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Greater Opportunities In Bangor And Brewer For Radio And Television Equipment Producers, University Of Maine Social Science Research Institute

General University of Maine Publications

Research sponsored by the New England Regional Commission which selected the Bangor-Brewer area as on of the major growth centers of New England in the 1970s. Research completed by the Social Science Research Institute of the University of Maine on the feasibility of locating radio and television equipment manufacturing plants near Bangor.

Minerva Cutler Interviewed About David’S Folly Guest House And Earthworm Business, Wlbz Radio

WLBZ Radio Station Records

Miss Minerva Cutler of West Brooksville, Maine, is interviewed about David's Folly Farm and her earthworm business. Cutler explains that the earthworms were bred to help build healthy soil and serve as an alternative to the use of chemical fertilizer and sprays. Recorded in 1957.

Advertisements For Penobscot Savings Bank, Wlbz Radio

WLBZ Radio Station Records

Advertisements for Penobscot Savings Bank on 74 Hammond Street in Bangor, Maine, recorded in December, 1955.

Shell Oil Terminal Dedicated At Searsport, Wlbz Radio

WLBZ Radio Station Records

A live broadcast from the Shell Oil Terminal dedication in Searsport, Maine, October 17, 1951. Several representatives of the Shell Oil Company offer remarks, including Charles Tremble, William Ramsay and James Jordan. These representatives mention that events are a part of Oil Progress Week, and offer the slogan, "Petroleum Means Progress."

Maine Senator Owen Brewster was in attendance and was asked for comments on the oil industry and for his opinion on what some political observers had described as Taft's premature announcement of his candidacy for president.