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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1976
Page
1
Susan Morrison reports that Maine communities prepare as Hurricane Belle tracks toward the coast. Red Cross and civil defense precautions activate shelters, evacuations, and public guidance while residents assess risks and heed forecasts.
Hurricane Belle roars toward New England with a warning in effect from the Merrimac River northward. At 9 a.m. it was 60 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras moving north at 20 mph with 110 mph winds. The storm threatens southern New England with eight foot tides and up to 15 feet in Buzzards Bay, prompting widespread evacuations and school openings along Cape Cod and coastal towns.
A hurricane watch is in effect as Hurricane Belle moves toward coastal Maine from the southeast of Cape Hatteras. Winds up to 110 mph reported with gale winds extending 125 miles east and 100 miles west. Boats should be moored and west coast storms warn of wind and rain tonight with tides well above normal and temps in the 60s. If landfall occurs, expected between midnight and noon Tuesday.
Police say arrests may be made today after a Friday night party for 75 to 100 youths on Route 35 in Lower Village Kennebunk. A state trooper was injured by a thrown bottle, a Kennebunk fire truck suffered $300 in damage, and officers faced verbal harassment before the crowd dispersed.
Viking 1 scientists report the robot arm is repaired and ready to resume soil analysis below the Martian surface. New biology data renew cautious hopes that life may exist in the Martian desert where the lander touched down July 20. A seraniye release experiment tests for photosynthesis in Mars, linking Earth plants to potential Martian processes.
In Stratton Nebraska a freight train hit a bus carrying Sunday school pupils. Nine killed including seven children. 15 students on board, eight injured. Town mourns as officials investigate crossing signals and driver account.
On this date 1945 US forces dropped a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki destroying much of the city. Webster Ashburton Treaty settled a US Canada border dispute in 1842. Gandhi was arrested by Britain in 1942 and held until 1944. In 1973 the Watergate Committee sued to obtain Nixon White House tapes. A Cleveland grand jury in 1966 reported organized racial violence by trained professionals. Cape Elizabeth beat Plainfield in the Senior Little League final at St. Louis Alumni Field. The winner advances to the Eastern Regional Tournament in Auburn beginning Tuesday.
In a light note from Biddeford Saco Journal the writer reflects on past habits of hiding family secrets, now out in the open and poking fun at how private misconduct is treated as public spectacle. The playful aphorism contrasts old closet secrets with modern parade of personal history.
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