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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1973
Page
1
Skylab 2 crew Alan Bean Owen Garriott and Jack Lousma extend spaceflight to 404 orbits and 11.5 million miles since July 28 surpassing Skylab 1. They install six new gyroscopes during a 4 hour 31 minute space walk and prepare for a 59 day mission eclipse.
Scientists at the University of California report promising tests of synthetic growth hormones to control pesticide resistant mosquitoes. Hormones sprayed on breeding sites disrupt larvae growth, offering an ecologically safer but costlier alternative.
The Agriculture Department reports a family of 3.2 spent 1 529 on food for the year ending last July, up 208 from a year earlier. A federal judge allows gasoline price increases starting Labor Day weekend, while HUD and VA mortgage rates rise from 7 to 8 percent, broadening financial strain amid low rice and feed grain stocks and higher fruit, egg, oil seed, and bakery prices.
Three men were wounded, one seriously, in an explosion at the Bank of England amid a week of bombing blamed on IRA dissidents. A second bomb failed to detonate as Scotland Yard intensified travel controls and security measures across Britain.
Former FBI agent William Turner claims he helped burglarize the Japanese consul in Seattle in 1957 or 1958 as part of about a dozen illegal break-ins during a 10 year tenure. Washington sources cite approval by Franklin D. Roosevelt and later limits by Hoover, with Nixon raising the issue recently.
Frank Vonn, a 25 year old Kennebunk resident, builds a 40 foot trimaran named Number 9 for a planned around the world voyage. The craft, costing about 22000 dollars, is 95 percent mahogany with epoxy joined hulls and will launch after sails are fitted. Vonn works with Reid’s Yacht Yard owner Robert Reid who provides space and facilities.
A brief note recalls summer road work as highway authorities redirect traffic with detours. The item hints at seasonal planning and travel delays for drivers navigating alternate routes.
A Kennebunkport bookstore and gift shop on Dock Square was gutted by a Friday night fire. Two firefighters were injured while battling the blaze which drew seven trucks and about 60 volunteers. The building is insured and interior reconstruction is planned by Thanksgiving.
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