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Oroville Mayor Conrad L. Weisker points to the spot where Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. will set off the first explosion (on Oct. 11, 1981) to initiate work on the Oroville Dam. Also pictured is Wendle Tarkington, center, president of the Oroville Chamber of Commerce, and Lindsay Van Tongeren, chamber manager.
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