State outlines Ferry Beach Park plan for Saco
Three state Parks and Recreation representatives met with the Saco Planning Board to present preliminary plans for Ferry Beach development funded by a 300000 bond. An underground Route 9 passage would connect parking areas to the beach with limited access and first come first served rules.
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State Department of Parks and Recreation
Saco
Norman Mannell
Mannell
the Ark
Bay View Pad
Route 9
State Recreation Department
Manwell
Department of Environmental Protection
William Boucavalis
Boucavalis
Planning Board
Consumer Prices Climb as Inflation Persists in November
Prices rose 0.3 percent in November driven by food clothing and residential gas with beef prices higher leading Nixon to extend meat import suspensions into 1973. The November index reached 126.9 and was 3.5 percent above a year earlier.
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Washington
Nixon
Labor Department
Two Uruguayan crash survivors rescued in Andes
Two survivors from an Uruguayan air force plane crash in the Andes reached aid after more than two months in cold and snow. Police say 14 others may still be alive high in the mountains as rescue crews search near Los Maitenes, 30 miles from San Fernando. A cattle hand who reported them walked five hours to alert authorities after hearing signaling from across a gorge.
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Santiago
Chile
Andes
Vne
Jane
Fairchild
Theruguayan
Argentina
Los Maitenes
San Fernando
Aown
Santiag
Leopoldo Curvis
Sergio Catalan
Catalan
Pentagon denies POW camp hit by bombs
A Pentagon spokesman rejected North Vietnamese claims that a Hanoi prison camp for pilots was struck by U S bombs. He said the allegation is not correct based on the best information available and cautioned there is no proof the report is true.
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Joan Baez
Telford Taynor
Hanoi
China
Haiphong
Peking
U.S
North Vietnam
Pentagon
U.S. Command
Washington
Jerry W. Friedheim
Friedheim
Defense Department
Radio Hanoi
Hanoi Hilton
White House
Sarelas
John Sullivan
Thomas Sullivan
Camp Comfort Avenue
Beach Council Buys Titcombe Farm Land
OLD ORCHARD BEACH The town council approved the purchase of about 10 acres next to the high school known as Titcombe Farm for 73000 dollars. The deal awaits final approval after review at a special meeting Tuesday night. The land fronts Saco Avenue and may host a tree and fire station a new school site or athletic fields. The town may use revenue sharing funds for beachfront surveying to check encroachments.
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Old Orchard Beach
Titcombe
Saco Avenue
Louis Savelas
Maine Municipal Association
Sarelas
Council
Nixon and aides convene on Vietnam situation at Biscayne Bay
President Nixon holds a bayside strategy session with Henry Kissinger and General Haig at the Florida island compound. Haig returned from Southeast Asia with Thieu's reaction to a reported threat to cut off aid to Saigon.
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Key Biscayne, Fla
Nixon
Bayside
Vietnam
Henry A. Kissinger
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Haig
Southeast Asia
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
Saigon
War toy sales rise as shoppers back Yuletide 1972
Merchants in Biddeford and Saco report strong Christmas trade with higher toy and gadget sales amid milder weather. Stores note fewer military items, steady demand for small stocking stuffers, and a shift to quality over glitter with Western gear fading from shelves.
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Biddeford
Saco
Yuletide
Value House
Dudley Tyson
Tyson
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Ferry Beach Park
Radio
Singer
Barz
Toyko
Beach Council
Titcombe Farm
Ocean Park
Smithwheel Roads
Webber Hospital
Rbeal
Bolduc
Goosefare Drive
Julie Barden
Hill St
Art Nadeau
Henry Orlando
Inside the Journal
Yano
Orristi
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