Maine education reform survives tax revolt and budget cuts
A new mood of budget cutting tests Legislative Document 1994 Maine's equal education law. The measure shifts 50 percent state funding and a uniform school tax, provoking coastal town resistance, court debates, and calls for repeal while Longley plans a review commission.
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Maine
Castine
U.S. Supreme Court
Montana
Office of Education
Eee
Freedom Fighters
James B. Longley
Save Our State
California Supreme Court
Maine Teachers Association
State House
Rodriguez
Texas
Robin Hood
Kenneth M. Curtis
Longley
Cape Elizabeth
Portland
Atty
Joseph E. Brennan
Brennan
Subway Collision Injures Dozens at Boston Station
Federal inspectors began a probe into Friday evening’s three-train crash at the Park Street entrance injuring at least 125. MBTA and hospital officials cited possible signal failures and excessive speed as witnesses described braking failures and a stalled ahead train.
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Boston
Charles Street
Richard H. Peterson
National Transportation Safety Board
Federal Railway Administration
Washington
MBTA
Robert O. Riley
Ken Campbell
Park Street
Massachusetts General Hospital
Charles River
Fluoride Mouth Rinse Study Under Way In Boston Area
Massachusetts children in Boston districts Mission Hill and Jamaica Plain plus Arlington schools join a nationwide four year study on fluoride rinse to cut cavities. The Harvard School of Dental Medicine and Forsyth Center receive grants to oversee programs with 4 500 and 3 600 students respectively, requiring parental consent.
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Boston
Massachusetts
National Institute of Dental Research
NIDR
Mission Hill
Jamaica Plain
Arlington
NIDA
Harvard School of Dental Medicine
Forsyth Dental Center of
Mentary
Harvardian
Paul F. DePaola
Forsyth Center
Pine Tree Legal to Open Lewiston Office in October
Pine Tree Legal Assistance says its Lewiston office will begin operating in October serving Oxford and Androscoggin Counties. The board approved a $50,000 legislative appropriation to start the Lewiston site after previously closing offices in Lewiston and Skowhegan in 1973 due to budget cuts.
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Portland, Maine
Pine Tree Legal Assistance, Inc
Lewiston
Oxford
Androscoggin
Pine Tree
Skowhegan
Coffee price hikes by General Foods Canada
General Foods Ltd of Canada announced wholesale price increases for coffee by 20 cents per pound and instant coffee by 36 cents per pound. The rise follows a 60 percent jump in green coffee bean costs on the world market. In Montreal, the Quebec Federation of Labor considers legal challenge to new provincial rules placing construction union locals under trusteeship.
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Toronto
General Foods Ltd
Canada
Montreal
Quebec Federation of Labor
Fersiad Daoust
QFL
Quebec
Daoust
Long Distance Calls Go Up
Ottawa AP reports long distance calls between provinces rose up to 15.5 percent after Transport Commission approval. The increase applies to three or more companies in the TransCanada system and excludes smaller firms. Affected carriers include Alberta Government Telephones Bell Canada British Columbia Telephone Manitoba Telephone System Maritime Telegraph and Telephone New Brunswick Telephone Newfoundland Telephone and Saskatchewan Telecommunications.
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Ottawa
The
Transport Commission
TransCanada Telephone
Alberta
Telehones
Bell Canada
Ontario
Quebec
Ritish Columbia Telephone Co
Manitoba Telephone System
Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Co
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
New Brunswick Telephone Co
Newfoundland Telephone Co
Saskatchewan Telecommunications
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Jerry Harkavy
Associated Press
Augusta, Maine
Webber Hospital Association
Elm St
Biddeford
Art Gallery
Center Street
Park & Shop
Mass
Bay Transportation Authority
Robert Luongo
Quincy
Leon I. Dogan
Dogan
By Don Houde
Birch Street
Biddeford, ME
Director of
Park and Recreation
Richard Saucier
Parks and Recreation Office
Roffler
U.S
P.N
Birch ST
Biudeford
Singer
Jonathan M. Singer
Edward T. Gignoux
Council
Augusta
Legislative State Government
Executive Council
Langley Tours
Elan
Poland Spring
Elan One
Illinois Department of Children and Family Cape
Labor
Robert Morin
D.B.A. Bob’s
Texaco
Turnpike
Sanford
Keenan Auction Co
Dyer St
Presque Isle
Biddeford School Department
Biddeford, Maine
Biddeford Jr. High School
Maplewood Avenue
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