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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1967
Page
1
Washington AP says July unemployment at 3.9 percent with nonfarm payrolls up 200000 to 76.2 million. Teen and adult women account for most of yearly jobrise while 16 to 21 year olds number 12.5 million either working or job seeking.
Councilor Paul Binette says the mayor adjourned the meeting before he could raise a claim by Joseph Serpico for damages from street crews. Attorney Willie Pomerleau sought action after notes and letters warning of suit, while City Clerk Racine said the mayor did not want the matter on the agenda.
Huynh Cu a Viet Cong lieutenant colonel defected to the South Vietnamese government at a news conference in Saigon saying the allies would win the war perhaps within two or three years The defector claimed Viet Cong recruitment is collapsing with districts reporting near empty quotas and blamed poor conditions and fear of sex among youths He said Americans have tremendous firepower and air support and recalled a Viet Cong ambush before hinting at further details on page two
Peter Baldino, 21, of East Haven, Connecticut, was found safe after two nights in the woods east of Moosehead Lake. Five wardens, aided by a Fish & Game airplane, searched the Kokadjo area near First Roach Pond where he was camping with a brother and a friend. He disappeared Sunday while carrying a rifle.
A powerful explosion at Cities Service Co refinery in Lake Charles LA injured ten people and left four workers missing. Flames covered a block as police guarded the area and nearby towns reported shattered windows. The blast, at 4 45 am, was linked to a ruptured butane line feeding an oil-tower furnace.
Vietnam battle losses reach 116 dead at a U S Special Forces camp near the Cambodian border. Aiken says a Vietnam tax increase proposal is only a start. Federal civilian employees may surpass three million this month despite Johnson cuts. Government readies troop deployment procedures for riot zones. Mississippi voters choose a governor in a sparse primary. Investigations target car theft liquor rackets in Georgia and the slaying of a prosecutor. Newark rioting arrests rise. Detroit officers in murder case face trials. Isle of Man debates UN admission over colonial oppression.
An Army corporal from Lewiston, Cpl. Peter Dube, 20, was killed in action in Vietnam. He entered the Army in April 1966 and had been in Vietnam since October. His widow and parents survive.
Biddeford city councilors vote 5 to 4 against a measure allowing the mayor and finance committee to negotiate street and sidewalk construction. They approve a housing code 7 to 2 amid debates on inspection access and wage funding for federal urban renewal programs.
U S Green Berets and South Vietnamese irregulars repelled a North Vietnamese ground and mortar assault on a camp 54 miles northwest of Saigon. About 116 enemy dead reported. 500 defenders and families suffered moderate casualties. Air war saw 167 missions, including strikes near Hai Phong. One American F4C Phantom crew missing after being downed. Brig. Gen. John F. Freund wounded but rescued. Westmoreland awarded him the Purple Heart.
Detroit officials expect more warrants in the Algiers Motel killings as two white patrolmen face murder charges over the July 26 raid during riots. Prosecutor Cahalan cites 80 statements and a 30 page report guiding the case while FBI review continues.
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