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U.S warns seating Peking would ruin United Nations; Court directs S.D. Warren to bargain with unions
History
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50 years ago today: November 8, 1965
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Freddie and the Dreamers play at City Hall Auditorium, stay at Sheraton-Eastland Motor Hotel; Maine Gov. Reed boards carrier, sees planes roar at Cong
50 years ago today: November 7, 1965
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Maine Gov. John Reed visits Vietnam’s Mekong Delta; CMP seeks rate to lure proposed atom smasher to Sanford; 5 burn draft cards in defiance of federal law
50 years ago today: November 6, 1965
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Portland’s Custom House is due repairs and improvements. The building, which was opened in 1871, originally cost $485,000 and the repair bill will probably run $100,000; The Supreme Court to rule on the constitutionality of the 1965 Voting Rights Act; Kennedy Park expands
50 years ago today: November 5, 1965
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Fanned by gale-force winds, fires erupt in Maine and burn out of control; Kill LBJ flyers found in Bay State; Princess Margaret and the Earl of Snowden arrive in San Francisco
50 years ago today: November 4, 1965
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UN to open debate on seating Red China and ousting the Chinese Nationalists: Johnson congratulates Mayor-elect John V. Lindsay on his election.
50 years ago today: November 3, 1965
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Man sets fire to himself in front of Pentagon to protest war. Baby in his arms escapes harm; $3.3 million shopping area planned for Auburn Street
50 years ago today: November 2, 1965
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Maine Sen. Margaret Chase Smith defends the right to dissent – including against the war in Vietnam but draws a line at breaking the law; Gemini 7 astronauts will orbit without space suits.
50 years ago today: November 1, 1965
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Shapleigh area terrorized, cottages badly damaged when 50 young people go on rampage.
October 23: This day in history
Today’s Highlight in History: On October 23, 1915, tens of thousands of women paraded up Fifth Avenue in New York City, demanding the right to vote. On this date: In 1935, mobster Dutch Schultz, 34, was shot and mortally wounded with three other men during a gangland hit at the Palace Chophouse in Newark, New Jersey. […]