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14) 0305 Dedication of Army Reserve Center

Dedication of the Army Reserve Training Center, Corps of Engineers, New England Division. Unknown speakers plus shots of head table. Groundbreaking ceremonies.

17) 0306 cat. 0004-02-WABI-57 Governor Edmund S. Muskie Inauguration

Augusta: Edmund Muskie's inaugural speech as governor of Maine includes Maine's natural resources, the farm economies, fish and game, forests and clean water, fair labor laws, c...

31) 0307 cat. 1001-01-WABI-56 Blue Nose Ferry

Blue Nose Day including ferry race, an ox-pull, speakers, shots onboard as ferry sails into harbor.

4) 0310 cat.1002-04-WABI-59 Opening of New Mart

Opening of new Mart store including speeches, ribbon cutting, shoppers inside and out.

12) 0310 cat.1002-12-WABI-59 Opening of New Mart

More footage of cat. no. 1002-04-WABI-59. Includes more shots of shoppers.

12) 0310 cat.1002-13-WABI-59 Chevron Banquet

Lucerne : Banquet at Lucerne Inn including men standing in front of sign that says, 'What's Come Over Our Calso Sign?' and crowd.

15) 0311 cat. 1002-15-WABI-59 Christmas Party at Dow Air Force Base

Santa's distribution of gifts including him posing with children and nuns. People eating around a table. The men rush out to get on an Air Force plane.

34) 0312 cat. 1003-05-WABI-59 Caribou Centennial

Celebration of 100 years of development from Boston to Caribou. Caribou Centennial Covered Wagon is in front of Paul Bunyan statue, and is pulled by horses.

13) 0312 cat. 1003-06-WABI-59 Hi-Value Groundbreaking

Groundbreaking of used car dealership including hand shaking, and shovelfuls of earth. Appears to be sponsored by International Harvester.

33) 0313 cat. 0009-06-WABI Pepper Farm Fire

Pepper Farm fire. Shots of crowds, buildings on fire, fire fighters watching.

22) 0313 cat.0009-07-WABI-59 Ted Williams Jimmy Fund

Ted Williams arrives to sign autographs for local Pee-wee baseball teams and to help with his Jimmy fund event. Shots include band playing, performers, Williams speaking, crowds...

23) 0314 cat.1004-04-WABI-59? Groundbreaking for King Cole

Groundbreaking ceremony for King Cole including handshaking, bucket loader digging.

11) 0314 cat.1004-05-WABI-59 Paul Bunyan

Bangor: Christmas celebration around Paul Bunyan statue including crane placing of a lei around the statue's neck, Santa Claus, men raising themselves in the crane, CU of statue.

6) 0314 cat.1004-10-WABI-59 WAGM Radio

Governor Horace A. Hildreth, president of the Hildreth Network, pushes button bringing WAGM Radio to Aroostook County as part of a banquet. Shots of transmitting tower, ceremoni...

17) 0315 cat.0010-04-WABI-59 WAGM 5000 Watts

Former governor Horace A. Hildreth, now president of the Hildreth Network, pushes button as part of presentation banquet to officially begin new broadcasting activity of WAGM 95...

27) 0319 cat. 0013-12-WABI-59 [Joan Crawford at Dow Air Force Base]

Joan Crawford at opening ceremonies for Rudman Beverage Co., a new Pepsi-Cola factory in Maine. Her arrival at Dow Air Force Base on a Pepsi plane, her welcome by the crowd. She...

64) 0321 cat. 0014-04-WABI Frontier Week

Frontier Week Celebration. Parade, fair, officials at lunch, Calais gun and rod club. Also a baseball game in which Ted Williams participates.

34) 0322 cat.0016-05-WABI-60 Frost Farm Fire

Frost Farm on fire. Farm burning, fire fighters with hose, car on fire.

26) 0322 cat.0016-06-WABI-60 Farm and Home Week at UM

Students and faculty at Farm and Home Week presentation. Students walking in front of Student Union, students and faculty listening to speaker.

17) 0322 cat.0016-09-WABI-60 Interstate Highway Augusta

Augusta: Opening of Interstate Highway connecting to I-95 in Augusta. Ribbon-cutting, crowd, marching band, cars entering highway.

24) 0322 cat.1007-09-WABI-60 Farm and Home Week at Univ. of Maine

Live broadcast including UM sign, a WABI interview, people seated and listening, baby animal playing.

4) 0323 cat. 0017-15-WABI-60 Groundbreaking at Emple Knitting Mill

Brewer : Young boy performs groundbreaking at mill while older men look on.

15) 0323 cat. 0017-19-WABI-60 Bangor Dollar Days

Bangor : Annual Dollar Days celebration on Main Street. Shots of crowds, street scenes, banner, people window-shopping.

10) 0323 cat. 1008-06-WABI-60 Rockland, Maine Lobster Festival

Rockland : Event including young girl wearing tiara showing lobster to camera, men pulling large baskets of lobster out of boiling steam bath, girl eating lobster.

17) 0324 cat. 0017-03-WABI-60 Armed Forces Day

Armed Forces Day at Air Force Base. Aircraft, crowds.

35) 0324 cat. 0017-09-WABI-60 New Police and Fire Building

Opening ceremonies for new Fire and Police building in Brewer. Building exterior, flag raising, officers.

36) 0324 cat. 0017-11-WABI-60 Dedication of Harold Arthur Slager Plaque

Plaque dedication ceremony. Shots of plaque, ceremony, flag, Bangor Army Reserve Center and its sign.

18) 0325 cat. 0018-01-WABI-60 BOMARC and Base Dedication

BOMARC Missile Base dedication ceremonies. Shots include '30th Air Defense Missile Squadron' sign, speakers platform, ribbon cutting, crowd, soldiers, missile.

14) 0325 cat. 0018-05-WABI-60 1960 United Fund Kickoff

Shots of fund drive kickoff include people talking and sitting down to fund drive dinner.

30) 0325 cat. 0018-06-WABI-60 Navy Art Exhibit

Bangor: Ribbon cutting for art show at City Hall.

32) 0325 cat. 0018-07-WABI-60 MCRR 1st Freight Service

Christening ceremony for Maine Central Railroad's new Freight Express. Shots include christening by woman and engineer looking from his station as train pulls out.

32) 0325 cat. 0018-10-WABI-60 Opening of GOP Headquarters

Bangor: Shots of GOP Headquarters opening include building exterior, ribbon cutting, official posing.

24) 0325 cat. 0018-11-WABI-60 Cornerstone at UM

Dedication ceremony at which cornerstone marked 1960 is laid as part of Dormitory M-2.

21) 0326 cat. 0016-02-WABI-60 New Hospital Wing

Ribbon cutting ceremony for new wing of eastern Maine hospital. Shots of new wing exterior, crowd at ribbon cutting, tour of wing's five x-ray rooms, lobby, hallways.

32) 0326 cat. 0016-03-WABI-60 International Harvester

Ribbon cutting for new International Harvester's International Trucks Service building. Ceremony, building exterior and interior.

19) 0327 cat. 0017-06-WABI-60 B-52 G at Dow

Dow Air Force Base: Christening of plane 'Maine Dow'neaster.' Shots of plane flying, landing, troop formations approaching bomber, pilot greeting welcome committee, woman christ...

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