Prescription Bill Debated in Maine Committee Hearing
A Maine legislative panel debated allowing pharmacists to substitute generic drugs for brand names, amid strong supporter and opponent views. Sen. Brennan proposed amendments to let doctors authorize substitutions by handwriting on prescriptions, arguing lower costs, while critics warned against inferior quality and urged patient clarity. Senior citizens urged this option to curb high drug costs, especially for low income and Medicare patients, though physicians and drug suppliers warned of possible quality concerns.
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Augusta
Joseph Brennan
Land
Ular
Sen. Brennan
Maine
Edwin Greeley
R-Morris
Thomas LaPointe
Portland
Maine Medical Association
Ine
Biddeford Council Clears Way for Light Industry Zoning
Biddeford City Council approved a zoning amendment opening the B 2 zone around Five Points and part of Route 1 to light industry with planning board review of applications and noise, pollution, and fire restrictions. The action follows first and second readings and unanimous votes. The move aims to attract a component assembly manufacturer to the Grants store site in the Biddeford Shopping Center.
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Biddeford
Five Points
Abber Hospital
Planning Board
Roger Johnson
Grants
Axes
Eeshy
First National Bank of
Dargis and Carrignan
Maine Supreme Court Upholds Saco Mobile Home Rule
The Maine Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling allowing Saco to bar mobile homes not placed in mobile home parks. The case began in 1972 when Priscila Tweedie was cited for illegally living in a trailer on Flag Pond Road in a C-1 zone.
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Maine Supreme Court
City of
Saco
Priscila J. Tweedie
Flag Pond Road
Superior Court
William Donahue
Biddeford
Tweedie
William McCarthy
Supreme
Ronald Ayotte
30 Acre Donation Made To SAD 71
Kennebunk and Bath figures support a 30 acre land donation to SAD 71 for a new high school. The 30 acres sit within a 123 acre Sea Road tract near the Mousam River and Boston and Maine tracks, with location yet to be fixed. Rodeny E. Ross Jr bound to donate, with Elmont Tyndale as liaison. board meeting to formalize the gift.
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Kennebunk
Rodney Ross
Bath
Summer St
Arthur Hedberg
Ross
Sea Road
Boston and Maine Railroad
Mousam River
Hedberg
SAD 71
Jack Ketchum
Rodney E. Ross Jr
Frank Ross
Elmont ‘Tyndale
Oil Price Rollbacks Seen Domestically
Washington area report on energy policy moves under Nixon with Sen. Henry M. Jackson claiming administration considering price rollbacks on domestic oil output. Jackson cites Charles Simon authority to order cuts on stripper wells and notes potential tax changes and a stalled emergency energy bill amid GOP opposition.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Jackson
Senate House
William E. Simon
U.S
Senate
Russell B. Long
D-La
Long
United States
Cities Service Co
Cities Service
Parley on Decline of French in Biddeford Community
Local Franco-Americans gathered at Ross Community Center to discuss the drop in French usage. The session, conducted in French with English questions, featured translator Sister Solange Bernier and speakers Ronald Couturier Donald Roy Joseph Carrier and Jean Paul Jarry. The institute at St Francis College launches a yearlong series supported by the Maine State Commission on the Arts and the Humanities. The event aimed to gauge feelings and impressions rather than solve the problem.
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Ross Community Center
Biddeford
Solange Bernier
Istitute
St. Francis College
Maine State Commission On the Arts and the Humanities
Commission
Congress
Ronald Couturier
Lewiston
Donald Roy
Joseph Carrier
Jean Paul Jarry
Couturier
Oil Woes Extend Beyond Embargo End
Washington expects oil shortages to persist after any Arab oil embargo end. Eric R. Zausner of the Federal Energy Office cautioned that energy problems could last months or years despite an embargo lift. Henry Kissinger suggested flow could resume within a few months as withdrawals occur.
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Washington
United States
Eric R. Zausner
Federal Energy Office
Henry A. Kissinger
Middle East
Kissinger
Inside The Journal Today's Chuckle
A light note pokes fun at shopping carts as the average one holds one kid and a week’s wages, hinting at the humor the page offers about everyday spending and family life.
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Joseph Zuke
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Conrad Lessard
Luc Angers
Hotel Thacher
Claire Malaskik
Saco Mobile
D-Washington
Senate Government Operations Subcommittee
Charles Percy
RAIL
Institute
Peg Welch
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