State officials meet residents over Ferry Beach plan
About 10 state officials met with Saco planners to discuss a proposed Ferry Beach State Park. Abutters pressed concerns on dune damage, access, traffic, parking for 200 cars, and flood-prone construction rules as DEP reviews the plan within two weeks.
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Ferry Beach
Saco Planning Board
Saco
Norman Mannell
State Department of Parks and Recreation
Manwell
Seaside Avenue
Daniel Webster Jr
State Department of Transportation
Bay View Road
Ferry Road
Webster
John Bird
Ocean Park Conservation Society
Bird
Erry
Parks Department
Samuel Zaitlin
Joseph Deering
Roger Tousignant
Wendell Lund
Philip Snow
Marion Gordon
Wiliam Boucouvalas
Mannell
State Department of Health and Welfare
Federal Soil Conservation Service
State Department of Environmental Protection
Boucouvalas
Route 9
Dep
Meat price ceiling debate rages as Nixon plan takes effect
retailers queue to post ceiling prices while consumers and grocers weigh impact. Biddeford meat manager says prices stopped rising, others warn of shortages and black markets. A boycott may shift behavior but experts predict only short term effects and lingering high costs.
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Gaston Laflamme
First National
Biddeford
Associated Press
Brad Meehan
Jordan
Ready To Eat Meats Inc
Portland
John Martin
Martin's Foods
Biddeford High Sees Petition Drive Over Football Coach
The Biddeford High Athletic Association urged the school board to rescind its March 6 decision naming David Kerry head football coach for 1973 74 and substitute David Redmond a teacher and former coach. Petitions circulate as Redmond cites BIA contract preference for in system candidates. The next athletic meeting is set for Tuesday at 7 30 pm at the high school.
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Biddeford
David Kerry
Kerry
Dave Redmond
Redmond
Board of Education
David Redmond
the Athletic Association
Athletic Association
BIA
Biddeford Supt
Andrew C. Frechette
Chinese Have Ways To Limit Population Growth
AP report from Nanking outlines China’s population control through late marriage and premarital abstinence. Doctors Li Chiochen and Lin Chiaochih discuss morality, education, and a mix of contraception, abortion on request, and public health efforts led by barefoot doctors to reduce infant mortality and overall births.
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Nanking
China
People’s Republic of
Li Chio-chen
Ministry of Public Health
Peking
Lin Chi‘iaochih
United States
Lin
Inside The Journal Today's Chuckle
A light relief note jokes that drive in banks and drive in supermarkets need more drive in parking places to keep shoppers moving smoothly.
Richard Lumb Named Old Orchard Beach Police Chief
State Trooper Richard Lumb was sworn in as Old Orchard Beach Chief of Police. He plans to begin full time work within two weeks and aims to improve police service with support from the Public Safety Commission and town council. Lumb, 31, resigns from the state police after nine years of service. He replaces Jean Paul Lacroix, who will stay on as captain.
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Old Orchard Beach
Richard Lumb
Lumb
Saco
Scarborough
State Police Academy
University of Maine At Portland-Gorham
Lamb
State Police
Public Safety Commission
Charles Huot
Huot
Jean Paul Lacroix
Lacroix
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