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Evening Express from Portland, Maine • 13

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Rwtaurant rancois 47 Middle Street Portland 7724MUa Reeeraationa auggested Now Open for Luncheon Tuesday riday 1 1 :30 2 air conditioned Portland Maine Police revise units roles 2 news By Grace Additon I PO Box 1460B Portland Me U41U4 Gyannett Books PO BOX 1460B Portland Maine 04104 Just Published By BOB KISS Staff Writer Enjoy the Tastiest inest Maine Meals DIAL CLASSIIED DIRECT 775 3151 The companion Scott Elwell 20 of Rockland wag reecued by boat ers but Eckhoff could not be found His body was recovered Sunday scene by local rescue personnel and the elder Harriman was taken to Maine Medical Center for further treatment of hypothermia Hospital officials said he was later released A resident who witnessed the inci dent notified public safety officials who then contacted the Coast Guard but Jordan had rescued the Harrimans before a Coast Guard The Portland Police Depart ment'has tAen several steps this month to Streamline" its opera tions from rearranging its chain of command to erasing one cap taincy and creating a second By The Associated Press Drowning accidents have claimed the lives of two Maine men one of whom jumped out of a sailboat to swim to shore and an other whose canoe sank Gary Mlcka 25 of Gardiner who was cm a camping trip with his parents and relatives on Long Lake In Bridgton decided to swim the rest at the way as the sailboat beaded for shore Police Chief Richard Bell said Mlcka apparently a good swim mer had surfaced once before dis appearing Tberea no reasoning why this happened" said Bell was gained by smashing a nrfr until it mvp wav Pamela Mullers of Cedar Street told police yesterday that her resi dence had been broken into and as sorted food baby clothes toys a State Gannett Books PO Box 1460B Portland Me 04104 the cookbook been waiting for Pantry Shelf Sampler Cookbook by Grace Additon or dozens of years been collect ing favorite Maine recipes from family and friends or the past 10 years Grace has gathered and shared favorite recipes 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around a pipe In the cell But the shoelace was not strong enough to support weight police said and it broke Merrill suf fered a bead wound when be fell to the cell floor Sheriff Martin Joyce could not be reached this morning to comment Broken shoelace foils suicide try A reeport man was taken to Maine Medical Center from the Cumberland County JaH this morn ing following a reported suicide at tempt that failed because of a broken shoelace According to Portland police Ste phen Merrill 21 was brought to the fall and placed in a holding cell at about 1:45 im after his arrest by reeport police on charges of bur glary and attempted theft Jail guards said they checked status at least once before guard Ernest Vining found him un conscious at about 3:10 am at the back of his cell irst aid was administered In the on the incident 6 inmates hurt in prison attacks SAN QUENTIN Calif (AP) Six inmates at San Quentin Prison suf fered minor injuries when guards broke up two separate stabbing inci dents a prison spokesman said In one of the two attacks yester day an inmate armed with a knife tried to stab another prisoner Both were wounded by ricocheting bird shot fired by guards trying to break up the attack said spokesman Steve Perez ishermen rescued after boat swamps CAPE ELIZABETH One fisher man rescued two others yesterday after a boat swamped and capsized in Kettle Cove here Coast Guard officials said fisher man Keith Jordan plucked Jake Har riman 61 and his son Daniel 25 both of Cape Elizabeth from the water at about 9:15 am after their lobster boat was disabled Both men were treated at the boat could reach the scene A Spring Street man identified as 18 year old Peter Anthony Cremo nese was arrested on two charges this morning after Patrolman Ran dolph Richardson became suspi cious of his license plate Richardson said he was on foot patrol at about 4:40 am when he saw a moped equipped with what appeared to be a home made license mate turn onto Moulton Street from ore Street Richardson said he fol lowed walking down Dana Street to Commercial Street where he spotted the operator hiding behind a car in a bank parking lot A check of the serial number determined it had not been registered Richardson reported leading to a charge of operating an unregistered motor vehicle A charge of carrying a concealed weapon was added when a double edged Soot knife was found in Cre moneses possession according to the offer's report Several mechanical defects may have caused a bicycle to slam into a car on orest Avenue yesterday police said this morning The mishap occurred at 9:30 am when the bicy cle being operated northbound on the wrong side of the street collided with a car entering orest Avenue from almouth Street according to police Neither the bicyclist 14 year old Lisa Wotton of Pitt Street nor the driver of the car 48 year old Sylvia A Infantine of Catherine Street was injured Investisatine Officer Michael uller said the front brakes of Miss bicycle had been discon nected its chain was loose and the left pedal rubbed against the kicks tand defects which could have con tributed to the accident Jerry Goodine 25 of Pitt Street was arrested on a charge of attempted theft from a motor vehicle yesterday afternoon inside the Maine Medical Center garage after he and a second man allegedly tried to remove some items from a vehicle belonging to an Auburn man Officer William Wark said he saw the two men looking into parked ve hicles in the hospital area at about 3:30 pm and followed them into the garage Goodine was arrested there by Walk and Officer Lisa Beecher who said the suspect was seen inside the Auburn vehicle but the other man fled and had not been ap prehefljjed by this morning A 19 year old Washington Avenue man was charged with as sault on a police officer last night when he bit Patrolman Donald Mowatt According to police Mowatt and Patrolman Edward Zsiga were dispatched to the home of Robert A Wallace at about 10:20 pm to investigate a reported distur The officers said Wallace and his wife had apparently argued and he refused to allow her and her baby to The ryeburg rescue unit was to help divers from the Cumberland County Sheriffs Department and the state warden service eonttawearthing for the body today Meanwhile authorities identi fied a drowning victim from Rock land as Kevin Eckhoff 13 Warden Sgt Mike Pra tt said yesterday that Eckhoff and a companion had been crossing Crawford Pond in Union Saturday night when their canoe in 1970 to sergeant working in the departments records division He Kearns and four other officers were elevated to lieutenant in 1972 and in 1981 be rose to the rank of captain beading the de Detective Bureau Quirk remains the depart top detective but he ex plains that he handles "the administrative and public rela tions things while li Dewey Manin is responsible for such day to day matters as case assign ments While Quirk concedes be has received "a couple of commenda tions" he has in fact been for mally and informally praised on several occasions Perhaps his most notable ex ploit occurred in the early morn ing hours of July 21 1973 when be led a handful of policemen into the smoke dogged Plaza Hotel on Preble Street to rouse and rescue about a score of its tenant guests No one was injured but fire inves leave the residence with her father A scuffle ensued between Wallace and the officers they reported and Wallace bit Mowatt on the top of his head Mowatt was not seriously hurt In a second renorted assault on a police officer last night Patrolman Gary Anderson said he was slapped across the face and kicked in the groin by a 33 year old Bellingham A Wash woman identified as Kather ine Elizabeth Bums Anderson and Patrolman Leonard A Dexter were questioning the woman at the Portland International Jetport at about 8 pm believing she was a wanted on an out of state warrant when the assault took place they said She was charged with assault Police are investigating a re ported assault on a pregnant Cedar' Street woman yesterday that sent A 1 her to Maine Medical Center Karen A Stinson 19 told investigators she was punched in the abdomen by an ex boyfriend She was bleeding from 1 an unspecified injury when taken to 9 the hospital by a Medcu unit police a said and a hospital spokeswoman 1 said this morning that Ms Stinson was released after being treated 1 there SUS photo by John Patriqatai Daniel Quirk has become the second major in the Portland Police Department tigators said that had the police positions but Martin immediate men not gone into the building past president of the Portland the death toll probably would Police Superior Officers Associa tive been high tion says there has been no oppo Tn promoting Quirk Amoroso sition to the loss of a member eliminated one of the depart under the circum two unionized stances Amoroso says wifi a string of promotional opportuni Whlle Quirk can be promoted to no higher rank Kearns likely retirement would place him In theecond In tnmmand slot Quirk is a widely respected offi cer whoee chief describes him as very fair very honest and very caring man" Raised by his widowed mother in a third floor apartment above a Center Street restau rant and bar Quirk graduated from Portland High School and ul timately from the University of Southern Maine His first stint on the force was behind the dash board of Car 1 on Munjoy H11L After serving as an evidence In the second incident three in mates armed with a makeshift knife attacked a fourth prisoner stabbing him three times before guards broke up the fight with birdshot Perez said The latest incidents followed a knife attack at the prison Sunday in which a 37 year old inmate serving a life sentence for murder was stabbed and killed in a shower area Several radar detectors were reported stolen from parked cars yesterday including one pilfered A from a car owned by Robert Lyons of Center Harbor NH while it was parked in the Canal Bank A garage on ore Street Lyons told police yesterday evening that the 9 convertible top of his car sustained about $1100 damage when it was slashed to provide access to the inside of the vehicle Dale Whitney of York said a radar detector was taken from his A car parked on outer Congress Street while March Tetreau of Glenhaven Road and Kavin Apple of Manches ter NH said radar detectors were taken from their vehicles parked elsewhere on Congress Street a Two bicycles were reported stolen yesterday Mark Rock 0 wood of Stratton Place said a red uji 10 speed model along with a telephone answering machine and a stereo receiver were stolen from his residence Peggy of Sunset 9 Lane reportedthe theft of her red a Univega 10 speed bike from the Uni versity of Southern Maine campus An envelope containing $900 in cash and checks was reported stolen yesterday afternoon from behind a 9 counter at Vintage Antiques 88 A Middie St Police said the theft oc curred between 2:45 and 3:15 pm A and the money included three $100 A bills four $1 bills and two $250 checks each of which had been en 0 with Tor the past few months" says Chief rancis Amoroeo "to make It clearer respon sible to whom" The most significant change In his estimation is the creation of a new Patrol Support Unit com prised of island and airport pe trols' evidence technicians and the new horse mounted patrols The new unit Is directly responsible to Lt James Stanhope "Each was a patrol support unit before" Amoroso explains "but this puts them all together in one unit and makes their role dear er" And the Traffic Division headed by Sgt Peter Roper now reports directly to Maj william Kearhs Jr the second in com mand who dons mantle when the chief is absent ormerly the division reported to Kearns through a lieutenant or other command officer a "middle of sorts The position elimi nated by Amoroso was that occu pied by Daniel Quirk a 19 year veteran of the force who was pro moted to the newly created post The 47 year old Quirk has kept abreast of Kearns since the two joined the department within a year or one another but Kearns remains the senior of the two and has indicated be will retire this I Or with this coupon: Please send me copies of Grace Pantry Shelf Sampler Cookbook at $1595 8(X tax I Please add postagehandling Name Address City Evening Express Tuesday Jufy 10 1984 i 13 Drowning accidental claim lives of two men Man nabbed on two charges dorsed police said entry into the trailer ap Several windows ana nve sua patently ine patio doors valued at a total or lockunu about $2500 were reported stolen from a Soule Glass storage trailer parked near the site of a construc tion nrniect on Poland Street The theft was reported early yesterday cassette tape deck and cleaning sup afternoon by Soule officials and plies were stolen ftft A 1 3 I 1 I I 5W.

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