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50 years ago today: May 25, 1965
View the historic front page from the Portland Press Herald: <br /><i>Skowhegan mother suicide after slashing four children: Fireworks legalized in Maine after state psychiatrist describes them as 'a wonderful expression of violence'</i>
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