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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1972
Page
3
A humorous column notes heat waves affect birds and humans, with quips on cooling by air sacs and beak flutter. It shares quirky maxims and trivia about checks, a California divorce joke, and quotes from Albert Salomon and Elizabeth Barrett Browning, ending with a reflection on friendship and faith.
A Passadumkeag man, Richard Spencer, 26, drowned at Deer Lake in Hancock County after an epileptic seizure while swimming with companions who were unaware of his condition. His body was recovered from five feet of water shortly after the incident.
A morning fire in Gardiner kills five members of the Rideout family, Stanwood 30 and Sylvia 26 with children Roxanne 10 Connie 7 and Stanwood Jr 3. Fire inspectors say a discarded cigarette likely sparked the blaze in a one story Marston Road home. Bodies located in living room near chair, near bed, and in bedrooms as neighbor reports discovery shortly after 4 am.
The church on Washington Avenue will hold a summer sale of home cooked food and aprons beginning Thursday at 10 a.m. on the church lawn weather permitting. All members of the Womens Society of Christian Service are asked to bring cooked food.
Firemen responded on Foote Street to a car blaze owned by David Cash of 32 Cutts Street Biddeford. One fireman and Tank 2 also doused a grass fire on Turn Road yesterday.
Four more newsmen die in Vietnam bringing the toll to six in the four month offensive. Canadian photographer Gerard Hebert was hit by artillery while dining with South Vietnamese troopers near Quang Tri City. Two Singaporean cameramen Terence Khoo and Sam Kai-Faye and photographer Tran Van Nghia fell to rifle fire near Highway 1. Bodies recovered Sunday. another reporter missing and 30 wounded since March 30 start of the offensive.
Five people were taken to Webber Hospital after a two car crash on Route 35 near Route 9 junction. Drivers Donald Guay 17 and Bonnie Gibson 17 plus passengers Marc Leclerc 17 Andy Daley 14 Denise Courtois 15 all from Biddeford were hospitalized. Leclerc and Guay suffered leg fractures and lacerations. others were treated and released.
Fourteen automobile accidents were reported to Old Orchard Beach police over the weekend. One crash involved a green panel truck striking a station wagon near the Wishing Well after occupants allegedly attempted to steal a keg of beer and then fleeing the scene. The note adds Carlsbad Caverns trivia unrelated to the incident.
Gallup poll suggests McGovern leads Nixon 57 to 41 among registered voters aged 18 to 24, but Nixon edges 46 to 43 among nonregistered youth. College students favor McGovern 61 to 35 while noncollege youths favor Nixon 48 to 44.
Hampton police say an about 18 year old youth seriously injured when struck by a car on July 15 remains unidentified. The patient is in fair condition at Massachusetts General Hospital Boston with multiple internal injuries. The youth is described as having blue eyes curly brown hair and a wedge shaped scar on the left knee.
William Snerwell age 30 of Old Orchard Beach a flight instructor at York Aviation in Biddeford was injured when he parachuted from a plane and overshot the Biddeford air facility landing on a rock in woods. He is treated at Portland Osteopathic Hospital for a broken right leg in comfortable condition. Children in the area found him and he was taken by ambulance, airport manager John Bell said.
A head on collision between a bus from the occupied Jordan and a truck in Tel Aviv killed ten Arab laborers and injured forty five. A passenger said a tire blowout caused the bus to swerve into the wrong lane in what was described as Israel's worst accident in a year.
The destroyer USS Newman K. Perry will visit the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard to host about 100 Merrimack Valley Navy League members for a day at sea. Cmdr. Dave Walker Jr. said guests would be shown the ship's capabilities.
A beluga sturgeon grows to 13 feet in length and may weigh as much as a ton, highlighting the massive size and value of this prized caviar source in waters where it roams.
A wry meditation on happiness wealth and political foresight. The piece riffs on forecasting outcomes explaining later why predictions miss the mark and jokes about committee work endlessness and golf ball misjudgments.
In Belfast a sniper fatally wounded a British soldier at an army post near Ballymurphy. In Londonderry a civilian died and four were wounded in crossfire as three gun battles erupted. Army raids in Armagh seized 10 suspects and recovered gelignite.
The Saco police department announces 17 year old Mary Hobbins of 14 Promenade Ave as lifeguard at Camp Ellis. She will begin duties today, the department spokesman said.
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