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Mrs. Oswald, widow of JFK’s killer, marries electronics worker in Texas; 2 U.S. advisors killed in Viet Cong ambush; First herring of the season calls workers back to Rockland cannery.
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50 years ago today: June 1, 1965
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Missing man’s skeleton found on Mt. Katahdin; MIGs run from fight with U.S. jet raiders; May was the driest month since records started.
50 years ago today: May 31, 1965
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Mao hit by stroke, according to report; Major Red drive underway in Viet Nam; Portland youth, Saco girl among LBJ scholars
50 years ago today: May 30, 1965
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Fireworks bill vetoed by governor; It looks like Maine may not be the second state in the union to adopt a sweepstakes; ‘Big Run’ is on as alewives churn up Damariscotta River waters
50 years ago today: May 29, 1965
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Astronaut to attempt space contact with satellite; LBJ urges inter-American machinery to guard against ‘slavery, subversion;’ ’65 Cathedral valedictorian smarter, says Ma, ’39 Cathedral valedictorian
50 years ago today: May 28, 1965
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Deering High School students picket Press Herald building, protesting omission of Peanuts comic strip last Sunday; House kills Sen. Margaret Chase Smith congratulations resolve
50 years ago today: May 27, 1965
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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
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