Albert G. Foss who for many years has been employed as clerk at the Boston Tea Store, Lewiston has resigned his position and yesterday began his duties as time keeper for the Lewiston Public Works Commission to take the place of Mr. Madoy who completed his duties with the department last week.

50 Years Ago, 1955

WASHINGTON – Those who fret at the traffic that clogs almost every major highway today were handed this simple solution. Stick around. By the year 2000, everything should be better. By then, a family may drive pleasantly from coast to coast and never see a traffic light.

President Eisenhower, a man who does not spare the horsepower on his automobile trips between here and his Gettysburg, Pa., farm said in a statement yesterday to the American Automobile Assn.

“I hope all of you will continue to speak up again and again for prompt action on a highway adequate for modern living.”

25 Years Ago, 1980

Portland – As every Maine schoolchild knows, the state’s jagged coastline would be 3,500 miles long – give or take a few miles – if you straightened out its countless bays and inlets.

But as many visitors discover when they try to hunt for seashells or dip their toes in the ocean, most of it – an estimated 96 percent – is in private hands, off limits to the public.

“No Trespassing” signs abound even on the mere 74 miles of coastal sand beach that nature gave to Maine. Only about 15.7 miles of sand beach is publicly owned, although some nominally private beaches are open to the public.