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Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jan 18, 1977

Page

5

70-year-old swimmer braves arctic New England cold

A 70-year-old retiree, Tuite of Waltham, swam through ice at Wollaston Beach in Quincy despite eight below freezing weather. The region faced record lows across New England with wind and frost bite warnings. Power shortages limited impact, and officials noted unusual cold since October.

United Press International Tuite Wollaston Beach Quincy Mass Waltham Atlantic New Caribou Maine Newport Concord N.H Connecticut US Coast Guard Thames River Thames New England Mt. Washington E New England Power Exchange Midwestern Mid- Atlantic New England Power Pool Electric Utilities U.S Rocky Mountains Weather Service Lake Champlain Vermont New York National Weather Service Logan International Airport Boston New England Ski Areas Council Woodstock

Wakefield pond melt prompts radiation probe

Wakefield near the Maine border reports ice on a three foot pond melting after a Jan. snowstorm. Public health officials note water samples show beta activity around 20 picocuries per liter and gross alpha about two picocuries. Civil Defense logged readings near a hole and investigators consider a hot object fell into the pond, with plans to drain and locate it after winter.

Concord N.H UPI Wakefield New Hampshire William McCarthy Maine Civil Defense McCarthy

Parole possible in six years for Susan Saxe

Susan Edith Saxe, an antiwar Brandeis student convicted in the 1970s bank robbery case, accepted a plea to two armed robbery counts and a reduced manslaughter charge, facing 12 to 14 years with possible parole in six. A retrial was set, while supporters cheered as she left the court.

Boston UPI Susan Edith Saxe Ms. Saxe Subor Walter H. McLaughlin Framingham State Brandeis University Saxe FBI Brighton State Street Bank and Trust Co Walter A. Schroeder William A. ‘Lefty’ Gilday Schroeder Robert J

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