Biddeford Names New Police Chief Harry Courtois Jr
Harry R. Courtois Jr. named Biddeford police chief designate after serving as Maremont Corp. security chief in Saco. He will assume July 9, working with retiring chief Edgar Sevigny until July 20. Promoted Morin to deputy chief with more internal promotions planned. Courtois, a Saco native and former Air Force member, is a St Louis High School graduate and UMaine continuing education student.
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Harry R. Courtois Jr
Maremont Corporation
Saco
Biddeford
Roland Rioux
Rioux
Raymond Kenneally
Robert LaBelle
Courtois
Edgar Sevigny
Adelbert Morin
Harry Courtois
St. Louis High School
U.S. Air Force
University of Maine
Portland
FDA to Demand Proof of Effectiveness for 40000 Prescriptions
FDA plans to require effectiveness proof for about 40 000 prescription drugs marketed up to 55 years amid a Supreme Court ruling that strengthens federal oversight. The move could ban up to 8000 drugs deemed worthless and reshapes review across food additives vaccines biologics and OTC drugs.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Food and Drug Administration
Peter B. Hutt
FDA
Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association
U.S
Hutt
High Court
Europe
National Academy of Sciences
National Research Council
Academy
There Goes the Neighborhood Quote From Colum Bus Crew
A native Indian remarks to a companion as the crew of a Colum bus ship comes ashore, quipping that there goes the neighborhood. The line captures a humorous local reaction to newcomers.
Summit Centers On Trade Talks Between Nixon and Brezhnev
Washington reports Nixon and Brezhnev advancing to trade and economic issues after signing ceremonies on air transport culture exchange agriculture and oceanographic research. Congress remains a hurdle as MFN status for the Soviet Union hangs on approval.
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Washington
Nixon
Leonid I. Brezhnev
William P. Rogers
Andrei Gromyko
Brezhnev
State Department
Senate Watergate Committee
White Tae
John W. Dean Iiii
Henry Kissinger
Moscow
Prtss
Ronald L. Ziegler
Kremlin
Congress
U.S
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Blair House
White House
Soviet Union
Ants Invade Homes During Wet Season
The York County Extension Office reports a surge of carpenter ant calls during and after wet periods. Biddeford firms handle up to 15 cases weekly, with similar notices from regional exterminators. Ants target damp timber structures and nests are indicated by sawdust near wood.
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York County
Alfred
New England Sanitation Systems
Biddeford
Richard Dearborn
Maine Forestry Department
Augusta
Min submarine crew declared dead after 31 hours trapped
Rescuers report two men in the rear chamber of a 21 foot Johnson Sea Link minisub are dead after being submerged for 31 hours. Clayton Link 31 son of inventor Edwin Link and Albert Stover 51 veteran diver and pilot were unconscious since 2:30 a.m. EDT Monday with no sounds from the chamber since 8 a.m. that day.
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Key West
Fla
John Maurer
Clayton Link
Edwin Link
Albert Stover
Navy
Edwin A. Link
Menzies
Vero Beach
Stover
Juno Beach
Meek
Santa Barbara
Calif
Deaths Confirmed From Sea Diver Sub Rescue Effort
Maurer learned at 10 25 a m EDT that two men in the forward chamber were dead after the submarine Sea Diver was freed from a wreck 351 feet deep near Key West. Link and Stover did not respond to radio calls. Menzies and Meek were pronounced fit earlier.
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Key West
Maurer
Link
Stover
Scontras seeks DEP discharge license for Wildwood lagoon plan
Developer Nicholas P. Scontras applies to the Maine DEP for a waste water discharge license to build a 485 lot Wildwood subdivision lagoon system in Saco. Engineer Thomas Griffin Jr. says the plant could service 40 new homes and would remove planning board control, with expansion potential to cover the full project as sewer lines tie into a city system. The plan faces planning board concerns about overall city impact and sewerage treatment adequacy as site selection filings proceed.
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Nicholas P. Scontras
State Department of Environmental Protection
Wildwood
Saco
Scontras
Thomas Griffin Jr
Portland
Aco Planning Board
Planning Board
Branch Brook
Goosefare Brook
Griffin
Lanning Board
Ferry Road
York County to Host Community College Plan Faces Funding Hurdles
Officials from the State Department of Education St Francis College and Biddeford Adult Education met to assess the York County community college plan set to begin this fall The meeting highlighted that St Francis could not run two similar programs at different costs leading to the end of its degree offerings in Biddeford The group reviewed SMILE low cost post secondary education and future learning center participation while a July 5 meeting aims to clarify implementation steps and address concerns about credit distribution and faculty moonlighting
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State Department of Education
St. Francis College
Biddeford Adult Education Program
York County
Biddeford Adult Education
Biddeford
Peter V. Sampo
St. Francis
John Simpson
York County Community College
Ed Hinckley
Sam Andrews
University of Maine At Portland-Gorham
The
Community College
Robert Horn
Raymond Ken
Neally
Alan Craig
John Moran
Dave McCullough
Hinckley
Andrews
Horn
Southern Maine
Nassau
UMPG
SMVTI
Ada
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