Old Orchard Beach Opens After Hours Recreation in Schools
Old Orchard Beach launches an informal after hours program at junior and senior high schools with gym use and new ping pong tables. Lack of qualified recreation supervisors delays expansion though town officials, the school district, and adult education ponder funding and a possible recreation director.
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Michael Spath
Old Orchard Beach
Majercik
Louis Savelas
Tsomides
Jerome LePelletier
China
LePelletier
Anthony Tsomides
David Majercik
Coast Guard Reservists Activated For Mississippi Flood Control
Floods in Illinois and Missouri cresting near 40.3 feet have forced 4,000 from homes and caused $41 million in damages. Coast Guard reservists were activated for the first peacetime duty, while National Guardsmen remain on duty in flood zones. Officials report improvements in the St. Louis district as sandbagging continues on Chouteau and Kaskaskia Islands.
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Coast Guard
Mississippi Flood Control
ST. Louis
Here
Mississippi
Army Corps of Engineers
Hannibal
Cairo
Ill
Corps of Engineers
Illinois
Missouri
Nixon
Missouri National
Revere Ride Questioned by Smithsonian Article
Boston report disputes Longfellow romance of Paul Revere's ride. Smithsonian article claims Revere did not signal lanterns or ride to Concord, calling him not the sole rider and highlighting a Lexington warning. Local voices defend Revere while noting poetic legacy persists.
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Boston
Paul Revere
Smithsonian
Smithsonian Institution
Richard W. O’donnell
Revere
Longfellow
Old North Church
Rhode Island Zoo Animals Upset Over Meat Shortage
At Roger Williams Park and Slater Park zoos, meat shortages drive substitutions from horsemeat to low quality beef. Curator Peter Geneconte says animals including pumas bobcats and monkeys show mixed acceptance with some animals refusing the poorer fare.
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Rhode Island
Providence
Peter Geneconte
Roger Williams Park Zoo
Canada
Geneconte
View
Roger Williams
Goneconte
Slater Park Zoo
Pawtucket
James McCord Granted Immunity in Watergate Case
James W. McCord former Nixon security chief was granted immunity from prosecution to discuss the June 17 break in and bugging of Democratic HQs. He said he would speak to newsmen before a Senate panel’s first hearing, and he invoked the Fifth Amendment when asked about planting bugs.
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Washington
James W. McCord
Nixon
McCord
Senate
George S. McGovern
Miami
U.S. District Court
John J. Sirica
City Clerk Announces Free 1973 Open Water Fishing Laws Booklet
The Biddeford City Clerk's office said the Maine Open Water Fishing Laws for 1973 are now available at no charge. The 44 page booklet summarizes sport fishing statutes and boating laws.
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Biddeford
Maine
Thieu Plans Talks On Aid To Country
South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu aimed to secure international aid during a Washington visit. He planned meetings with IMF head Pierre-Paul Schweitzer and U S officials while stressing he would not seek American troops. Thieu spoke at the National Press Club and met congressional leaders.
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Washington
Nguyen van Thieu
Pierre- Paul Schweitzer
International Monetary Fund
Kenneth Bush
Defense
Elliot Richardson
National Press Club
House of Representatives
Senate
United States
Vietnam
House
Carl Albert
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OOB
Win‘field
Chouteau Island
Kaskaskia Island
Winfield
Richard Nieman
Corps
Barnstable
Paul Rivere
Massachusetts Historical Society
Awchor O'Donnel
Laurette Cook
Burlington, Vt
Donald Cook
Saco
Dairy Joy
James McCord
C. A. Fleurent Fuel CO
Bacon & Emery
Thieu
Albert
South Vietnam
Hugh Scott
Mike Mansfield
Saco Cinema
Carol
Peter Tillie
Rts Metrocolor
Rau (Ee
Scarboro
Lil
Drive- To
W. T. Grant Co
Elm St
Vice
Biddeford Savings Bank
Main ST
Strftt
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