A brief but rather important meeting of the Lewiston Board of Mayor and Aldermen was held. Those present were the Mayor, Alderman Libby, Leader, Veyer, Maillet and Whittier. The question of skating rinks was one that received more than passing attention. The question was introduced when a petition from Contractor Day for permission to occupy a portion of the sidewalk on Bates street for the purpose of building the new proposed skating rink, was read.

50 Years Ago, 1955

Success with a revolutionary baby-feeding system – under which the infant gets solid food almost from birth and may work up to a “bacon and scrambled eggs” breakfast at only nine weeks – was reported today by a Miami, Fla., doctor. Dr. Walter W. Sackett Jr., originator of the system, granted that its use is still highly controversial among pediatricians. But said he himself has now used it on 700 babies in six years “and as far as their physical well being is concerned all are in line with, or slightly above the norms.” Ordinarily, infants don’t get solid foods until two or three months after birth. Also since the system involves placing infants on “three meals a day” at about 10 weeks – with no food between meals and the dropping at that time of “the midnight feeding” – Sackett said the parents “are happier and more emotionally stable” than those who feed their infants on “demand.”

25 Years Ago, 1980

In Columbus, Ohio, around 30,000 people are living in 1985! They are premature participants in the New Video Age, an era which has progressed in 1948 to sophisticated forms of Cable TV in 1980. A host of other systems is already here: pay cable TV, over-the-air pay TV, satellite transmissions, home computers, teletext information banks, electronic games, electronic newspaper delivery services, two-way interactive features and services, video cassette recorders and players, and video discs and players.