Much of the machinery is new and the latest approved design. But in this age of machinery we often forget that the men and women who run the machines are part of one great machine which is the mill. They were intelligent, occupied, happy faces that the home traveler saw in the Continental Mill yesterday. This human part is as indispensable as the water power to the success of Lewiston. A large part of Lewiston’s wealth is these great organizations of skilled labor.

50 Years Ago, 1956

While we are getting only scanty news from the Egyptian front, it is clear that the Suez canal has been shut, both by blockade action by the Cairo government and the sinking of a ship in the waterway. This closes a route carrying immense amounts of petroleum and oil products in to the United States and Western Europe, and means that Europe will be forced to draw upon Western hemisphere supplies unless the war is promptly concluded. It is impossible to say whether an emergency will turn into an acute crises. Even had the “police action” in Egypt not begun, oil consumers in much of the world would have come up against a shortage of tankers which “Fortune” magazine describes as a “real crises.”

25 Years Ago, 1981

Best-selling records of the week based on Cashbox magazine’s nationwide survey: 1. “Arthur’s Theme,” Christopher Cross; 2. “Endless Love,” Ross & Richie; 3. “For Your Eyes Only,” Sheena Easton; 4. “Private Eyes,” Hall & Oates; 5. “Who’s Crying Now,” Journey; 6. “Start Me Up,” Rolling Stones; 7. “Step by Step,” Eddie Rabbitt; 8. “Hard to Say,” Dan Fogelberg; 9. “The Night Owls,” Little River Band; 10. “Tryin’ To Live My Life Without You,” Bob Seger.