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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1960
Page
7
A Maine woman left an eye doctor's office and drove off in a car she believed was hers. Police traced the vehicle to Orono after John Cyr of Bangor reported his car missing from a curbside parking place. The driver admitted mistakenly taking the wrong automobile.
In Los Angeles an Air Force officer says security officials review what may be conclusive evidence that Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan were executed after the 1937 Pacific flight. The report references affidavits from 72 eyewitnesses and notes the case being a prime target of dogs in Pittsfield while other towns report odd animal incidents.
The Biddeford Saco Journal reports a Tokyo denial by former Imperial Navy Captain Zenshiro Hoshino, stating no executions occurred to suppress knowledge of Japanese fortifications on Saipan. He claims such an act would have required his knowledge and approval in 1937.
Briand cites Capt. Gervais letter claiming prewar Japanese Saipan buried Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan. The investigator notes no Air Force inquiry and marks this as a second unofficial claim in five days. Briand, author of Daughter of the Sky, argues Earhart may have landed elsewhere.
Judge and Mrs Clyfton Hewes of Summer Street Saco observed their 40th wedding anniversary over the holiday weekend at their summer home Phoenix Lodge Ossinee Lake Waterboro Center A large gathering included many Hewes families from Portland Cape Elizabeth Beverly Massachusetts Gorham and other areas with grandchildren Janna Gay Hewes and Sally Munsen among attendees
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