Democrats Press Longley to Work With Legislature
Maine House leaders urge Gov James B Longley to cooperate with the legislature to fix the state financial shortfall. House Speaker John L Martin and Majority Leader Neil Rolde say the governor should not blame lawmakers for fiscal problems or his veto override of a 5.3 million human services budget.
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Augusta
Maine
James B. Longley
House
John L. Martin
D-Eagle Lake
Neil Rolde
Dyark
Longley
Martin
Decorations Approved for Mental Hospital in New Hampshire
Gov. Meldrim Thomson and the Executive Council approved spending 1200 from hospital funds for 216 feet of green plastic garlands at the state mental hospital in Concord. The purchase, in addition to donated decorations, had been challenged by the Controller’s office after a council action last summer trimmed decorations.
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Concord
N.H
Meldrim Thomson
Executive Council
State Mental Hospital
W. Wheelock
Executive
James Hayes
Wheelock
State Controller's Office
Ford Hostess Denies Tipsy Report in Newport
Newport Rhode Island AP hostess Hileen Slocum denies columnist Jeffrey St John claim that President Ford appeared drunk at a Republican fundraiser last August. She says no drinks were served and Ford spoke longer than planned due to an enthusiastic audience.
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Newport
R.I
Ford
Hileen Slocum
Jeffrey St. John
Rhode Island
ABC
St. John
Ex-Policeman To Appeal Ruling In Damage Suit
Former Portland officer Edward A. Foster loses a $1 million federal damage suit over involuntary commitment to a psychiatric ward after being accused of seeking help to form a death squad. He plans an appeal, with a parallel suit in Cumberland County. Officials said they acted in good faith and Foster’s civil rights claim cites false arrest and imprisonment.
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Portland, Maine
Portland
Edward A. Foster
U.S. District Court
Walter J. Skinner
Foster
Cumberland County
Skinner
Saco
Maine Medical Center
Kinner
William B. McClaran
Richard D. Griffin
William Gore
Clement Dodd
Daniel Quirk
Thomas Klimbo
Robert Swett
Edward Foster
Boston
Edward T. Gignoux
City of
Oster
Plans for Boycott and Day of Mourning Hit Boston School
White students planned to boycott South Boston High School while antibusing groups organized a day of mourning to protest a federal court takeover of the racially troubled school. Carter told Maine Democrats he will be one of two remaining serious presidential candidates after the last primary and expects to place first or second in New Hampshire. He spent a day campaigning in Maine ending with a Portland reception for about 200 people.
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Boston
South Boston High School
Portland
Maine
Georgia
Jimmy Carter
Carter
New Hampshire
Mourning Day At Hub School In South Boston
The Boston School Committee asks U S District Judge Garrity to name the committee members he labeled the majority after his order stripping power. ROAR and the South Boston Information Center call the day a mourning protest against South Boston High’s receivership as Sen Kennedy notes the action was regrettable yet necessary.
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Boston
U.S. District Court
W. Arthur Garrity Jr
John J. Kerrigan
Restore Our Alienated Rights
ROAR
South Boston Information Center
Garrity
South Boston High
Kathleen Sullivan
South Boston High School
Boston Public
U.S
South Boston
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
State seeks alternatives to LD 1994 funding law
The Education Finance Commission in Augusta begins work on an alternative to LD 1994 Gov Longley calls for repeal citing a multi million dollar deficit and tax pressures. The panel, chaired by Sen Huber, must craft a fixed ceiling plan and equal dollar aid before any repeal, with January starts debated by leaders.
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Augusta
Maine
Education Finance Commission
James B. Ney
Longley
David G. Huber
R-Falmouth
General Fund
Nues
Supreme Court
Huber
House
John L. Martin
D-Eagle Head
Bennett T. Katz
Education
Martin
State Banks Seek Update In Rules
Maine's banking superintendent Ralph H Gelder urged Congress to enact federal legislation to consolidate and update banking regulation. He said five federal agencies now regulate depository institutions and holding companies, creating fragmentation and inefficiency. Gelder backed a plan to place all federally chartered institutions under a single federal regulatory commission.
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Washington
Maine
Superintendent of Banking
Congress
Ralph H. Gelder
House
Gelder
Comptroller of the Currency
The
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
National Reso
Credit Union Administration
Federal Regulatory Commission
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Burlington, Vt
Roy Girouard
Burlington
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Casco Bank
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South Portland
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