Maine lobster license bill stirs hearing debate
More than 500 lobstermen filled an Augusta hearing on a bill to cap licenses and trap numbers. Supporters warn of overfishing and dwindling supply while critics say uniform eligibility ignores varied coast conditions and harms livelihoods.
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Augusta
Patrick Jackson
Yarmouth
Lawrence P Greenlaw Jr
D-Stonington
Marine Resources Committee
Greenlaw
Apollonio
Newsboy Pay Bill Faces Maine Legislature Debate
At a Regulation Committee hearing in Augusta a newsboy and a legislator clashed with four newspaper executives over a bill to add one cent per extra supplement. Rep. Everett Dam said the extra pay would ease burdens on carrier kids, while publishers argued the plan unfairly targets one advertising form and could raise consumer costs.
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Dam
Campbell Niven
The
Times Record
Brunswick
Maine Daily Newspaper Publishers Association
Niven
Longshoremen strike touches three Quebec ports
Montreal and Quebec City dock checkers join 2,200 longshoremen in a province wide strike idling Montreal Quebec City and Trois Rivieres ports since March 1. The action threatens farm feeds as dock workers reject a conciliation report.
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Montreal
Quebec City
St. Lawrence
Trois-Rivieres
Maritime Employers’ Association
International Longshoremen’s Association
Brown Students Press New Talks In Budget Protest
Brown University student strike enters day four as leaders press for renewed talks on austerity budget. Argosh urges substantive discussions beyond rehashing positions while talks falter and classes remain largely empty ahead of a Brown Corp meeting on the budget.
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Providence
Brown University
Mark Argosh
Student Coalition
Argosh
Brown
Donald F. Hornig
Hornig
Brown Corp
Ford Considers Voluntary Electric Rate Guidelines
Washington Ford aides push voluntary guidelines for electric utilities to raise rates in some cases. They abandon mandatory hikes due to congressional and state opposition. Proposal aims for utilities to earn 13 to 15 percent return on investment with several Ford recommendations echoed.
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Washington
Ford
State of the Union
Congress
Utilities Finance Corporation
National Electric Reliability Council
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Roger Berle
Cliff Island Lobstermen's Association
Maine Coast Marine Resources Commis
Sioner
Spencer Apollonio
Vinalhaven
Clyde Bickford
Michael Pineau
Skowhegan
Michael
Robert G. Nisbet
Portland
Guy Gannett Publishing Co
Pierre
Arundel
Biddeford
Main St
Biddeford Savings
F.D.L.C
Canada
Cambodia
Ottawa
Pierre Trudeau
Thomas G. Wolverton
Easton
Maine
Donald E. Nichols
Wolverton
Orono Wolverton
Nichols
Shockley
New Haven
William B. Shockley
Yale University
Stanford University
William Rusher
Associated Press
Tennessee
Ray Blanton
University of Tennessee
Chattanooga
Roger Howell Jr
Bowdoin College
Blanton
Paul E. Scates
Sonny
State Highway Patrol
Billy Parker
Scates
Bowdoin Baker
Howell
Ronald Marstin
Louis E. Gelineau
Father Marstin
ACI
Gelineau
State Bureau of Forests
Forestry Bureau
Cho Gao Canal
Mekong Delta
Saigon
National Geographic Society
UPI
Debbie Melton
Edgar Melton
Dallas
Texas
Blackie
York County
Wells Shopping Ctr
Wells
Laverdiere’s
Old Orchard Beach
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