The announcement of a new location for The Herald was made this morning by Robert Best, publisher. After an analysis of traffic patterns, present and projected highways and arterials, access to railroad tracks and docks for receiving newsprint, proximity to customers and customer parking, The Herald picked a site that would occupy a space on the block between Norton, Grand, Everett and California avenues.
Darrell Morrison, giant Snohomish distance man, won the mile event of the Snohomish County Track and Filed tournament. He turned in a 4:34 romp to beat the old mark of 4:39 set in 1939.
The state agreed to give the county $160,000 to aid construction of the pedestrian overpass at Picnic Point Park. The overpass would be dedicated next month as a memorial to Robert Vander Linden, who was accidentally killed at the site.
Arlington beat Anacortes 6-3 to ice the Northwest League softball championship with a 14-2 record. The Eagles had their first hit in the fifth inning when Maureen Sheehan led off with a single to set up a two-run homer by Shannon Main. Pam Johnson hit a three-run home run the next inning.
By Jack O’Donnell from Herald archives at the Everett Public Library
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