• Franklin Street was accepted as a public highway at the meeting of the Auburn City Government last evening, this section being necessary before the federal authorities will purchase the Turner street lot for the new post office.

• Not only must we treat all nations fairly, but we must treat with justice and good will all immigrants who come here under the law. Whether they are Catholic or Protestant, Jew or gentile, whether they come from England or Germany, Russia, Japan or Italy, matters nothing. All we have a right to question is the man’s conduct. If he is honest and upright in his dealings with his neighbor and with the state, then he is entitled to respect and good treatment.

50 Years Ago, 1956

NEW YORK – An Army ordinance expert said today the massive force which ripped apart a flaming Brooklyn pier was caused by “a single concentrated blast” more powerful than a two-ton bomb. Yesterday’s explosion claimed its tenth victim today with the death in a hospital of a fourth little boy who had been watching the big fire that preceded the blast. The number injured, mostly spectators, was 246.

• Thoroughbred racing in the United States is becoming more popular and more honest, the men who own and operate race tracks were told in convention today. Attendance at races has tripled in the last 15 years with major advances in wagering, state revenues and stakes paid, President Afory L. Haskell reported as the Thoroughbred Racing Associations of the United States, Inc., opened a three-day convention.

25 Years ago, 1981

As the federal government trims its list of hazardous materials, Maine’s source of funds to clean up hazardous waste sites shrinks, a state official says.

The Maine Department of Environmental Protection will soon begin collecting fees for each gallon of hazardous material that companies generate, store, treat or transport in the state.