Croagh Patrick, Ireland’s Holy Peak Climb Draws Thousands
The 2 510 foot Croagh Patrick rises above Clew Bay and draws tens of thousands of Irish climbers each year on the last Sunday of July to pray at the summit.
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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1972
Page
9
The 2 510 foot Croagh Patrick rises above Clew Bay and draws tens of thousands of Irish climbers each year on the last Sunday of July to pray at the summit.
George Cukor at 72 directs MGM's Travels With My Aunt in Spain's hills plains and mountains. He notes old California scenery is now found in Spain due to costs and recalls his brief retirement before returning to directing with the same zest and humor on set.
Kennebunkport selectmen discussed Goose Rocks Beach cleanup funding, approving annual budgeting for the life guard and pre season work. They planned a meeting with Goose Rocks representatives to estimate yearly costs and recast the $400 appropriation.
On June 5 various events marked history from 1940 beginning of the Battle of France to 1961 Supreme Court backing a party registration order. Notable moments include 1863 French troops entering Mexico City 1872 Grant nomination 1876 first banana taste at the Philadelphia exposition and 1917 mass WWI draft registration.
The World Almanac notes Radio Liberty is the free voice for Soviet people abroad using 14 transmitters in Spain and West Germany and three in Taiwan. It broadcasts in 20 languages of the Soviet Union, as reported in 1972.
The text notes a candidate who became party nominee for governor in California and was defeated by Democratic Gov Edmund G Brown. It also references historical Israeli and Arab clashes, UN ceasefire talks, Palestinian guerrilla groups, and a birthday for Bill Moyers alongside a Sartre quote and a proverb.
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