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Dec. 24, 1964: Two burned in explosion-fed fire in Augusta, two makers counting on a ‘hep’ Santa, and Pope Paul VI gives a Christmas wish
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Dec. 23, 1946: Three men die in Anson & Waterville fires, Maine college population is two-thirds vets, and Maine’s own flying Santa is ready to go
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Dec. 22, 1992: Somerset County honors fallen deputy sheriff, an Oakland mobile home park will be auctioned, and students from Fairfield Primary School organize a human chair for a good cause
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Dec. 21, 1971: Townsend Road home damaged by fire in Augusta, glee club to perform Christmas carols at Williams Junior High School in Oakland, and this bread pudding is elegant
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Dec. 20, 1966: About $50 worth of clothes stolen from laundromat in Waterville, 40-ton ‘package boiler’ arrives at Keyes Fibre Co., and 2-year-old miniature poodle was rescued from heavy traffic in Waterville
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Dec. 19, 1990: Augusta mayor says ‘get ready for the crunch’, new day care center in Belgrade eyed, and Maranacook provides food, presents and entertainment for those in need
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Dec. 18, 1972: Custodian at Waterville Sr. High School stricken by possible heart attack from shoveling snow, 22-year-old man does ‘splits’ at local tavern and pays price, and Christmas held at Riverview Manor
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Dec. 17, 1951: Winthrop holds reception for new minister, two Main St. buildings in Farmington suffer $30,000 in fire damage, and ‘office Christmas party’ draws condemnation from one professor
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Dec. 16, 1993: State says Harmony student has meningitis, Scott Paper Co. tight-lipped on cutbacks in Skowhegan, and two sisters wounded in Bosnia being evacuated to Waterville
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