CONCORD, N.H. – Serious delay and damage to the crops has resulted from the unprecedently weather of the last month, in all sections of Northern New England. Government records at points where weather observers are stationed indicate that the average mean temperature for the month of May was lower than in any other year since these official records were started, more than 30 years ago. In this city the average mean temperature was just 50 degrees, and the lowest point registered by the thermometer was 29, on May 12. Five frosts occurred here during the month, three of which are recorded as “killing,” one “heavy,” and one “light.”
50 years ago, 1957
• Lewiston’s Le Montagnard Band is scheduled for an appearance in “Peyton Place,” the Twentieth Century Fox motion picture now being filmed at Camden, it was announced last night by Roland Gagnon, director.
• The Labonte Woodyard at 398 Canal St., which has been in operation for 29 years and which is one of the last of this type of business, is going to close down. Albert Labonte, 691 Main St., Lewiston, said last night his son, Simeon, will continue the fuel oil business from another location.
WASHINGTON – How much does it cost the Army to feed each of its enlisted men? For the most recent six month period, the average daily cost was $1.02 in the United States and 99 cents over seas.
25 years ago, 1982
Starting Monday, prospective, first-time home-buyers in Maine can apply for mortgages – at 13 3/8 percent interest – under the state’s new housing program, Gov. Joseph E. Brennan announced Thursday.
Brennan said even lower interest rates will be available for the first two years on the 20-year mortgages, but borrowers will have to pay back the difference eventually.
The average rate for conventional mortgages in Maine was 17.46 percent this month, according to the state Bureau of Consumer Credit Protection while variable-rate mortgages averaged 17.13 percent.
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