Maine probes NEPOOL bulk power refunds to utilities
Maine Public Utilities Commission heard that utilities in the state buying bulk electricity from NEPOOL may be charging fuel adjustment costs higher than actual expenses. The commission will decide within weeks whether to launch a formal probe into NEPOOL fuel adjustments.
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Augusta
Maine
UPI
New England
Maine Public Utiliies Commission
PUC
Nepcol
Horace S. Libby
Harvard
Nepool
CMP
Central Maine Power Co
Eibby
Commission
Ralph H. Gelder
Massachusetts Senate Backs Ban on State Abortions Funds
The Massachusetts Senate approved a bill to bar state funds from financing abortions by voice vote, with Gov. Dukakis expected to veto. Administration continues Medicaid abortion payments despite federal funds cutoff, and lawmakers see sufficient House votes to override, though Senate failed to reach two thirds last week.
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Boston
UPI
Massachusetts Senate
Michael S. Dukakis
Dukakis
Senate
House
Shaftsbury Historical Society to welcome speaker this Sunday
Shaftsbury Historical Society meets at 2:30 p.m. in the Old Baptist Meetinghouse on Route 7 in Center Shaftsbury. William F. Dornbusch, expert amateur historian, will discuss Gen. Daniel Morgan and his Revolutionary War ranger career with slides. Election of six trustees and officers occurs, bylaw changes may be proposed, and new Shaftsbury history Ordinary Heroes is offered for sale in soft and hard covers.
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Shaftsbury
William F. Dornbusch
Old Baptist Meetinghouse
Route
Center
Dornbusch
Bennington
Daniel Morgan
George Washington
Ruth Levin
Re Gerlach
Oe Smith, Shaftsbury
Maine AG urges police chiefs to back court reform
Maine Attorney General Joseph Brennan urged New England police chiefs to back court reforms to reduce delays and improve justice. He cited the two tier trial system for drunk driving and said the appeals process can turn convictions into lengthy delays. He warned the two trial approach burdens budgets and hinders efficiency.
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Bretton Woods
N. H
UPI
Maine
Joseph Brennan
New England
Brennan
Dressage Clinic by USDF Official in Saratoga This Weekend
ENYDCTA hosts a two day clinic at Skidmore College Van Lennep Center on Daniels Road featuring Lowell Boomer, USDF executive secretary, guiding dressage techniques in morning sessions and cross country and jumping in afternoon. Open to public with no observer fee. Contact Barbara Fisher or others for details.
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Saratoga
N.Y
New York
Dressage and Combined Training Association
Enydcta
Skidmore
van Lennep
Daniels Road
Lowell Boomer
United States Dressage Federation
USDF
Boomer
Lincoln
Neb
United States Combined Training Association
USCTA
USCF
Barbara Fisher
John Kulak
Gary MacKeown
Tax chief to probe Carey tax returns over aircraft use
New York State Tax Commissioner James H. Tully Jr. announced an immediate investigation into Gov. Hugh Carey’s personal income tax returns for the past two years. He cited allegations that Carey did not declare private use of state aircraft by his family, potentially owing thousands in back taxes. The Albany Times Union reported Carey allowed children and guests to fly on state planes for personal reasons at least 77 times in 1975 and 1976, a situation tax experts say could create taxable income. The paper compared the issue to cases involving Bert Lance and Richard Nixon over private plane trips.
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Albany
James H. Tully Jr
Hugh Carey
Tully
Carey
Albany Times Union
Today
U.S
Bert Lance
Richard M. Nixon
Vermont considers ending medical tax exemptions
Vermont Tax Commissioner Paul Wickes told a Senate Finance Committee the medical and dental sales tax exemptions pose the department’s toughest administrative issue. He proposed regulations to end the exemptions but will not proceed without committee backing. Also reported are environmental groups seeking free broadcast time against pro nuclear ads, federal rural health grants totaling over 350000, a potential 4 percent cut in doctors malpractice insurance rates, and the death of David Flynn Jr., 18, in a Derby Line motorcycle crash.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp
Herman Bluestein
Vermont Public Interest Research Group
Vermont Yankee
Mr. Atom Man
Vermont
Washington, D.C
U.S
Hartford, Conn
Robert Norton
Aetna Life and Casualty Co
Vermont Insurance Department
Aetna
Vermont Medical Society
Clifton Park Considers Allowing Fuel Wood From Dump
Clifton Park officials will study a resident suggestion to permit picking wood from the town landfill. Ballston Lake resident James Madelone asked why he cannot collect trees dumped there at his own risk and expense despite a five year old town law banning salvage.
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Clifton Park
James Madelone
Ballston Lake
Berkshire County Opposes Nepotism in Hampden Hiring
Berkshire County commissioners voted to urge Hampden County to oppose nepotism in county hiring and to cover the full salary of the district attorney's son Stephen M. Ryan a 23 year old trial clerk. Berkshire pays a quarter of Ryan's 9817.40 annual pay and wants Hampden to post job openings and avoid relatives in county jobs. Separately Adams officials condemned calls to publish welfare recipient names while defending privacy of medical and welfare records.
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Pittsfield
Berkshire County
Hampden County
Stephen M. Ryan
Matthew J. Ryan Jr
Massachusetts
Hampden
Berkshire
Stephen Ryan
Commission
John J. Pignatelli
Ryan
ADAMS
Adams Welfare Office
Albert J. Grillon
Joseph F. Banas
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Sara Lee
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