75 years ago
August 5, 1944
Two navy fliers miraculously escaped death yesterday at Pacific Beach when their target tow plane made a crash landing near the former Pacific Beach hotel, caromed 100 yards on the beach, struck a garage and came to stop in the bedroom of the home of Mrs. Jay Harvey.
The fliers were treated at the navy first aid station and were described by Lt. Com. E.D Fisher, as having been “very fortunate” in escaping with bruises and lacerations.
Prior to striking the Harvey house, the plane swiped the top off the Harvey garage, and the pilot was thrown through the roof. Part of the cockpit landed on the bed when the place struck the rear portion of the house, destroying the bedroom and knocking the owner, who was in the kitchen, off her feet.
50 years ago
August 5, 1969
Lenny Wilkins was named coach of the Seattle SuperSonics of the National Basketball Association Tuesday, becoming the third black athlete in history to become field boss of a major professional team.
Wilkins, 31, came to Seattle last fall from the Atlanta Hawks in exchange for Walt Hazzard. He scored 10,436 points in nine seasons in the NBA, and last year averaged 22.4 points and passed for 674 assists.
General Manager Dick Vertlieb said Wilkins received a “substantial” salary increase.
25 years ago
August 5, 1994
Already struggling to meet the needs of a community hit hard by restrictions on logging and fishing, food banks and other emergency food distribution sites in Grays Harbor and Pacific counties may be dealt another blow.
Congress, moving to cut the burgeoning national deficit, is now considering eliminating a large portion of The Emergency Food Assistance Program.
TEFAP provides an assortment of food commodities to schools, social welfare agencies, low-income individuals and families across the U.S. at no charge.
Officials here say Grays Harbor and Pacific counties could use about 30 percent more in commodities, not less.
CCAP is one of several centers across the Twin Harbors that distributes commodities to the needy. In June, for example, TEFAP provided 8,205 people in the two-county area with products such as dried beans, rice, canned fruit or 2-pound packages of butter.
Compiled from the archives of The Daily World by Karen Barkstrom
