PARIS – Tuesday morning the trial of Wallace G. Everett, indicted for the murder of Edgar J. Radcliffe, will begin. As will be remembered, Radcliffe was blown up in the powder house at Crocker Hill mine at about 10 o’clock, Thursday night, June 13. Subsequent examination of the mangled body revealed a knife stab in the victim’s neck. This knife wound and not the explosion, say the physicians, caused Radcliffe’s death.

The trial of Everett promises to be one of the most interesting in Maine’s criminal history. The county attorney will try to show that the crime was carefully planned and carried out with diabolical cunning.

50 years ago, 1957

• PORTLAND – In an attempt to promote help for those who suffer from arthritis, drug stores of the Maine Pharmaceutical Association will display blanks to be filled out by all who suffer from the disease.

By having all those who suffer from rheumatism, arthritis or arthritic ailments register, the Pine Tree Chapter of the Arthritis and Rheumatism Foundation is hoping to determine the size of the arthritic problem in Maine as a step toward solving it.

• Soviet success with the Earth satellite and the ballistic missile could, in the long run, be hopeful signs for the future of world peace. That’s the considered opinion of experienced Western diplomats in this part of the world.

25 years ago, 1982

JAY – “And they’re off!” This time it’s not horses or dogs, but pigeons. Pigeon racing appears to be an up-and-growing sport/hobby in New England and in the Franklin County area.

Kermit Bryant, president of the Central Maine Pigeon Flyers, owns one of the largest flocks in the area. Found in his neat, clean, well-aired two-story pigeon loft are more than 200 racing birds. There are currently 13 pigeon racers in this area, with the average flock running around 100 birds.

The pigeon racing season runs from mid-spring until mid-October. The first race is 100 miles, from Hanover, N.H., to the home coop in Jay. The longest begins in Cleveland – a pigeon flight of 600 miles.