Fighting Near Saigon Hinges on Bung Cau Clash
North Vietnamese sapper units pressed into Bung Cau 16 miles north of Saigon, facing government bunkers in house to house fighting backed by artillery. Seven enemy and two government troops killed, with parallel actions near An Son and Ben Cat. U.S. B52s pounded North Vietnam coast as Kissinger visit looms.
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Saigon
Bung Cau
An Son
Bung
Ben Cat
Central Highlands
Pleiku City
Bong Son
Saigon Command
Quang Tri Province
North Vietnam
Vinh
Dong Hoi
South Vietnam
U.S. Command
Air Force
Navy
Marine
North
U.S
Henry A. Kissinger
End of Parish Schools Tied to Franco American Assimilation
In Biddeford and across New England, rapid Americanization of Franco Americans is cited as the key factor driving the closure of parish schools. The piece argues that loss of ethnic identity reduces enrollment and gifts, citing St Joseph grammar, St Louis High School, and Auburn’s Sacred Heart Parish as examples, and notes eventual decisions resting with local Franco Americans.
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Michael Guignard
New England
Lewiston
Charlotte Michaud
Adelard Janelle
Biddeford
St. Joseph Grammar School
St. Joseph School
Auburn
Maurice Plourde
Sacred Heart Parish
Plourde
St. Louis High School
Biddeford High School
St. Joseph Parish
Portland
Gerety
No Journal On Holiday Veterans Day Notice
The Biddeford Saco Journal will not publish Monday in observance of Veterans Day. All departments will be closed.
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Biddeford-Saco
Search Intensifies For Boggs Plane
In Alaska a large air and ground hunt expands for Hale Boggs House Democratic Leader missing after a flight from Anchorage to Juneau. More than 70 aircraft, including RF4C planes, scour clouded mountain passes for Boggs Nick Begich Russell Brown and pilot Don Jonz. Family members left Anchorage as the search area covers 56 000 square miles with weather described as cloudy and snowy.
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Anchorage
Alaska
House
Haley Boggs
Air Force
Bergstrom Afb
Texas
Boggs
Lindy
Nick Begich
Russell L. Brown
Begich
Don E. Jonz
Pan-Alaska Airways
Washington
White House
Juneau
Beg Jich
Astronomer Harlow Shapley Dies 1947 Review
Obituaries note the death of astronomer Harlow Shapley, highlighting his contributions to starlight studies and galactic structure as the era recalls broader scientific notes. The section also references forest fires and a political visit by Sen. Margaret Smith to Cape Porpoise.
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Harlow Shapley
Sen
Margaret Smith
Cape Porpoise
Nobel winners see trackless train via superconductivity
Nobel winners in physics and chemistry describe how superconductivity in metals could enable high speed trains and ultra fast computers. Physicists John R. Schrieffer John Bardeen and Leon Cooper discuss early predictions and success in solving the problem in 13 days. Biochemists Stanford Moore Christian Anfinson and William Stein win for enzyme structure research with potential gene therapy and industrial catalysis implications.
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Associated Press
Fahr
John R. Schrieffer
University of Pennsylvania
Schrieffer
Japan
Shrieffer
John Bardeen
University of Illinois
Leon Cooper
Brown University
Bardeen
Illinois
Moore
Christian B. Anfinson
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda
Med
William Stein
Rockefeller University
European Leaders Plan Unified Market by 1980
Paris reports six Western European nations pledged to push closer economic coordination and monetary union by 1980. Britain Ireland and Denmark join the Common Market talks with West Germany France Italy Belgium Netherlands Luxembourg to form a loose European federation. Leaders debated parliament strength and agreed on a monetary cooperation fund to stabilize currencies amid inflation concerns.
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Paris
Britain
Ireland
Denmark
West Germany
France
Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Europe
Georges Pompidou
Thas
European Monetary Cooperation Fund
European Parliament
Biddeford Opens New Community Center With Smith Visit
The Biddeford Community Center dedication drew nearly 400 seniors and visitors as Senator Margaret Chase Smith campaigned in Maine. Mayor Gilbert Boucher hosted the event marking the Ross family gift and a $25,000 city match for the two story facility.
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Biddeford
Margaret Chase Smith
Gilbert R. Boucher
Boucher
Washington and
Federal Streets
Abraham
Fannie Ross
Braley
Senior Citizens Club
Recreation
Biddeord
Show
Washington Street
Alden Racine
Zens
Smith
Maurice Ross
Ross
Gilbert Boucher
Senaor
Maryline White
Tufts to Open Maine Area Health Education Center
Tufts University School of Medicine gains a $4.86 million federal grant to establish an Area Health Education Center in Maine. Portland’s Maine Medical Center will be the geographic hub with collaborators include the University of Maine the Veterans Administration and four other health education and distribution agencies. The grant supports training for health workers in medically underserved areas.
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Maine
Tufts University School of Medicine
Elliot L. Richardson
Health Education and Welfare Department
Portland
Maine Medical Center
University of Maine
Veterans’ Administration
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