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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1977
Page
3
A note describes a son making three guitars, two violins, a trumpet, an accordion, and three drums. Little is known about the sound quality of these novel instruments, captured in a UPI photograph.
Yugoslavia mourns Prime Minister Dzemal Bijedic and seven others killed when a Lear jet crashed into Lisin Mountain near Kresevo en route to a Sarajevo meeting. President Tito leads tributes as state funeral is planned and succession details remain unsettled.
The Brazilian Coffee Institute raises export tax from 100 to 103 dollars per 132 pound sack provoking higher U.S. prices while producers seek a London meeting on February 14 to discuss soaring costs. Public response includes a New York boycott and shoppers switching to tea and cocoa as prices jump.
Britons monitor an escaped giant owl named Claws from a Cheshire aviary. Owner Tony Ashmore, a magician, asserts the bird can kill, while Denbigh Zoo’s Chris Jackson doubts the danger. Reports of encounters in Warrington are treated cautiously by police.
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi announced general elections for March but did not commit to lifting the 19 month old nationwide state of emergency. She said Parliament would be dissolved and polls held after the move, while opposition leaders Morarji Desai and Lal Advani were released from jail.
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