Olympic Games Suspended After Munich Terror Attack
Arab gunmen stormed the Olympic Village killing two Israelis and taking hostages. The IOC and OOC announced the games would be suspended for at least the day with a Wednesday memorial service for the dead, while authorities negotiated and prepared a possible resumption after the ceremonies. The incident prompted global condemnation and security measures as teams sheltered and authorities debated demands from the hostage takers.
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Munich
Olympic Village
Avery Brundage
International Olympic Committee
Willi Daume
Hans Klein
OOC
Olympic Stadium
Klein
Israel
Golda Meir
Will Grimsley
U.S
Willy Brandt
Bonn
Uruguay
Hong Kong
West Germany
Manfred Schreiber
Schreiber
Moshe Weinberg
Luis Friedman
Friedman
Season End In Old Orchard Beach Sees Mixed Resort Trade
Labor Day marks a closing for Old Orchard Beach with July matching last summer's pace while June weather hurt early business. Canadian visitors dropped due to oil spill publicity, but late summer recaptured arrivals. A class action over oil spill damages sits in U.S. District Court in Portland.
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Michael Spath
Old Orchard Beach
Labor Day
Portland Harbor
Rocco Aceto
Canada
Aceto
David Despres
Despres
Agust
U.S. District Court
Portland
Army Corps of Engineers
Chamber of Commerce
Norman Guerette
Chamber
Weekend Traffic Toll During Labor Day Weekend
The Associated Press reports 554 deaths from traffic accidents nationwide over the Labor Day weekend. The National Safety Council had forecast 580 to 680 deaths for the period from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Monday. The 1971 Labor Day toll was 616.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Jets Hit North Vietnam Radar Stations and Bases
U S jets destroyed two radar stations used to direct surface to air missiles in North Vietnam s northwest rail line attack. Ground fighting near Pleiku and central highlands continued with North Vietnamese assaults repelled. Saigon command claimed 130 enemy killed and 5 government dead. U S bomber raids expanded with over 220 strikes nationwide and nine more against Pleiku area targets.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
Northwest
China
USS
Central Highlands
U.S
Bau Can
Pleiku City
de Viet
Viet
Pleiku
Lese
Rangerf
Biddeford Woman Seeks Commutation From Life Sentence
Gov Curtis and the Executive Council consider a commutation petition from Betty Grant a Biddeford woman serving a life term for a 1970 murder Beatrice Menard. Grant now in Skowhegan confinement has nine college credits and seeks nursing at the University of Maine Augusta with parole possible if manslaughter verdict held.
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Augusta
Kenneth M. Curtis
Executive Council Today
Biddeford
Betty Grant
Women’s Army Corps
University of Maine
Miss Grant
Beatrice Menard
Women’s Correctional Center
Skowhegan
Hanscom
State Probation and Parole Department
Kennebunk Farmer Proves It Grain Can Grow in Maine
In York County Maine Paul Stuart of Webber Hill turns to grain corn for dairy and chicken feed. With 15 000 layers he already profits from poultry and now aims to expand into grain for cows and birds using a cycle farming approach and local extension guidance.
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York County
Maryline White
Kennebunk
Paul Stuart
Webber Hill
Lewiston
Stuart
Maine
Belfast
Webbers Hill
Cole Dairy
Beach Patrolman Awarded After Ocean Rescue
A beach patrolman received an award for his role in rescuing three people from rough surf. Two additional divers aided the operation, which occurred near the promenade. Local officials commended swift action and teamwork.
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Ocean Biddeford
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Elm Street
Water Street
York Hill
Lincoln
Market Street
Somesville
Pine Street
Smith’s Corner
Callahan Bros
Mechanic Walls
Dick Danforth
Syrat
Jean-Paul Lacroix
Lancross Guen
Camp Ellis
Art Nadeau
Kennebunk Farmer
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