Youth Seized for Gunfire in Biddeford Apartment
A 17 year old youth fired from a Biddeford apartment at 362 Elm St as police fired back. Tear gas finally ended the shootout with no injuries. Donna Hatch, 17 of West Kennebunk, identified as a witness, helped police restrain the girl from returning to the apartment. The youth was charged with assault with a deadly weapon and jailed pending arraignment in Biddeford District Court.
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Larry Stains
Biddeford
Biddefor
Lice
Adelbert Morine
Cumberland County
Biddeford District Court
Elm St
Dartmouth Street
Ruth Travers
James S. Travers
Travers
Donna Hatch
R.F.D. 1
West Kennebunk
Morin
Biddeford Sgo
Wald Jerry
Miss Hatch
Jerry
Biddeford Shooting Spree Traps Neighbor in Apartment
In Biddeford on a night in April 1976 a neighbor hid in a bathroom as a youth armed with five rifles a handgun and a sword fired at police for over an hour. The 17-year-old suspect was later arrested after police stormed the upstairs apartment triggering tear gas and chaos at 362 Elm Street.
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Biddeford
Elm St
Shootings shake Biddeford Elm Street area and hospital evac
A 17 year old fired a volley near 362 Elm St triggering a police standoff. Wounded windows and a spent bullet marked the Prestige House of Flowers as Webber Hospital evacuated its south wing and moved patients to safer areas. Nearby residents recalled the chaotic night while hospital staff praised police restraint and calm handling of the evacuees.
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House of Flowers
Elm Street
Biddeford
Webber Hospital
Rose Caouette
Elm St
Margaret Dansereau
Dansereau
Robert Gadbois
History Highlights for September 7, 1976
On this date in 1940 the London blitz began as German bombers attacked the city. In 1825 Lafayette bade farewell to John Adams at the White House. Work started on Boulder Dam in 1930. An assassination attempt on the U.S. ambassador in Cambodia occurred five years ago. The Republican convention was slated for Kansas City one year ago.
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Associated Press
London
Marquis de Lafayette
John Adams
White House
Boulder Dam
Hoover Dam
Colorado River
U.S
Cambodia
Republican Party
Kansas City
Wife Recalls Husband Missing After Vietnam Shootdown
Virginia Capling 40 and her daughter Kris 13 speak to newsmen at their Chicago home after learning Air Force Lt Col Elwyn R. Capling was identified by Vietnam as among 12 American airmen killed. Mrs Capling says he was seen alive on the ground with radio contact when shot down in September 1968.
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Virginia Capling
Kris
Chicago
Air Force
Elwyn R. Capling
Vietnam
Journal Bulletin Board And Classifieds Column
The page features cartoons classifieds and a crossword puzzle with brief notices and editorials offering light daily commentary and a humorous chuckle section. Dear Abby style advice and a society quote frame the day’s light reader items.
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Bulletin Board
Abby
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John Ewing
Marcel Ducette
Corp
Richard Gagne
Dick Danforth
Brian Thayer
Elpinski
Niki) Lang
Laboray
Kathleen O’connell
Mrs. Caouette
Caouette
Journal
Society
New England
Rts
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