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Portland City Council gives preliminary approval to the construction of arterial roads; China starts shooting, says India
History
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50 years ago today: September 19, 1965
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Dickey hydroelectric power proposal on St. John River is in serious difficulty in Congress; New U. of M prexy and family pictured
50 years ago today: September 18, 1965
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Bulletin: Kidnapper releases Orrington doctor’s wife, is captured; More soldiers needed, draft soars to highest level since Korean War
50 years ago today: September 17, 1965
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Doctor’s wife kidnapped by Bangor mental hospital escapee; New York Times, 6 dailies stop publication in face of threatened strike
50 years ago today: September 16, 1965
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Portland parents found guilty after entering first grade classroom, sitting with their daughter. They were protesting her not being put in the ‘fast’ section of first grade. Fined not more than $20
50 years ago today: September 15, 1965
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1,500 Maine high school students to work in Neighborhood Youth Corps programs; Portland Coach wage talks in vain, strike looms
50 years ago today: September 14, 1965
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Maine Gov. Reed sets vote on Sunday liquor law; Are Portland children forever pigeonholed into slow, average or fast groups at school?
50 years ago today: September 13, 1965
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India claims key victory over Pakistanis; Lost, poison-laden barge perils thousands in La.
50 years ago today: September 11, 1965
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Veteran woman climber, pal safely off Elephant Mountain after being missing almost 24 hours; President Johnson visits New Orleans to view hurricane damage