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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1976
Page
6
The AP reports 1977 U.S. car price up 333 dollars from 1976, with gains across subcompacts mid sized cars and overall. GM posts third quarter record profits of 397 million dollars on 10.2 billion in sales and 1.79 million vehicles sold world wide.
Bruce Collins 23 of Walnut Creek California survived 27 days on a raft without food after the Spirit sank 800 miles southwest of San Francisco. He credited sleep rain and renewed faith for endurance while two companions died and he buried them at sea. He was rescued by a Coast Guard cutter and spoke at a UPI briefing amid ongoing dehydration malnutrition and boils. Darrel Miller and Nancy Perry also survived on a separate raft and reached Japan aboard a freighter.
Autopsy finds Captain Egidio Auletta with a .09 blood alcohol level before the Oct 20 collision between the ferry George Prince and the Norwegian tanker Frosta near New Orleans. Coroner Frank Minyard says fatigue and intoxication impaired his ability to steer. Death toll again lowered to 78, the river’s worst tragedy this century.
Crooner Bing Crosby will perform a no fee concert on November 26 in Las Vegas to raise money for a new Holy Family Catholic Church aimed at replacing a saloon worship space. The benefit at Alladin Theater is expected to draw about 7,500 with proceeds supporting a $750,000 project to finish construction by 1977.
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