after admitting he shot a taxi driver in that city for no apparent reason. He was decorated for his service in World War II. His wife and two children live in Kennewick. "I don't know why I did it," Gorgol said.
2/14/1924
Kennewick Courier-Reporter
The S.S. Lewiston, with Capt. S.V. Winslow in charge tied up in Hover for a short time. She is en-route from Portland to Lewiston where she will be used for the transportation of the wheat crop. She has been lately built, this is her first trip out side of a trial trip made a short ways up the Willamette.
2/15/1952
The Tri-City Herald
Mrs., Dewey (Lesta) King, of Pasco, was killed when an avalanche of snow and ice crashed down on her as she stood near a mountain resort on Highway 50 midway between Sacramento, CA and Reno, Nev. The Kings had been forced to repossess the resort some months ago and were making plans to resell it.
2/16/1952
The Tri-City Herald
A driver of a huge Hanford works bus apparently died of a heart attack while driving and crashed into the home of Mrs. Max Rees, 1311 Swift, Richland. Only five minutes before the eight-ton bus crashed into the kitchen of the home, 17 Girl Scouts had been meeting in the kitchen. A six-year-old girl at the home escaped serious injury in the crash.
2/17/1955
The Tri-City Herald
A truck hauling ice for Hanford construction workers' water supply hit a ditch, turned over and the gas tank exploded, setting fire to the tractor. The cab was burned out and some of the insulation of the trailer was burned, but not much of the ice was melted.
2/18/1974
The Tri-City Herald
Five cases of gonorrhea and one case of new, active tuberculosis in Benton and Franklin counties were reported to the state Department of Social and Health Services for December. Yakima County for that month reported 51 cases of gonorrhea and 4 of tuberculosis.
2/19/1925
Kennewick Courier-Reporter
Advertisement: The squirrels are out - now is the time to poison them. We have plenty of the poison grain in stock and put up under Government supervision. Prices same as county agent charges. Get busy and kill them early. Wheat is worth too much money to be eaten up by squirrels. At Vibber-Gifford Drug Co., Kennewick.
2/20/1948
The Tri-City Herald
Inmates at the Washington State Penitentiary at Walla Walla will state their annual "Cell-abrasions," a variety show for the benefit of the prisoners' welfare fund. One dollar tickets entitle the holder not only to admission, but also to exit from the premises. Tickets may be obtained locally at Olson Drug company.
2/21/1924
Kennewick Courier-Reporter
Rev. H.C. Messerli, who left Kennewick recently to accept the pastorate of the Lutheran Church in Albany, Ore, writes that he is under most trying conditions. His wife died within a few days and 12 members of his congregation have died of botulinus poisoning.
2/22/1980
The Tri-City Herald
Letter to the editor: Having an "official cigar of the Olympics" and an "official beer of the Olympics" made about as much sense as featuring a seminar on "Developing Compassion and Sensitivity" at a women's roller derby convention. - Andrea McMakin, Richland.
2/23/1948
The Tri-City Herald
The City Cab company of Pasco has established a new radio dispatch system for its vehicles which will allow drivers to proceed to new fares without returning to the taxi stand. Owners Blanche and Harry Utz say that a minimum of time will now be lost when customers call for a cab.
2/24/1960
The Tri-City Herald
Editorial: Richland Chamber of Commerce sent a pint of Columbia River water to New Mexico. Hope California doesn't think this establishes a precedent.
2/25/1972
The Tri-City Herald
Battelle-Northwest will conduct studies of the Columbia River's turbulence upstream from Richland by adding a red dye, Rhodamine B. So the river will run pink, but it has nothing to do with Red China or a mass murder upstream. Bob Jaske, Battelle project leader for the studies says the dye will not pollute.
2/26/1925
Kennewick Courier-Reporter
"Probably the most important news in automobile circles during the last week was the announcement that balloon tires are to be furnished as optional equipment on all types of Ford cars," said E.C. Smith, local Ford dealer. To compensate for the hard steering, a special steering gear will be installed on all cars carrying these tires.
2/27/1948
The Tri-City Herald
A man from Tacoma reported to Pasco police that all his money had been taken after he participated in an all-night card session on Front Street in Pasco. The other players demanded he return his winnings, a sum of $40. He told police he was too frightened to remember where the game had taken place.
2/28/1924
Kennewick Courier-Reporter
Preliminary organization of the Coolidge for President Club of Kennewick has been effected. One of the first official acts of the new organization was to adopt a resolution of confidence in President Coolidge and commending the stand he has taken on the oil lease controversy.
1/29/1952
The Tri-City Herald
Kennewick students have been enlisted again this year in Superintendent E. S. Black's "get out the vote" campaign. Students in Mrs. Marion Kohler's fifth period shorthand class have been busy checking the registered voter list against the telephone book to enable Black's "vote machine" to more easily contact prospective voters.
