Portland Bureau of Emergency Management: Difference between revisions
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|[[wikipedia:Vortex_I|Vortex I]] | |[[wikipedia:Vortex_I|Vortex I]] | ||
|A rock music festival held by Gov. Tom McCall to attract counterculture protesters away from downtown Portland, coinciding with a visit from President Richard Nixon. The gambit is credited with ensuring that Portland did not suffer demonstrations experienced in Chicago, in 1968, during the Democratic National Convention. | |A rock music festival held by Gov. Tom McCall to attract counterculture protesters away from downtown Portland, coinciding with a visit from President Richard Nixon. The gambit is credited with ensuring that Portland did not suffer demonstrations as experienced in Chicago, in 1968, during the Democratic National Convention. | ||
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|2008.05.19 | |2008.05.19 | ||
