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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1972
Page
7
The text describes reactions to the Israeli deaths during the Games and notes Egyptian wrestlers competing on Tuesday while a Lebanese team official expresses sorrow. Five armed guards keep watch around Building 31, the Israeli team’s base, as the hostage crisis continues into the night.
At Munich the head of the Egyptian delegation denied reports of a withdrawal saying the team intends to compete. Abdel Aziz Shafei noted uncertainty about attending memorial services for 11 Israelis and a West German policeman slain by Arab guerrillas. An Egyptian basketball team had earlier failed to appear for a game against the Philippines amid fears.
Ten days before the Montreal Games, the Olympic flame in Munich remained lit as a somber symbol. The report notes the ghastly box score of terrorism and loss, with Israeli athletes and a Munich police officer among the dead, and describes a new, darker meaning for the flame in honoring victims of political conflict.
A Cascade Lodge dinner in Saco honored two local couples. Mr. and Mrs. Henri Neault marked 25 years of marriage and their daughter and son in law Mr. and Mrs. Donald P Marchand observed five years since their wedding. Neault's Notre Dame de Lourdes wedding date was Sept 1 1947.
A historical report recalls Germany’s 1936 Berlin Olympic snub by Owens and describes a U S Navy experiment where a trained pilot whale directed by signals to dive and attach a recovery device to a torpedo, surfacing it for retrieval and earning a fish reward.
The Navy reports trained whales to retrieve dummy torpedoes from the ocean floor and to locate mines. The Operation Deep OPS program began in 1969 and ended last October near Hawaii, involving a 1200 pound pilot whale and a 5500 pound animal.
Encyclopaedia Britannica confirms the cabbage palmetto as the state tree of South Carolina. The designation reflects regional flora and historical associations with the state.
Classifieds showcase 92 listings in the want ads urging readers to use the section for notices jobs sales and services with readers invited to place their own ads for regional opportunities and needs.
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