Yen For Lobster Pushes Prices Up
Boston reports scarce New England lobsters driving prices higher. Wholesale rates top $4.29 per pound as restaurants drop lobster or raise menus. Winter storms and off-season fishing reduce supply, with lobstermen delaying traps. Some outlets like Valle’s and Anthony’s Pier 4 note losses despite premium pricing. Continued on Page Two.
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Boston
New England
Hotel Nova Scotia
Halifax
Maine
Canada
David May
Boothbay Region
Smen, Inc
Boothbay
May
Nova Scotia
James Hook and Co
Roland W. Hurtubise Jr
Gulf of Maine Lobster, Inc
Portland
Buddy Kramer
Miami
Seattle
Olympic Hotel
Valle’s
Anthony Anastasi
Pier 4
Property Owners Near North Saco Fire Station Urged to Call Agent
Property owners and residents of North Saco living within three road miles of the North Saco Fire Station are advised to contact their local insurance agent for coverage details.
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North Saco
North Saco Fire Station
Human Wave Advances Force Fall of Central Highlands Base
North Vietnamese human wave assaults routed South Vietnamese forces from Fire Base Charlie in the central highlands. An Loc came under tank and rocket fire, and Saigon and Da Nang faced rockets with at least 51 Vietnamese killed and 48 wounded. U.S. losses included 14 dead, 24 missing, 72 wounded, with 20 aircraft damaged and two helicopters shot down. Fire Base Bastogne near Hue was resupplied by air after renewed attacks, while Bastogne defenders claimed over 100 enemy bodies.
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Saigon
Central Highlands
An Loc
da Nang
South Vietnam
U.S
I An Loc
Sangon
Tan Son Nhut
USS
Highlands
An Khe
Associated Press
Peter Arnett
Bastogne
Hue
Charlie
Nixon Signs Blueprint For Cleanup Of Lakes
President Nixon wraps up a 40 hour Ottawa visit by signing a cooperative plan to clean up the Great Lakes. The $2.5 billion program aims to curb contamination with both public and private funding, pursuing pollution controls on municipal waste pesticides shipping oil and discharges.
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Ottawa
Nixon
Canada
Chain of Great Lakes
U. S.-Canadian
Five Lakes
United States
Great Lakes
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
North Vietnam
Washington
Virginia H. Knauer
Philadelphia
Sheaid
Jesse
Humphrey
U.S
Columbus
Ohio
Wallace Attacks Party Critics in Michigan Rally
Gov. George C. Wallace mounted a counterattack against Midwestern Democrats challenging his appeal to the little man. He planned a rally during the Jefferson-Jackson Dinner and a news conference to showcase grassroots support as Humphrey Muskie and McGovern attended the Michigan event.
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Detroit
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Wallace
Hubert H. Humphrey
Edmund S. Muskie
George McGovern
Hare
Nixon
Michigan
James McNeely
Toric
Ogden Reid
D-N.y
Lansing
Muskie
Pennsylvania
General Accounting Office
No Journal On Holiday
The Biddeford Saco Journal will not publish on Monday April 17 in observance of Patriot's Day. All departments will be closed.
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Biddeford-Saco
Fire guts Biddeford complex on Main Street
Firefighters battled a single alarm blaze at 27 Main St Biddeford a wooden eight apartment complex rear of Doyon's Pharmacy. Two elderly women were rescued by police and fire crews one carried in a chair. No injuries reported as flames damaged the building and smoke and water affected the pharmacy. Lucien Doyon owns the complex. Saco firefighters assisted Biddeford crew.
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Biddeford
Main St
Doyon
Lucien Doyon
Hill St
Saco
Hill Street
Doyon’s Pharmacy
Apollo 16 Moon Mission At Descartes Step Toward Volcano Clues
CAPE KENNEDY FL AP The Apollo 16 crew led by John Young with Charlies Duke and Thomas Mattingly prepares for a lunar landing near a Descartes crater. They plan 73 hours on the moon with 21 outside the lander performing scientific and surface exploration tasks aboard the Casper command ship.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Navy
John W. Young
Air Force
Charlies M. Duke Jr
Thomas K. Mattingly
Moon
Lunar
Young
Duke
Descartes
Mattingly
Casper
Patriots Day Observed Narrowly in Maine and Massachusetts
State wide offices close but federal services and retailers stay open on Patriots Day. Maine marks the holiday with schools beginning spring break while government functions in York County Alfred and city halls pause. The date, once April 19, now falls on the third Monday in April for a three day weekend.
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State of
York County
Alfred
All City
Maine
St. Francis College
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GOP
Robert Monks
Cape Elizabeth
Kennebunk
Kennebunks
Arundel, Wells and
Ogunquit
Joseph Mauro
Crystal Shibles
Saco Board OF Insurance Agents
J. P. Cote
S. Viet
Kontum City
Kontum
Duce
Ontario
Lake Erie
Lake By
Pat
Government House
Galden
Claude Dubois
Ted and His Orchestra
Ling
Apollo
Elm St
Westland Shoe Corp
Smith Street
William O. Labbe
Labbe
Lorenzo Labbe
Maryline White
Crusher
Paul Fecteau
Maine Wholesale
Elm Street
Paul & Ray
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K. of C. Hall
Pool Road
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