10 years ago

From the Journal Tribune: “The importance of the partnership between the community and police is in the Old Orchard Beach Police Department’s mission statement and quickly acknowledged by members of the force. Soon the OOB Police Department will be properly recognized for the strong ties it has formed within the community as it is presented with the prestigious 2005 Trojanowicz Community Policing Award.”

50 years ago

From the Biddeford-Saco Journal: “With most Biddeford families enjoying better earnings than ever before, many of them have moved into higher income brackets. The upward shift has been taking place at all levels. As a result, the proportion of local families in the ‘over $4,000’ net income groups has increased and the proportion in the lower categories has gone down.”

100 years ago

From the Biddeford Daily Journal: “Shaw Brothers of Sanford, who do quite an extensive farming business, met with a severe loss on Thursday and Friday, when 17 fine sheep in a flock of 30 owned by them were killed by dogs. Seven or eight more sheep were badly mangled and will have to be killed. They estimate their loss at at least $150.” — Jeff Lagasse

Today in History

Today is Friday, October 23, the 296th day of 2015. There are 69 days left in the year.

On this date:

In 1707, the first Parliament of Great Britain, created by the Acts of Union between England and Scotland, held its first meeting. In 1864, forces led by Union Maj. Gen. Samuel R. Curtis repelled Confederate Maj. Gen. Sterling Price’s army in the Civil War Battle of Westport in Missouri. In 1925, talk show host Johnny Carson was born in Corning, Iowa. In 1935, mobster Dutch Schultz, 34, was shot and mortally wounded with three other men during a gangland hit at the Palace Chophouse in Newark, New Jersey. (Schultz died the following day.) In 1942, during World War II, Britain launched a major offensive against Axis forces at El Alamein in Egypt, resulting in an Allied victory. In 1944, the World War II Battle of Leyte Gulf began, resulting in a major Allied victory against Japanese forces. In 1956, a student-sparked revolt against Hungary’s Communist rule began; as the revolution spread, Soviet forces started entering the country, and the uprising was put down within weeks. In 1963, the Neil Simon comedy “Barefoot in the Park,” starring Elizabeth Ashley and Robert Redford, opened on Broadway.

Today’s Highlight in History:

On October 23, 1915, tens of thousands of women paraded up Fifth Avenue in New York City, demanding the right to vote.

Ten years ago Warsaw’s conservative mayor, Lech Kaczynski, won Poland’s presidential runoff vote. The Chicago White Sox took a 2-games-to-none lead in the World Series as they beat the Houston Astros 7-6.

Five years ago The world’s leading advanced and emerging countries vowed during a meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, to avoid potentially debilitating currency devaluations, aiming to quell trade tensions that could threaten the global recovery.

One year ago Officials announced that an emergency room doctor who’d recently returned to New York City after treating Ebola patients in West Africa tested positive for the virus, becoming the first case in the city and the fourth in the nation. (Dr. Craig Spencer later recovered.) John “Bull” Bramlett, a former professional football and baseball player who was nicknamed the “Meanest Man in Football,” died in Memphis, Tennessee, at age 73. — By The Associated Press