Frogmen Detonate Old Orchard Beach Pier Pilings
A four man Navy EOD team from Brunswick Naval Air Station used diving gear and plastic explosives to cut five pilings at the base of the Old Orchard Beach pier. The operation, supported by local officials and Congressman Kyros, aimed to remove damaged structures from the pier tied to the Casino and arcade. The team expected to stay two days to finish the job.
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Michael Spath
Old Orchard Beach
CWO
John Lundberg
William Gros
Edwards
Ballinger
Richard
Kase
EOD
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Navy
Wrem
Uispusai
Saco River
Camp Ellis
Louis Sarelas
Trusteed Estates Inc
Sarelas
Peter Kyros
Roy Schneider
Brunswick Nava
Old Orchard Beach Pier
Martial Law Triggers Arrests of 53 Filipinos in Manila
Fifty three prominent Filipinos including two governors six congress members and seven newspapermen were detained in the Manila region as martial law was proclaimed. Arrests target opposition figures Sen Benigno Aquino Jr Sen Jose Diokno and Sen Ramon Mitra amid a broad crackdown with media nearly all shut down and news censored.
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Manila
Congress
Francisco Tatad
Tatad
Sen
Benigno Aquino Jr
Liberal Party
Marcos
Jose Diokno
Civil Liberties Union
Ramon Mitra
Greater
Martial Aw
Republic
Sky
Inside The Journal Cartoons and Classifieds
A page index listing sections including cartoons 11 classified ads 12 13 crossword puzzle 5 and Dear Abby 8 plus features on Hanoi POW talks red tide football scores editorials obituaries and sports coverage on theatres pages 6 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abby
Hanoi
Talks in Belfast Aim to End Sectarian Strife
In Belfast amid fresh guerrilla violence rival leaders gather under William Whitelaw to press for a political solution. SDLP balks at internment and detainee releases while the Protestant DUP stalls over an inquiry into killings during a Belfast riot.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
William Whitelaw
Britain
Chhief
Ulster
Darlington
England
Social Democratic and Labor Party
SDLP
Democratic Unionist Party
Protestant
Ian Paisley
Maine Sea and Shore Fish: Other Shellfish Safe
Maine officials assure the public that contamination in New England clams and mussels has not affected other seafood. Commissioner Spencer Apollonio says lobsters shrimp crabs and fin fish remain safe and tasty, with ongoing monitoring and closures if safety standards fail.
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Augusta
Maine Sea and Shore Fish Series Department
Maine
Spencer Apollonio
Apollonio
New England
Canadian
U.S. Food & Drug Administration
California Plane Crash Kills Twenty Two at Ice Cream Parlor
Witnesses described a jet tearing into Farrell's Ice Cream Parlor in Sacramento as a private F86 Sabrejet on takeoff crashed through a wall. Twenty two people died including a family of four. at least twenty six were injured. The pilot Richard Bingham survived in fair condition with fractures.
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Sacramento
Calif
Farrell
Dave Thorton
Don McClusky
Richard Bingham
Novato
Spectrum Air
Bingham
Sacramento Medical Center
Barbara Fine
George Nielsen
Jon
POWs in Hanoi Become Campaign Issue in 1972 Race
Sen George McGovern accused the Nixon administration of delaying the return of three U S prisoners of war held in Hanoi and used by North Vietnam for propaganda. Melvin R Laid pushed back calling McGovern a spokesman for the enemy as families of two POWs accompany an antiwar group in Hanoi. The prisoners Maj Edward Elias Lt Mark Gartley and Lt Norris Charles are in North Vietnam awaiting return. President Nixon prepared speeches in Washington and New York.
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Gregory Nokes
Associated Press
Hanoi
Sen
George McGovern
Melvin R Laird
McGovern
Nixon
North Vietnam
North
Melvin R. Laird
United States
New York
Laird
Edward Elias
Air Force
Mark L. Gartley
Navy
Norris Charles
Charles
Gartley
World Bank and
International Monetary Fund
Washington
American Museum of Immigration
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Saigon
da Nang
Michael Putzel
Duang Ngai City
Song Vel
Mo Duc
Quang Ngai City
Quang Ngai
da’ Nang
Thua Thien
Quang Tri
Demilitarized Zone
Cambodia
Government
High Command
Chambak
Phnom Penh
Takea
U.S
7Th Fleet
Ferdinand E. Marcos
Inside the Journal
California
Salvation Army
Art Nadeau
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