In a Lewiston special to the Boston Herald on the local rum situation, it is stated that letters have been sent from Androscoggin County to Gov. Cobb asking him to send the Sturgis deputies here. The special concluded with this paragraph: “It is asserted that the liquor deputies pass the well-known places on the principal streets to make searches for liquor in the shops of the French quarter of this city, and the dives and kitchen bar-rooms in Hines alley and on ‘The Devil’s Half-Acre.'”

50 years ago, 1957

WASHINGTON – President Eisenhower, plugging anew for his classroom construction program, said the nation’s schools are more important than Nike anti-aircraft batteries “and more powerful even than the energy of the atom.” In an address delivered in Washington, D.C., at the centennial dinner of the National Education Assn., Eisenhower asserted: “The hope of the world is that wisdom can arrest conflict between brothers. I believe that war is the deadly harvest of arrogant and unreasoning minds.”

25 years ago, 1982

The world has grown up with “Happy Days” and vice versa. The ABC comedy hit just wrapped up its eighth season, and many of its residents have undergone major changes over the years. That redhead, all-American boy Richie Cunningham entered the military after his college graduation, and his wife, Lori Beth, is at home in Milwaukee with their baby. Arthur “Fonzie” Fonzarelli has developed into more than just a leather-jacketed tough guy, now that he’s a teacher at the same high school he dropped out of. As the spring of 1982 starts, two other popular characters from the show are spreading their wings: Richie’s younger sister Joanie and Fonzie’s cousin Chachi. ABC’s limited-run series “Joanie Loves Chachi” expands the teenage romance, which has been one of the most popular elements during the most recent seasons of “Happy Days.”