10 years ago

From the Journal Tribune: “A week after a college canceled an art exhibit featuring the works of a state trooper’s killer, supporters marched through Portland with the ‘Can’t Jail the Spirit’ exhibit. The University of Southern Maine canceled the showing after police agencies in Maine and other states objected to Thomas Manning, whose work was on display, being portrayed as a ‘political prisoner.’ Manning is serving an 80-year sentence for the bombings and the fatal shooting of New Jersey State Trooper Philip Lamonaco in 1981.”

50 years ago

From the Biddeford-Saco Journal: “President Johnson’s limousines are bugged – in reverse. He can hear people along the curb, but they can’t hear him.”

100 years ago

From the Biddeford Daily Journal: “Army officers universally are speaking of Friday as the best day for the British arms since the offensive began on the Somme front. With the exception of July 1, the attack begun yesterday morning was the most extensive of any in the 10 weeks of the battle. For the first time new armored motor cars competed with the infantry as the British swept down from the ridges to the lower ground toward Rapaume.”

— Marissa Heffernan