50 years ago, Oregon state officials blew up a whale — and led a news reporter to infamy
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50 years ago, Oregon state officials blew up a whale — and led a news reporter to infamy
In November 1970, Oregon highway officials decided the only way to dispose of a beached whale was to explode it with dynamite. Then-reporter Paul Linnman covered the event, and ended up in a shower of blubber. Five decades later, it's an experience he hasn't forgotten.
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