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Maine sweepstakes bill gaining support; Gov. Reed favors state plan to preserve Allagash River valley; Negro voting rights measure passed by Senate, sent to House
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50 years ago today: May 26, 1965
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In Lewiston, Cassius Clay keeps title by KO in 1st, shortest fight on record; Maine GOP stages walkout in protest of ‘insulting, snide’ resolution on Margaret Chase Smith
50 years ago today: May 25, 1965
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Skowhegan mother suicide after slashing four children: Fireworks legalized in Maine after state psychiatrist describes them as ‘a wonderful expression of violence’
50 years ago today: May 24, 1965
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Sen. Margaret Chase Smith named to Women’s Hall of Fame; Quiet, somber Cassius Clay arrives in Maine for title bout
50 years ago today: May 23, 1965
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Fryeburg’s famous Doughnut Tree felled; Students are revolting against being ‘numbers;’ Democratic squeeze catches Gov. Reed
50 years ago today: May 22, 1965
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Cuban family has hopes for new life in Maine; State income tax rejected; LBJ gives cupid a helping hand
50 years ago today: May 21, 1965
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Freeport woman’s car takes plunge into river in Yarmouth; Colby College pet duck finds water in the college pond revolting, watches television with fraternity instead of swimming
50 years ago today: May 20, 1965
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Weary solon, sick of gab, had ideal cure: a marble slab – drastic, tongue-in-cheek attempt to limit legislators to speaking three minutes or less
50 years ago today: May 19, 1965
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Sen. Margaret Chase Smith for re-election in ’66; Marginal Way businessmen fight dead end at Tukey bridge in proposed Portland 295 loop; Drys to seek referendum if Sunday liquor OK’d
50 years ago today: May 18, 1965
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European Common Market tariff will hit Maine poultrymen hard; Beet mill to be built in Easton, Maine; Johnson toasts Koreans with warning to Reds.