• The property owners of College Street are circulating a petition to have the street sprinkled from Sabattus Street to FryeStreet.

• William Bowman of Bates College, who has been ill with diphtheria, will leave today for his home in Vinal Haven because the quarantine has been raised on his room. His was the only case of the disease at the hall.

• The following are among the lucky anglers at Lake Auburn: Harry Finnie, one salmon, 3½ pounds; Eddie Hines, one salmon, 4½ pounds; Jim Smith, one trout, 2½ pounds; Alex Nadeau, one trout, 2 pounds; Arthur Clich, one salmon, 5½ pounds.

50 years ago, 1957

• Although it was brief, the first thunderstorm of the spring season wet down the Twin Cities last night, leaving behind 0.08 inches of rain.

HOLLYWOOD – Singer Elvis Presley underwent an operation today for removal of a tooth cap that slipped down his windpipe into his right lung.

The swivel-hipped crooner swallowed the porcelain cap yesterday while doing a dance routine at MGM for his current picture “Jailhouse Rock.”

WASHINGTON – A mail clerk told Congress today that the post office spent $100,000 turning out a machine that can sort letters only half as efficiently as old-fashioned men can do it by hand.

25 years ago, 1982

NAPLES – A larger and more beautiful Songo River Queen is rising out of the ashes of the original paddle wheel river boat at the Naples Causeway, its maiden voyage scheduled for May 30. On that day, television crews and others representing the media will take rides during the first day of the Queen’s operation. Chartered cruises will follow on Sunday.

• “For the third straight year, theoretically, the unabled-bodies have proven that they’re not!”

With those words, spoken by Central Maine Medical Center Physical Therapy Director Steve Huber, the third annual CMMC Wheelchair Games ended Friday evening at Bates College pool with the so-called “wheelies” winning over the “walkies” in volleyball, wheelchair races and swimming events.