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PublishedAugust 27, 2023
Car owned by Margaret Chase Smith sells for $15,000 at auction
The 1941 Plymouth Super Deluxe Business Coupe was owned by the groundbreaking Maine politician for over 40 years.
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PublishedAugust 26, 2023
Auction will include 1941 Plymouth owned by Margaret Chase Smith
The late U.S. senator's car will be auctioned Sunday with a starting bid of $7,500, but Thomaston Place Auction Galleries estimates it will sell for at least twice that amount.
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PublishedOctober 25, 2020
Can Susan Collins avoid the fate of a legendary Maine senator?
Mainers refused a fifth term to Margaret Chase Smith, the only lawmaker until Collins who's sought one since voters began electing senators more than a century ago.
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PublishedAugust 3, 2019
Was Margaret Chase Smith a ‘devil in disguise?’
Fiercely anti-communist, Maine's legendary senator earned scathing criticism from the Kremlin as she eyed nuclear war to block the rise of the Soviet Union.
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PublishedJanuary 2, 2019
Bill Nemitz: It’s a day for trailblazers – past, present and future
As Janet Mills prepares to take the oath to become Maine's first female governor, she recalls the encouragement she received as a child from another pioneer, Margaret Chase Smith.
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PublishedSeptember 26, 2018
Maine Voices: In vote on court nominee, Margaret Chase Smith put principle before party
Sen. Collins could do the same today, by standing up for her belief in women's right to have an abortion.
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PublishedSeptember 26, 2018
Maine Voices: In vote on court nominee, Margaret Chase Smith put principle before party
Sen. Collins could do the same today, by standing up for her belief in women's right to have an abortion.
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