The National Cotton Spinners Union convention, today, condemned Governor Bates for his veto of the women and minors’ overtime bill, and members of the union were requested to work for his defeat in the coming election because of his action. Members were also directed to make a campaign for the adoption of the 58 hour law. President Golden of the United Textile Workers’ said that the prospect of a satisfactory termination of the Fall River strike was better than for some time.

50 Years Ago, 1954

Plans are being drawn up for a big Lewiston-Auburn celebration to mark the celebration to mark the beginning of United Nations Week which is scheduled for Oct. 24-30, it was announced last night by Director Donald S. Belcher of Auburn Recreation and Parks Department who is coordinator for the event. Mr. Peter P. Jonitis of Lewiston has been designated to serve as acting chairwoman and will have charge of the program. “A parade has been arranged,” Belcher said, and it will be sponsored by the league of Women Voters.

25 Years Ago, 1979

The pressing need for more intensive care facilities for newborn babies in Maine was manifested Thursday when it was learned all the Maine and Boston’s area neonatal units were full. After two babies from Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston were flown by Coast Guard helicopter to Logan International Airport in Boston, a Lewiston doctor said the Boston area hospitals’ neonatal units were full to capacity. The two babies from CMMC are the latest of many who have been transferred out of Maine to Boston area hospitals because of the scarcity of neonatal intensive care beds in Maine. Dr. Barry D. Chandler, head of CMMC’s 2-year-old neonatal intensive care unit, lamented, “We’ve been building up to this point for a couple of years now…but we’ve reached the point that we can’t accept any more babies until the babies we have get better.”