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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...
...pilots than inexperienced ones, and more to upgrade pilot skills. With CAB help, it may be possible eventually for a tiny unscheduled third-level like Winkle's Flying Service of Siwash, N.D., to attain the prestige and performance of a scheduled third-level like Maine's mighty Aroostook Airways...
...particularly Senator Edmund Muskie-find Freddie a liability. Maine's sugar-beet business is verging on collapse. Vahlsing's Maine Sugar Industries (M.S.I.) lost $2.7 million in the first nine months of 1969, owes more than $300,000 in back taxes and has yet to pay some Aroostook County farmers for their beets. Worse, M.S.I, is in danger of defaulting on an $8 million state-guaranteed bank loan, a situation that could force Maine to assume the payments of $80,000 a month for the next 14 years...