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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
February 19, 2012
Highlights: In 1878, Thomas Edison received a U.S. patent for “an improvement in phonograph or speaking machines.” In 1945, during World War II, some 30,000 U.S. Marines began landing on Iwo Jima, where they commenced a successful monthlong battle to seize control of the....