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IRS agents tell Congress they attended a ‘bug and snoop’ school; Mining at Blue Hill to begin; France charges U.S. spied on nuclear plant
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50 years ago today: July 22, 1965
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Proposed loop of I-295 would cut a swathe through the Oakdale neighborhood; A B47 bomber crash lands a Pease Air Force Base
50 years ago today: July 31, 1965
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Maine Secretary of State Kenneth M. Curtis throws his fedora into the ring for governor; Truman honored as founder of Medicare bill
50 years ago today: July 30, 1965
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Johnson signs Medicare legislation; Maine Gov. John H. Reed to head National Governors’ Conference
50 years ago today: July 29, 1965
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Maine’s Gov. Reed endorses LBJ’s Viet Nam policy; Abe Fortas joins Supreme Court; Draft doubled – 50,000 more men for Viet Nam
50 years ago today: July 28, 1965
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Bloodhound on the trail of Oxford County Jail escapees; Portland City Council votes to build Bramhall Square fire station
50 years ago today: July 27, 1965
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Maine Viet Cong POW for months, write home; Boy bicycles off State Pier, saved by Coast Guard crewman
50 years ago today: July 26, 1965
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Mexico man charged in slaying of brother; Rocky won’t seek presidency again
50 years ago today: July 25, 1965
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Portland trawler blown to bits when it catches torpedo in its nets
50 years ago today: July 24, 1965
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Portland may pay $500 for Overset Island, off of Long Island to be used as a park; Pilot miraculously guides crippled plane to safety