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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1972
Page
1
The Democratic Platform Committee debated and recast a draft to back tax reform and federal revenue sharing with states. It endorsed ending loopholes and payroll tax shifts, while rejecting some welfare and abortion amendments, and approved a tougher stance to break up multinational conglomerates.
Crisis points remained in Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania and Big Flats New York as the Agnes flood toll rose to 123. Newsmen killed in a helicopter crash returned from survey work amid relief efforts and renewed federal rebuilding aid pledges.
United Mine Workers President W A Boyle is sentenced to five years in prison and fined 130000 for illegal political contributions from union funds. He faces two concurrent five year terms, plus 20000 in fines, with probation on other counts.
Floods in New York State delivered the final blow forcing Erie Lackawanna Railway Co. to seek reorganization under bankruptcy laws. President John Fishwick said the company ran out of cash as flood cleanup revenues vanished. The line, with $270 million yearly income and $719 million in assets, carries freight and about 70,000 daily New Jersey commuters.
York County Republican Committee passed a resolution urging a national effort to boost armaments for the common defense. The proposal, based on a Reader's Digest article by Sen. Margaret Chase Smith, was presented by Marguerite Pendergast and approved by the meeting led by Evelyn Mullins.
Francis Murphy ends a 35 year tenure with the Biddeford Post Office, the longest serving carrier on the route. Known for his smile and familiarity with 700 local families, he plans light duties in retirement and says he will stay in touch with patrons as he shifts to part time selling.
Police recovered the submachine gun used in the American Airlines hijacking and a $500000 ransom in Indiana. They cite leads about a young, pockmarked man who parachuted from the jet and may have been killed. A farmer found a sealed canvas mail bag with the ransom buried in a soybean field.
A humorous line notes that after turning fifty temptation itself seems to fade. The quip frames aging as a stage where desire to resist grows easier as weeks go by.
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