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Merit pay for teachers has merit but some Maine teachers don’t like it; Poor roads from Maine Turnpike hurting inland resorts
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50 years ago today: June 25, 1965
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York County law agencies gird for possible rioting; Johnson restates desire for peace
50 years ago today: June 24, 1965
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AMA delays decision on whether doctors should boycott Medicare; State Sen. Roger V. Snow Jr. predicts more aid to meet local school costs
50 years ago today: June 23, 1965
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Maine Gov. Reed indicates he’ll run for re-election in 1966; All Maine but Aroostook declared disaster area; Antoine Creek Cove dike project in South Portland abandonned
50 years ago today: June 22, 1965
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$1.1 million homes project to be built on Sebago; Maine must avoid slump to pay cost of services; Report on DeGaulle talk pleases Johnson
50 years ago today: June 21, 1965
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Bernard Baruch dies at 94; N.H. to throw book at cyclist rioters at Weirs
50 years ago today: June 20, 1965
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NH cyclists on rampage as tear gas helps quell riots; State-supported medical school sought; Ben Bella, ‘diabolical dictator,’ ousted in Algiers
50 years ago today: June 19, 1965
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Dredging at South Portland Anthoine Creek Cove to create 107 acres of fill encounters severe problems; Peace mission to Viet on brink of collapse; 2 Gorham brothers drown as seas overturn boat
50 years ago today: June 18, 1965
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LBJ, at the end of news conference, said ‘Of course, I could go to Maine if I were invited.’ Guy Gannett correspondent May Craig assured the president that he should consider himself ‘already asked.’
50 years ago today: June 17, 1965
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U.S. sending 16 to 21,000 troops to Viet Nam, McNamara reports; House votes to create Dept. of Urban Affairs