Word: aroostook
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Even harder hit would be Aroostook County, Me., a depressed potato-farming area, where a reduction of Loring Air Force Base to a forward operating station would cause the loss of 2,780 jobs. The state's congressional delegation claims that move would produce a $22 million drop in retail sales and a surge in unemployment from 11% to about 20%. Says Abraham Etscovitz, who owns an automobile dealership in nearby Caribou: "We're going to pray...
...little B & M train wheezes into the station, picks up three or four people, and heads for Boston. Early signs of construction lie along the right-of-way. Junk yards and warehouses an little further off. A solitary boxcar of the Bangor and Aroostook with a full load of potatoes peeking out an open door. The conduct appears, and collects...
MAINE'S WILLIAM COHEN enhanced his political stature with his impeachment vote. His own district, which includes the potato fields of Aroostook County, the timberland country of north and western Maine and the state's second and third largest cities-Democratic Lewiston and waveringly Republican Bangor-produced some bitter mail, including: "May a thousand camels relieve themselves in your drinking water." But generally his constituents seem to have been won over by his pro-impeachment arguments. Leon Smith, a Jonesport lobster dealer, used to say that he would not support Cohen if he voted for impeachment. Like many...
...during the August 1973 Congressional recess, Cohen is back on the road again, this time walking through Hancock, Washington, and Aroostook counties in northeastern Maine. He reaches Lubec, the easternmost town in the United States, by the end of the first week, and finds the inhabitants somewhat pessimistic about their future...
Following his election, Cohen was one of three freshman Congressmen who participated in a month-long Harvard Institute of Politics program. Now, during the August 1973 Congressional recess, he is back on the road for two weeks, this time walking 300 miles through Hancock, Washington, and Aroostook counties in northeastern Maine...