Maine House faces life or death vote on pay bill
The Maine House prepared for a final vote on a compromise State employee pay bill after the Senate approved it 27 to 6. If the House rejects, leaders warn the session may adjourn without action, potentially prompting a special session called by Gov. Longley. The measure includes job reclassification, bonuses, biweekly pay, and funding for universities and state programs, amid union opposition and veto threats.
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Augusta
Maine
Senate
House
Nority
John R. McKernan Jr
Bangor
Joseph Sewall
Old Town
Rard P. Conley
Portland
Sewall
James B. Longley
John L. Martin
Dayle Lake
Longley
Martin
Linwood E. Palmer Jr
Nobleboro
Mary Najarian
D-Portland
Hay Associates
University of Maine
Maine Maritime Academy
Court dismisses milk price suit in Maine case
Justice Harry Glassman dismissed COMBAT Inc's suit challenging retail milk prices set by the Maine Milk Commission. COMBAT was disqualified for not being represented at commission hearings. Cumberland Farms Northern, Inc. faces related suits over dealer margins as MMDA and Yankee Milk intervene. An Allied note mentions an April 18 1958 ship explosion in Okinawa Harbor with 40 deaths.
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Portland, Maine
Harry Glassman
Combat, Inc
Maine Milk Commission
Cumberland County
Glassman
Combat
Commission
Cumberland Farms Northern, Inc
New
Glassmanednesday
Cumberland Farms
New Hampshire
Maine Milk Dealers Association
MMDA
Yankee Milk, Inc
Yankee
Okinawa
Maine Central to issue stock to pay debts and cut par value
Maine Central stockholders authorize the directors to issue up to 500000 additional common shares to help pay debts. The vote was 80783 in favor to 52069 opposed led by Mercantile Trust for Amoskeag. Par value will drop from 100 to 25. President Miller forecast 1976 profits near 750000 and 1977 between 1.5 and 2 million amid over 400 million in pulp and paper industry spending.
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Portland, Maine
Maine Central Railroad
Mercantile Trust Co
Amoskeag Co
Frederic C
Buck” Dumaine
Maine Central
Mercantile Trust
Arthur C. Jones
E. Spencer Miller
The
Miller
Maine
Former justice wears robe in Maine school funding suit
Former state Supreme Judicial Court justice ostice Donald Webber presided over two days of testimony in Boothbay versus Longley. The suit challenges the 1975 School Finance Act as unconstitutional, arguing the uniform 100 percent property valuation tax base overburdens coastal towns while funding state education costs. The case names Gov. James B. Longley as defendant.
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Augusta
Maine
Supreme Judicial Court
Ostice Donald Webber
Boothbay
Longley
James B. Longley
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Alfred St. Biddeford
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Kennebunkport
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Tyndale
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Kennebunk
UPI
Amoskeag
Northern Maine
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Aroostook
Boston and Maine
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
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