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Homesick youth found in crate on plane; Heavyweight boxing title challenger Sonny Liston relaxes by riding bareback at Poland Springs; High Polish diplomat defects, asks for U.S. asylum
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50 years ago today: May 16, 1965
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20 men, women and children thrown into Camden harbor when gangplank collapses; Maine will be ‘wetter’ than 20 other states if liquor bill passes
50 years ago today: May 15, 1965
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Frances Perkins, first woman in cabinet and Maine summer resident, dies; Chinese explode 2nd nuclear bomb in test over western areas of mainland China
50 years ago today: May 14, 1965
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Maine House favors banning discrimination in housing; LBJ rips Peking aims, offers Hanoi aid if peace comes
50 years ago today: May 13, 1965
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Mrs. Kennedy heads to Britain with John John and Caroline for JFK memorial dedication; Russia’s Lunik hits moon, but not softly; 2,400 more troops land in Viet Nam
50 years ago today: May 12, 1965
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Maine House takes preliminary action to legalize Sunday liquor sales; First Lady barters her way into theater; Senate refuses poll tax ban in voting rights bill
50 years ago today: May 11, 1965
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Senate to vote on banning poll tax in southern states as part of voting rights legislation; Portland’s Sisters of Mercy accept first blind postulant
50 years ago today: May 10, 1965
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Maine Gov. John H. Reed’s daughter rescued from cliff; Mercury hits 86 but not a record; Russia urges rejection of N-weapons while displaying huge missiles in Red Square.
50 years ago today: May 9, 1965
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The cost of Maine veterans’ tax exemption soars; Soviet and East German troops march in East Berlin
50 years ago today: May 8, 1965
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Lewiston to hold Clay-Liston heavyweight bout; city’s poor should not have a direct vote in antipoverty programs, says Portland city manager