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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1973
Page
5
In London on European markets the price of gold edged up with the U S dollar easing. Dealers cited quiet trading and wider margins ahead of weekend uncertainties. Gold opened around 103 50 to 106 an ounce, up about 2 50 from Thursday.
The writer compares unsolicited financial pitches to a courtship, then discusses the dwindling public share of the market. Brokers report losses, consider back-office mergers, and the NYSE plans higher commissions to attract new funds. The piece ends with a personal stance against investing in their offerings.
Maine towns schedule public hearings in May 1973 on liquor licenses for Ogunquit The Lobster Claw Kennebunkport Barbara Deans Shore Road and Biddeford Colonial Hut plus a city hearing for special amusement. Welcomes a newborn to Biddeford-Saco Journal staff with family acknowledgments.
Cape Kennedy, Florida AP astronauts and engineers race to fix Skylab by a delayed repair mission to install sun shields after a ripped thermal shield made the station uninhabitable. The crew Conrad Kerwin Weitz as ground crews refine sails and extension devices while flight controllers stabilize heat to 105 degrees for a possible five day delay.
The Past Noble Grand Association of Saco Rebekah Lodge will meet Monday at 7 30 p m at the home of Mrs. Nancy Emery Fortunes Rocks Biddeford.
Members of the Past President's Parley of the Tighe Beaudoin Farley Units American Legion Auxiliary attend their annual banquet and plan business sessions. May 21 was set for the annual business meeting and June 4 for the banquet. Biddeford PHN directors meet in the council chambers. James Mininni reported. Albert Deshaies named nominating committee chair.
A nuclear device four times Hiroshima’s blast exploded a mile underground in Colorado’s Rio Blanco project to free natural gas. Three 30 kiloton mechanisms produced 90 000 tons of TNT force with only a slight ground jar and dust plumes as spectators watched 22 miles from the site.
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