McCall expected ‘Vortex I’ to cost him re-election

from Offbeat Oregon History podcast · host Finn J.D. John

When McCall green-lighted the plan to distract potential street rioters with a week-long music festival, he fully expected to lose his job for it — whether it worked or not. (Salem, Marion County; 1970s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1406b.290.vortex-part2-the-family.html)

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