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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1972
Page
3
Boyle's Notebook recounts a travel and shopping mishap laden narrative. A ruined vacation car rental woes and a faulty television within months of warranty highlight consumer frustrations and delivery mix ups from England to home.
The Class of 1952 alumni from St. Louis High School and St. Joseph High School Biddeford plan a 20th reunion on June 17 at 7 p.m. at Salmon Falls Country Club. Arrangements chair Norman Methot leads with Maurice Poulin Paul Gobeil Joseph LaCourse and several others. 80 of 86 classmates have been contacted and organizers seek contact for the remaining six.
Norman Charette Harold Hallisey Leopold Robida Robert Herrick Norman Nadeau and Mary Anne Donnelly appear among parish records in a community directory noting names of attendees and associated families.
Boucouvalas-Dupuis AMVETS Post in Saco completed plans for a meat loaf supper at the post home on Spring Street. A following dance was announced. Commander Kenneth Richards led a nominating committee to prepare officer slate for the next term.
York County Soil and Water Conservation District will compete in the 26th annual Good year Conservation Awards program. An independent panel will pick first and second place districts in the state from 53 districts nationwide. The top district earns an expense paid vacation study trip for a cooperato r and a governing board member.
The House Select Committee on Crime plans public hearings starting in April to probe organized crime in professional sports, with initial focus on horse racing, prize fights, and basketball. Investigators say underworld influence behind front men in sports is documented, with governors and officials indicted in recent years. Hearings may be held in New York, New Orleans, and Los Angeles, depending on investigative leads.
In Saigon and allied commands report, North Viet Nam's offensive drives a spike in weekly losses. U S casualties include 12 killed in combat, 32 wounded, 19 missing, with air crews likely among the missing. South Vietnamese totals jump 30 percent with 641 killed and 2,166 wounded. Enemy losses rise about 40 percent to 2,987. Cumulative counts show American 45,691 killed, 302,852 wounded, 10,816 nonhostile deaths. South Vietnamese 138,454 killed, 349,873 wounded.
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