Rain Hurts Local Crops
Heavy rains and lack of sun have delayed local growers with crops such as blueberries tomatoes radishes and beet greens set back by weeks. Produce dealer Herb Sandler notes fewer farmers in the area and plans to source fruit and veg from New Hampshire Massachusetts Virginia and California if conditions don t improve. Alfred Chasse expects a bumper crop for tomatoes cucumbers and strawberries if sun returns. his stand on Route 1 in Biddeford should open by July 4.
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Holiday Deaths Reach 33 During Fourth of July Weekend
The Associated Press reports 33 lives lost in traffic accidents nationwide in the early Fourth of July holiday period. Showers affected some highways in the Midwest East and South, but much of the country enjoyed fair weather. The death toll runs from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Tuesday local time.
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Wasp to Become Scrap After Decommissioning at Quonset Point
The U S S Wasp, famed for World War II battles and Cuban Missile Crisis duties, is decommissioned and towed to a scrap yard. Built in 1943, the carrier survived Iwo Jima and other Pacific battles and helped recover Gemini astronauts before its retirement due to fatigue cracks in its propeller shafts.
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Quarantine Areas Set For Gypsy Moth Plague
The USDA tightened a Northeast gypsy moth quarantine extending to Connecticut Rhode Island Massachusetts and New Jersey with spot inspections for campers mobile homes and gear at highway rest areas. The measure aims to curb long distance spread tied to recreational vehicles and camping sites.
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Inside The Journal Tonight 7 Cartoon And TV Insert
Inside The Journal Tonight 7 features daily cartoons and a compact TV and tiny journal insert for readers. The page previews upcoming cartoons and brief TV listings in a concise, period-voiced format.
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Court Ends Compulsory Chapel at Service Academies
The U S Court of Appeals ruled that mandatory chapel attendance at West Point Annapolis and Colorado Springs is unconstitutional The decision cites First Amendment limits on government religion and may be appealable to the Supreme Court Military officials defended the policy as aiding moral and character development Cadets and midshipmen were required to attend Protestant Catholic or Jewish services each Sunday with options for service members to attend local churches
Maremont Wins Major Army Contract for Gun Modifications
U S Rep Peter N Kyros announced the Army awarded Maremont Corp New England Division Saco a 5 765 350 contract to modify machine guns. No further details were released by the Army at this time.
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Protestants Barricade 10 Irish Cities Across Northern Ireland
Masked Protestant militants in uniforms sealed off areas in at least ten cities, including Belfast and Londonderry, halting normal life as British troops and Catholics observed. Violence left one dead and several wounded amid ongoing sectarian clashes during a fragile truce era.
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Daley Loses Convention Seat in Democratic Credentials Fight
Chicago Mayor Richard Daley lost his convention seat as the Credentials Committee denied Daley and 58 other Illinois delegates. The panel, aligned with George McGovern backers, awarded 41 delegates to a McGovern slate with 18 leaning toward him, prompting calls for healing but signaling a fractious Miami Beach convention. Daley plans a legal challenge while Jesse Jackson urged a Chicago compromise to avoid a floor fight.
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