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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1972
Page
1
North Vietnamese shells hit a U.S. C130 at Kontum airfield killing seven Americans and wounding two. The Pleiku ammunition dump was blown. Highway 1 between Da Nang and Hue was cut. Heavy fighting west of Hue around Fire Base Bastogne as South Vietnamese troops retake outposts Rakkasan and Helen.
Normand Bourgault 22 of Green Street Biddeford and David Gagne 23 of Hill Biddeford along with Lavigne 20 of Alfred Street Biddeford were charged after two overnight breaks at Joe Zook Market on Hill Street and Levesque chicken farm on South Street. Blood trail led to the apartment arrest where 31 chickens were found, 30 butchered, one alive. Gagne and Lavigne released on 1000 bail. Bourgault held awaiting bail. all to appear in 10th District Court, Saco.
Wallace shows continued improvement after gunshot wounds as reports contradict claims of permanent paralysis. Bulletin notes he spent a comfortable night, remains alert, reads papers, and is improving though leg paralysis persists. His condition contrasts with Post speculation of spinal cord severance. Bremer’s bail set at 200000 as Wallace’s campaign plans for continued primaries.
Officials in York County coastal communities request 300,493 in federal disaster aid to repair public property and facilities from the February 19 winter storm. Disaster aid officer Willard Brown says applications have been filed with the Boston Office of Emergency Preparedness and approvals may come in about two weeks. Amounts cover road and seawall repairs, debris clearance, and emergency salaries. funds are for repairs and restoration, not improvements, with up to 50 percent possible in advance after approval.
An AP profile notes that next week’s Moscow summit between Nixon and Brezhnev will be clouded by a half century of suspicion and the lingering influence of Lenin and Stalin. It traces how mutual misperceptions, Cold War fears, and a history of elusive diplomacy shaped U.S.–Soviet relations from 1917 onward.
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