Biddeford Butcher Introduces Horsemeat Supply
Antonio Dutremble a Biddeford meat cutter and grocer begins selling horsemeat in his Upper Main Street store after a beef shortage. He notes federal rules may restrict beef sales and advertises horsemeat prices including cuck roasts at 39 cents per pound and ground hamburg at two pounds for 99 cents.
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Antonio Dutremble
Upper Main Street
Biddeford
Dutremble
Augusta
Butcher Boy Meat Shop
Lewiston
Plainsfield
Conn
West Virginia
Kentucky
USDA
Hamburg
New York
Court Ordered Bus Runs Begin in Memphis Desegregation Plan
Court ordered desegregation busing starts in Memphis for about 40 000 pupils with 155 buses on 508 routes. A May 13 ruling by Judge Robert M McRae Jr sets staggered start times, a $1.6 million annual cost, and a safety plan including 70 tactical police, helicopters, and a central command. NAACP appeals the order as inadequate, while local leaders express optimism for a smooth start.
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Memphis, Tenn
Memphis Public Schools
South
U.S. District Court
Robert M. McRae Jr
School Board
John P. Freeman Jr
McRae
NAACP
Memphis
New England Newspapers Shrink Pages Amid Newsprint Shortage
AP survey of 37 New England dailies shows 27 with reduced paper supplies and all but four facing higher costs. Papers cut editions by up to four pages, trim waste, reduce copies, and even drop commercial printing to stretch stock.
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Associated Press
New England
Canada
Oliver Stalter
Springfield, Vt
Times-Reporter
Peter DeRose
Daily Hampshire Gazette
Northampton
Mass
Fire sweeps tenement in Saco leaves seven families homeless
A Sunday two alarm fire at 43 Storer St Saco damaged a three story wooden building and nearby barn. Seven occupied apartments mostly marred couples with children faced displacement. most units may be livable after repairs within a week. Fire crews from Biddeford Saco Scarborough fought the blaze about three hours with police aid and medical runs.
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Saco
Storer St
Red Cross
Bryce
Robert Townsend
Bruno Nolette
Ken Keroin
Ed Ringruette
Robert White
Mark Binette
Andrew Lauteau
Carroll M. Martin
Scarborough
Martin
Ken Pendleton
Biddeford
Pendleton
Old Orchard Beach
Dick Charles Plans Hambletonian Trip
Journal sports editor Dick Charles travels from Portland to the Illinois State Fair Du Quoin for the 1973 Hambletonian with 14 eligible trotters led by Knightly Way Honeysuckle Rose as top contenders. The $144 710 event offers a 73355 winner share with little wagering due to no mutuel betting. Charles will file daily dispatches Wednesday through Friday.
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America
du Quoin
Journal
Dick Charles
Charles
Maine
Scarborough Downs
Portland Jetport
Ilinois
R.R. Fastball
Knightly Way
Arnie Alamahurst
Tamerlane
Fairmont Hanover
South Bend
Flame Thrower
Nick
Flirth
New York
Daily Dispatches
the Journal
Embassy Secretary Loses Hand In Letter Bomb Incident
An embassy secretary at the British Embassy in Washington was seriously injured by a letter bomb while sorting mail on the sixth floor. Nora Murray, 51, of George Washington University Hospital, lost a hand and suffered severe injuries. Police and embassy staff blocked access as UK bombings in London are linked to IRA activity.
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Washington
George Washington University Hospital
Nora Murray
London
The
London Stock Exchange
Exchange
New Products Exhibition Highlights Portable Getaways
A brief feature previews portable travel options as editors discuss exhibition highlights. The note emphasizes convenient, compact goods enabling quick trips and easy packing for modern readers seeking easy escapes.
Stockholm bank siege holds four hostages in vault
A gunman and convicted murderer hold four hostages in a locked Stockhol m bank vault. Police stall operations after a truce is reached until 9 am EDT as they drill to flood the vault with anesthetic gas, while the rope of ransom payments and prisoner escapes unfolds.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Curt Lindroth
Clark Olofsson
Possible human encephalitis case reported in Maine
Augusta AP reports a possible human encephalitis case in Damariscotta disclosed by Dr. Charles HioKey Maine State Laboratory director. Diagnosis may take weeks with repeated blood tests for antibodies while Public Health Service doctors assist and a sailor at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard is under observation.
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Augusta
Charles Hi Okey
Maine State Laboratory
Okey
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Base
Kittery
Toman
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National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
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Edward E. Chinnock
Rockville, Conn
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Lionel Bernier
Webber
Bernier
Saco Callman
Webber Hospital
Storer Street
Dick Danforth
Irish Republican Army
Inside the Journal
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Ata
Rettorials
Watergate
National
GOP
George Bush
Kennebunkport
White House
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