Maine Beach Life Warms To Peaceful Summer Scene
York County beach patrols report quieter shores with few motorized permit breaches. Kennebunkport and Old Orchard Beach describe minimal complaints as local laws curb dune buggy and motor vehicle use on public beaches. Police note improved behavior and fewer disruptions amid a year of sparse incident reports.
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Roger Berthiaume
York County
Annette Funicello
Frank Stevens
Kennebunk
Kennebunkport
Sherman C. Bonney
Fortunes Rocks
Maine
Old Orchard Beach
Saco
Earl Jameson
Kinney Shores
Jean- Paul Lacroix
Lacroix
McGovern Plans New Hampshire Visit To Campaign Kickoff
Democratic candidate George McGovern will start his national push with a tour of New Hampshire, visiting Manchester on Tuesday night before stops in Springfield Massachusetts and Providence Rhode Island. He aims to thank supporters and gauge public sentiment ahead of a broader August listening tour, with the real campaign to begin after Labor Day.
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Associated Press
George McGovern
New Hampshire
Manchester
Springfield
Mass
McGovern
Joseph Grandmaison
Nashua
New England
Grandmaison
Providence
R.I
Oil-Spill Ship Leaves After Tanker Spill Damages
The Norwegian tanker Tamano left Portland for Brest after spilling 100000 gallons of oil into Casco Bay and defouling a 50 mile shoreline. The ship’s departure came as Maine and Old Orchard Beach businessmen filed spill damage suits totaling 100 million and 9 million dollars respectively in U S District Court. Texaco chartered the Tamano and assumed cleanup costs.
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Portland
Tamano
Casco Bay
Brest
France
Cousins Island
Yarmouth
Kittery Point
New Hampshire
Coast Guard
Hussey Sound
Bay
State
Old Orchard Beach
U.S
Maine
Board of Environmental Protection
Portland Pilots Association
Texaco, Inc
Texaco
Wholesale Prices Rise Again Amid Inflation Pressure
The July wholesale price report shows the sharpest monthly gain in five months as Nixon Phase 2 wage price controls continue. Food and industrial commodities climbed, with farm products up 3.2 percent and live poultry and eggs surging, while overall unemployment held at 5.5 percent and average earnings rose modestly.
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Washington
Toi
Nixon
Bureau of Labor Dallistics
Nixon's Car Rolls Out As Secret Service Escort Follows
Dearborn workers describe the new $500000 presidential limousine as a tanklike Lincoln Continental armored with bulletproof windows reinforced tires and a bottom roof plate. The car weighs about 10000 pounds and includes air conditioning two-way radio telephone and a retractable plexiglass bubble for standing. Ford built it over three years via hand crafts under a long term contract to supply a presidential limo every four years.
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Dearborn
Mich
Nixon
Washington
Secret Service
Detroit Free Press
Ford Motor Co
Jone Stockman
Ford
Inside The Journal Cartoons Classifieds 10 11 Crossword Puzzle
Local page notes features including cartoons and classifieds with a crossword puzzle and sports coverage. The items appear as a page index listing sections such as Dear Abby obits and theater listings with various short notices.
U2 Aids Big Sur Fire Map And Containment Efforts
A 1500-firefighter operation encircled a Big Sur blaze that burned 4100 acres as 40 mph winds eased. NASA supplied U2 photos aiding map-based tactics. six firefighters injured, one seriously. No structures lost. an abandoned trailer destroyed. The fire is in Ventana Wilderness.
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Big Sur
Calif
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Madrona
Ventana
Navy Faces Manpower Strain From Vietnam Armada
The 7th Fleet sails the largest U.S. naval buildup since World War II off Vietnam, triggering voluntary recalls and extended enlistments. About 40,000 sailors are aboard Gulf of Tonkin ships as 600 shore staff were moved to sea and 80,000 reservists were urged to return for a year. Officials warn cuts to training and non deployed units may follow if shortages persist.
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Washington
U.S
Vietnam
7Th Fleet
Navy
Indochina
Gulf of Tonkin
Bureau of Naval Personnnel
Bremer Jury Weighs Firearm Act and Insanity in Wallace Shooting
In Upper Marlboro Maryland the Bremer trial nears closing as the jury weighs whether he fired the shots that wounded Governor George Wallace and three others and if he was legally sane. The case includes nine counts still active, with potential sentences ranging from five to fifteen years per count and a possible mental hospital commitment if insanity is accepted. The defense emphasizes Bremer’s sanity while the prosecution presents psychiatric testimony to counter that claim. The diary read in court details Bremer stalking Nixon and Wallace and plans to attack at multiple venues.
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Upper Marlboro, Md
Arthur H. Bremer
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Ralph W. Powers
Bremer
Laurel
Maryland
Princeles County
William Bremer
Arthur A. Marshall
Benjamin Lipsitz
Lipsitz
Nixon
Gov
Wallace
Shopping Center
Ottawa
Sen
George McGovern
McGovern Muskie Talk Signals VP Pick Plans
Sen George McGovern met with Sen Edmund Muskie for two hours in Washington as Muskie remains a leading VP candidate. McGovern said three senators refused the nomination but he will name a replacement for Eagleton by Monday.
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Washington
George
McGovern
Edmund S. Muskie
Muskie
Maine
Missouri
Thomas F. Eagleton
Senate
Bethesda
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N.H
Inside the Journal
James Souza
Fairhaven
St. Mary's Church
Correction Department
Bay State
Souza
Norfolk
Amvets
McGovern, Muskie
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