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Identifier/Call Number
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MOH 145
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Description
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Interview includes discussions of: 1954 Maine gubernatorial campaign; 1969-1972 presidential campaign; environmental protection; Model Cities, Lewiston; Greek community in Lewiston and Maine; big box voting; social clubs and voting in Lewiston; anecdote about 1954 campaign about picklemaker; U. S. Conference of Mayors; National League of Cities; Maine Legislature; Louis Jalbert; Democratic National Convention in Miami 1972; Maine Municipal Association; Tax Reform Act of 1986; Severin Beliveau; Bill Hathaway; John Baldacci; Margaret Chase Smith; David Emery; and Olympia Snowe.
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Copyright Statement and Conditions governing use
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Copyright Bates College. This transcript is provided for individual Research Purposes Only; for all other uses, including publication, reproduction and quotation beyond fair use, permission must be obtained in writing from: The Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library, Bates College, 70 Campus Avenue, Lewiston, Maine 04240-6018.
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Biography, Administrative History and Provenance
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John C. Orestis was born March 8, 1943 in Lewiston, Maine. He attended Lewiston schools, Georgetown University and American University Law School. John served in the 105th Maine legislature, 1971-1972. He was involved with Model Cities and was Committee Chair of the task force on Housing, National League of Cities (Board of Directors); budget and audit committee; president of the Maine Municipal Association in 1975; corporation counsel for mayors Beliveau and Clifford, and mayor of Lewiston from 1973-1976. He practiced law 1968- 1986, and then began a nursing home business.
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Extent
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38 pages, summary sheet and transcript
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Recommended Citation
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Richard, Mike, "Orestis, John oral history interview" (1999). Edmund S. Muskie Oral History Collection. 313. https://scarab.bates.edu/muskie_oh/313
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