Black Symposium Letter from Maine Governor Kenneth M. Curtis

A letter response from Maine Governor Kenneth M. Curtis on February 12, 1969, to a Ruth E. Willey in regards to the Black Symposium to be held at the University of Maine in 1969

Black Symposium_Letter from Maine Governor Kenneth M. Curtis

A letter response from Maine Governor Kenneth M. Curtis on February 12, 1969, to a Ruth E. Willey in regards to the Black Symposium to be held at the University of Maine in 1969.https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/racial_justice/1001/thumbnail.jp

Interview with Ken Curtis by Andrea L’Hommedieu

Biographical NoteKenneth Merwin “Ken” Curtis was born on February 8, 1931, in Leeds (Curtis Corner), Maine. He was graduated with a bachelor of science degree from the Maine Maritime Academy and rose to the rank of lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy. In 1959, he earned a law degree from the Portland University School of Law (now the University of Maine School of Law) and opened a private practice. A life-long Democrat, he served as Maine’s secretary of state from 1965-1966 before being elected govern in 1967, an office he held until 1975. He was chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 1977-1978 and ambassador to Canada from 1979-1981. From 1986 to 1994 he was president of the Maine Maritime Academy. At the time of this interview, he was senior counsel in the law firm of Curtis Thaxter. SummaryInterview includes discussion of: Curtis’s early life and education; running for governor of the state of Maine; the political climate in Maine in the ‘70s; friendships with Ed Muskie and Jimmy Carter; early impressions of George Mitchell; sugar beets as economic development in Maine; working with Mitchell on the Maine Action Plan; ‘big box’ voting in Maine; Curtis’s posture in Brennan’s decision to fill Muskie’s vacated U.S. Senate seat; how little Maine has changed over time

County-Specific Net Migration by Five-Year Age Groups, Hispanic Origin, Race and Sex 2000-2010

This report documents the methodology used to prepare county-level, net migration estimates by five-year age cohorts and sex, and by race and Hispanic origin, for the intercensal period from 2000 to 2010. The estimates were prepared using a vital statistics version of the forward cohort residual method (Siegel and Hamilton 1952) following the techniques used to prepare the 1990 to 2000 net migration estimates (Voss, McNiven, Johnson, Hammer, and Fuguitt 2004) as described in detail below. These numbers (and the net migration rates derivable from them) extend the set of decennial estimates of net migration that have been produced following each decennial census beginning with 1960 (net migration for the 1950s: Bowles and Tarver, 1965; 1960s: Bowles, Beale and Lee, 1975; 1970s: White, Mueser and Tierney, 1987; 1980s: Fuguitt, Beale, and Voss 2010; and 1990s: Voss, McNiven, Hammer, Johnson and Fuguitt, 2004)

Precise and Accurate Determination by Infrared Photometry of CO2 Dynamics in Marine Ecosystems

Preliminary studies with an ampule analyzing unit and infrared (IR) detector showed that procedures for standardization and determination of total carbon dioxide (ΣCO2), while often precise, lacked the accuracy required to estimate the net productivity and respiration of aquatic ecosystems during studies in which sampling over diel cycles was used. Scaling down sample and standard volumes to the µl range and the use of a commercial sodium carbonate standard without dilution before and after replicate sample injections gave accurate results as shown by comparison with indirect (pH-alkalinity) ΣCO2, determinations with a standard error of ±3 µmoles in the laboratory and ±6 µmoles at sea for 8 to 10 replicates. This was sufficient to detect a diurnal consumption and nocturnal production of CO2, which were inversely correlated with O2 variation in a salt marsh, an estuarine mesocosm, and the Caribbean Sea

Drafting Week

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Defensive Driving Week

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Mid-State United Cerebral Palsy

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AMVETS Driver Excellence Week

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National Magic Week, National Magic Day

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