Maine House Debates Minimum Wage Increase Vote
The Maine House approved an increase from 2.10 to 2.30 effective May 5 and debated raising to 2.50 next January. The 2.50 measure passed 96 43 but faces Senate opposition. supporters argue for a subsistence wage while opponents warn of competitive disadvantages. Rep. James Wilfong urged stronger action for Maine workers.
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Augusta
House
Labor Committee
Senate
James Wilfong
D-Stow
Maine
Spring cleanup week pickup for large items
Unusual or large objects will be picked up this week as part of the spring cleanup. If an item was overlooked or left by the roadside after your normal rubbish day, call 934-2232 or 934-4481 for collection.
Indictment Filed Over Nationwide Lobster Sales Scam
Portland man Jonathan M. Singer and the Coast of Maine Lobster Co. face a 42 count federal mail fraud indictment. Investigators say about 500 customers across the country received no seafood or refunds after orders via mail order ads in major newspapers. The scheme allegedly used stolen mailing lists and staged confirmations and refunds to lull victims. No arraignment date has been set.
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Portland
Maine
Jonathan M. Singer
Coast of Maine Lobster Co., Inc
U.S. Attorney's Office
Postal Service
Singer
Maine Corporation
Grand Jury
Saltwater Farms, Inc
York Harbor
Chris Shultz
Greater Portland Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
George W. Garrett
Singers Bank
Garrett
Brown Students Divided In Vote
Providence AP reports Brown University drew only about one third of its 5100 students for a referendum on the 1975 76 budget. The austerity budget won 153 votes while 842 supported a voice in future budgets. 545 rejected the budget but not protests and 383 rejected it and favored further protests.
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Providence
Brown University
Hartford
Connecticut
Charles Snyder
National Weather Service
Snyder
State Department of Environmental Protection
Grand jury probes Callei slaying delayed by appeals
In Providence and Hartford AP dispatches outline a federal grand jury investigation into the March 15 killing of Richard Dickie Callei. Attorneys seek to quash subpoenas. Raymond Patriarca and 17 others must appear as appeals loom at the Circuit Court in Boston. The probe began last month amid jurisdiction challenges.
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Providence
Richard ‘Dickie
Callei
Raymond L.S. Patriarca
New England
U.S. District Court
Edward W. Day
Michael Levin
Day
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Boston
Harvey Brower
Patriarca
Levin
Richard ‘Dickie’ Callei
Johnston
Rehoboth
Mass
Judge rules UMass education school records public
A Massachusetts judge ruled that the University of Massachusetts School of Education financial records are public and must be released despite a federal grand jury subpoena. The decision by Judge Raymond R. Crosseff came in a suit by William P. Densmore of the UMass Daily Collegian.
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Northampton
Mass
University of Massachusetts
Raymond R. Crosseff
Massachusetts Death Penalty Bill Advances Toward Veto Clash
Massachusetts Senate approved the death penalty bill that would be mandatory in nine first degree murder categories. The measure faces a House concurrence on a Senate amendment exempting accomplices. Gov Dukakis has pledged to veto the bill if enacted. Washington debate shifts to Meskill nomination to the 2nd Circuit Court.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Michael S. Dukakis
Senate
House
Washington
Connecticut
Thomas J. Meskill
Circuit Court of Appeals
American Bar Association
New Britain Conn
Judiciary Committee
Meskill
Richard M. Nixon
Ford
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Jerome G. Plante
Main ST
Biddeford
Brown
Blackie
Christine Gadbois
Cecile Gadbois
Grant St
Nancy Carrier
Albert Carrier
Dick Danforth
NEW England Briefs
Dairy Queen
America
Elm St
The
Reg
U.S. Pat
Am. D.Q. Corp
Rotary
Kittery
Saco
U. Mass
Izayre
Discount Department Store
Saco Valley Shopping Center
Saco, Maine
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