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First full infantry unit arrives in South Viet Nam; Transport plane down at sea
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50 years ago today: July 11, 1965
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President Johnson to ask Congress to fund Maine’s Dickey hydroelectric project
50 years ago today: July 10, 1965
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Kennebunkport celebrates its dump with a parade; Presidential statement on Quoddy tidal power project near
50 years ago today: July 8, 1965
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Muskie seeks vast ocean, air, research effort; Governor Reed and Miss Maine of 1965 demonstrate saw-bucking at the New York World’s Fair.
50 years ago today: July 7, 1965
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Health care bill pictured as tremendous leap forward; Colby graduate nominated for Defense post
50 years ago today: July 6, 1965
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Rumors of rumbles in York County but riots fail to develop; France pulls out of Common Market talks; Explosion rips through acceleration center, wounding Harvard and MIT researchers.
50 years ago today: July 5, 1965
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Youths rampage; Bishop calls Luci’s rebaptism ‘slap at church’
50 years ago today: July 4, 1965
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Nelson Rockefeller a ‘possible’ for U. of Maine presidency; Crops feeling effects of drought
50 years ago today: July 3, 1965
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40th annual State of Maine Edition; Luci Baines Johnson joins Roman Catholic Church; Rubber factory planned for Auburn, to employ 600
50 years ago today: July 2, 1965
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Will Sen. Margaret Chase Smith run for president in ’68? Tukey’s Bridge crash