BOSTON – Two Eastport, Maine, Indians, who have been camping on one of the islands in Boston harbor for several weeks received $180 from the city today for killing seals within the harbor limits. Under the law a bounty of $3 is paid for each seal killed in Boston harbor. The Indians, as a result of their labors, appeared at the office of the city clerk today with the tails of 62 seals that had been killed by them. After the tails had been counted by one of the clerks the Indians were given an order on the city treasurer for $186, which they collected.

50 years ago, 1957

• BATH – Work was crippled at destroyer-building Bath Iron Works Corp. today as more than 2,000 production and maintenance men struck to gain a new contract providing higher pay. Neither management nor the striking Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers appeared to have made any new attempt today to settle the dispute which has left seven naval vessels, including two guided missile ships.

• Newspapers have played an important role in aiding the Federal Bureau of Investigation to capture some of its “most wanted fugitives,” FBI Special Agent Leo L. Laughlin of Boston told a meeting of Maine law enforcement officials in Lewiston yesterday. There is no more potent weapon against the fugitive than publicity, said Laughlin.

25 years ago, 1982

The Paris Manufacturing Company will undertake a promising expansion as a result of approval of a $160,000 loan by the Maine Guarantee Authority. This firm, for years the foremost manufacturer of sleds and toboggans, has entered the field of producing marbles. It purchased a West Virginia marble-making company this year. These marbles are utilized in aerosol cans and by toy manufacturers.