50 years ago today: November 6, 1965
View the historic front page from the Portland Press Herald: 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

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