Journal Names Chief At Kennebunk Bureau
Publisher W. Paul Casavant announces Peter Kingsley as new Kennebunk Bureau chief for the Biddeford Saco Journal. Kingsley succeeds Cecil B. Munson, who died June 10, 1973, and brings years of journalism experience from the University of Michigan and Commerce Clearinghouse. He earned a BA in psychology from Middlebury and has studied, taught, and worked internationally before returning to New England with his wife Karen and their five year old son Giles.
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Biddeford-Saco Journal
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University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
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U.S. Senate
Commerce Clearinghouse
Michigan
Peace Corps
Botswana
Africa
Middlebury College
Vermont
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Pan American Airlines
Mucch
Switzerland
Ussr
Nigeria
Lebanon
Midwest
Giles
Esworth
Eddie Rickenbacker Dies in Zurich at 72
Eddie Rickenbacker, legendary WWI ace and Eastern Air Lines founder, died in a Zurich hospital of heart failure, wife by his side. Born in Columbus, Ohio, he rose from race car driver to ace with 21 planes shot down, survived the Red Baron, later led a flying career and business ventures before his death in Zurich.
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United States
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Baron Manfred von Richthofen
Ace of Aces
Former Aide Strachan Denies Wiretap Involvement
Washington AP reports former White House aide Gordon Strachan says he was not told of wiretap proposals for Nixon’s reelection. He asserts FBI findings support his claim that campaign documents were not automatically sent to him, continuing to deny Magruder’s testimony about his knowledge.
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Mitchel
Samuel Cash
Associated Press
Pan American Jet Crashes in Sea Off Tahiti
A Pan American jetliner carrying 69 passengers and 10 crew crashed into the sea shortly after takeoff from Papeete bound for Los Angeles. One survivor, 12 bodies found, search hampered by depth and fuel odor. wreckage at 3,800 feet below. A Canadian passenger is hospitalized.
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Los Angeles
Papeete Military Hospital
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Auckland
New Zealand
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Papeete Harbor
Hijackers Told to Kill Passengers or Free Crew
An AP report from Dubai cites a coded West German message to the Japan Airlines hijackers aboard jumbo jet 444. The message urged immediate killing of passengers or their release, describing the idea of letting them go as the more humane option.
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DUBAL
West Germany
Japan Air Lines
Doll House Business Booming
Brad Folsom, once an accountant in Brockton Mass, turned a hobby into a growing doll house business. From a single sample he built four models, then eight, expanding into a showroom and then relocating to a home and barn after Down East Magazine featured him. He left city life behind to support his wife and two children as he scales production.
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Kennebunk
Maine
Brad Folsom
Brockton
Mass
Busiess
Mary
Folsom
Hingham
Down East
Hijackers Seize Plane as Police Surround Aircraft Near Dubai
About 100 officers and Bedouin troops surrounded the plane. They released purser Hoshihisa Miyashita, wounded by a grenade carried by a female hijacker who died in the blast. Four male hijackers remained, including a Japanese, a European, a bearded dark skinned man, and a fourth possibly Latin American. The hijackers claimed to be Sons of Occupied Territory of Jerusalem. Dubai officials suggested the Palestine cause is weakening amid denials of any organizational ties.
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Japan Air Lines
Shizuo Assada
Dubai
Purser
Hoshihisa Miyashita
Nixon faces subpoena over Watergate tapes
Senate Watergate committee set to meet in executive session to issue a subpoena for Watergate related materials. Officials say the subpoena would likely name the custodian of White House records and the tapes, though President Nixon may block panel access to conversations.
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Senate
Watergate Committee
Nixon
White House
Associated Press
Sevenman Committee
Watergate Panel Continues Televised Inquiry
Senate panel plans to press its televised Watergate inquiry with Gordon Strachan as witnesses including John Ehrlichman and H. R. Halderman. The confrontation over White House documents has loomed for a month since Sen Sam J. Ervin Jr. began seeking materials considered relevant to the investigation.
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White House
Gordon Strachan
John D. Eh
Rlichmann
H. R. Hallemorg
Betwen
Sam J. Evin Jr
Inside The Journal Business News Today's Chuckle
A light business note humorously notes that bold fashion styles spark chatter in retail circles. Executives comment on trends driving sales, while shoppers weigh practicality against flair in seasonal wardrobes.
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