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LBJ may expand draft, call up reservists as war in Viet Nam expands; Thurgood Marshall nominated to be Solicitor General of U.S.
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50 years ago today: July 13, 1965
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Three survive plane crash off of Nantucket, search continues for victims; Desegregation sparks disputes, violence in Pennsylvania, Louisiana
50 years ago today: July 12, 1965
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First full infantry unit arrives in South Viet Nam; Transport plane down at sea
50 years ago today: July 11, 1965
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President Johnson to ask Congress to fund Maine’s Dickey hydroelectric project
50 years ago today: July 10, 1965
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Kennebunkport celebrates its dump with a parade; Presidential statement on Quoddy tidal power project near
50 years ago today: July 8, 1965
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Muskie seeks vast ocean, air, research effort; Governor Reed and Miss Maine of 1965 demonstrate saw-bucking at the New York World’s Fair.
50 years ago today: July 7, 1965
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Health care bill pictured as tremendous leap forward; Colby graduate nominated for Defense post
50 years ago today: July 6, 1965
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Rumors of rumbles in York County but riots fail to develop; France pulls out of Common Market talks; Explosion rips through acceleration center, wounding Harvard and MIT researchers.