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Spacemen’s wives take over controls at Houston; Optimism in orbit: Moon soon.
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50 years ago today: June 5, 1965
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Airmen parachute safely in Topsham air force cargo plane crash; 3 bank employees slain in ‘old-time’ robbery.
50 years ago today: June 4, 1965
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Gemini 4 astronaut moves by jet gun in exuberant space walk – America’s first; Sen. Margaret Chase Smith holds a giant artificial rose given to her on her 25th anniversary as a congresswoman
50 years ago today: June 3, 1965
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Gemini 4 astronauts are cleared for epic flight; House OK’s Allagash Waterway bill; Largest class in University of Maine history graduates.
50 years ago today: June 2, 1965
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Mrs. Oswald, widow of JFK’s killer, marries electronics worker in Texas; 2 U.S. advisors killed in Viet Cong ambush; First herring of the season calls workers back to Rockland cannery.
50 years ago today: June 1, 1965
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Missing man’s skeleton found on Mt. Katahdin; MIGs run from fight with U.S. jet raiders; May was the driest month since records started.
50 years ago today: May 31, 1965
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Mao hit by stroke, according to report; Major Red drive underway in Viet Nam; Portland youth, Saco girl among LBJ scholars
50 years ago today: May 30, 1965
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Fireworks bill vetoed by governor; It looks like Maine may not be the second state in the union to adopt a sweepstakes; ‘Big Run’ is on as alewives churn up Damariscotta River waters
50 years ago today: May 29, 1965
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Astronaut to attempt space contact with satellite; LBJ urges inter-American machinery to guard against ‘slavery, subversion;’ ’65 Cathedral valedictorian smarter, says Ma, ’39 Cathedral valedictorian
50 years ago today: May 28, 1965
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Deering High School students picket Press Herald building, protesting omission of Peanuts comic strip last Sunday; House kills Sen. Margaret Chase Smith congratulations resolve