100 years ago, 1916
According to reports, the Lewiston police have abandoned their campaign against Sunday booze sellers. Everything seems to be moving along rather smoothly with local rumsellers at the present time, if appearances count for anything. Sheriff Davis’ liquor squad has not given up the struggle to regulate the week-day traffic, it is claimed, but few raids have been reported.

50 years ago, 1966
Installation of two new stroboscopic guide lights at the end of the runway at the Auburn-Lewiston Municipal Airport was completed last week. The lights, aimed in the direction of approaching aircraft, are part of the airport’s program of improving landing facilities. They are located on each side of the runway about 60 feet before planes reach the row of blue and green threshold lights. The strobe lights flash on and off at the rate of about once each second, guiding approaching planes within their angle of view to the field. They flash for 14 minutes, then go off for a short period, and then flash for another two minutes. The lights are radio controlled, and can be switched on by means of the radio in approaching aircraft. If the pilot needs more than the initial 16 minutes, he can recycle the lights from the plane. They can be triggered from a distance of five miles.

25 years ago, 1991
Just hours before bombing started over Baghdad as part of Operation Desert Storm Wednesday, two counselors from Brunswick Naval Air Station explained “the emotional cycle of deployment” to Lewiston teachers, offering insights on how to help students deal with their separation from loved ones called up for military service in the Persian Gulf. Louisa Severance and Deborah Gillis, clinical social workers at the Family Service Center at BNAS, stressed the value of simply talking with children and teens about their feelings. “Teachers may find themselves as the only source of support for these kids,” said Gillis. “If the parents are not coping well, they may not invite kids to share their feelings at home.”

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