Hidden fringe benefits of Maine lawmakers revealed
Maine legislators face long hours low pay and hassles yet receive sizable fringe benefits. The chief finance officer outlines total compensation 4750 over two years plus 200 yearly constituent services funds 25 daily meals or 12 day meals plus 12 cents per mile and two newspapers. Overall two year costs exceed 5.2 million dollars with salaries travel and lodging major components.
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Augusta
Maine
William Garside
Garside
House
Senate
Law
Prices Decline as Wholesale Index Dips in January
Wholesale prices fell three tenths of one percent in January led by farm products down 2.2 percent. The Labor Department noted a second straight monthly decline, with seasonally adjusted figures showing a modest drop and unadjusted prices up slightly. The report ties wholesale dips to eventual relief in consumer costs.
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Washington
Labor Department
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve
Rogers C.B. Morton
Miami
Ford
New York
Congress
House
Senate
Man’s World Saving Dream Shifts With Age
A man reflects on changing ambitions from idealistic world saving at twenty to measured goals of preserving a portion of earnings by thirty. The remark contrasts youthful idealism with practical self interest.
Recall election postponed as town attorney delays ballot
Old Orchard Beach town officials failed to set a recall election date for four councilors after attorney Edward Gaulin urged drafting a compliant ballot. Clerk Barbara Lord cannot prepare ballot without council instructions, while petitioner John Bird vows to pursue the matter in court.
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Susan Morrison
Old Orchard Beach
Edward Gaulin
Barbara Lord
Paul St. Hilaire
Arnold Morin
Thomas Lee Sr
Richard Marshall
Gaulin
Maine Supreme Court
Bird
The
Journal Today
Marshall
al Brune
Jerome Plante
Plante
Rita Belair
Citizen Judges Hear Juvenile Case Alternative Proposed
A new York County Juvenile Conference Committee offers a community based alternative to court for first time juvenile offenders. The panel of 10 to 12 sworn volunteers reviews backgrounds, interviews the offender and parents, and recommends dispositions from reprimand to unofficial probation. If followed, no court hearing or police record results. Second offenses or serious crimes proceed to court.
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Susan Morrison
Sanford
Cal Brown
Old Orchard Beach
York County
Brown
Bureau
Brawn
JC Committee
Morris County
N.J
Longley Names Smith and O'Sullivan to Top Maine Cabinet Posts
Gov. James B. Longley nominated David E. Smith of Augusta for Health and Welfare commissioner and John P. O'Sullivan of Cape Elizabeth for Finance and Administration. Otto W. Siebert will direct finance and budget within the executive branch. Smith, 39, heads central computer services. O'Sullivan, 34, is a tax supervisor at Peat, Marwick, Mitchell. Both await Executive Council confirmation after hearings.
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Augusta
Cape Elizabeth
James B. Longley
David E. Smith
Department of Health and Welfare
John P. O'Sullivan
Department of Finance and Administration
Otto W. Siebert
State House
Smith
Longley
Dean Fisher
O'Sullivan
Portland
Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co
College of the Holy Cross
Amos Tuck School of Business Administration
Dartmouth College
Finance and Administration
John D. Robinson
Farmington
Attorney General
State Supreme Judicial Court
Robinson
First National Bank of
Obinson
O’sullivan
Executive Council
Edelinmanslaughter case heads to jury after six weeks
In Suffolk Superior Court, Dr. Kenneth Edelin faces manslaughter charges over an abortion of a 20 to 24 week fetus. Prosecution argues the fetus had rights and was killed. defense says abortion legally ends the fetus. Testimony centered on whether the fetus was alive or viable and if a clock used during the procedure existed.
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Boston
Kenneth C. Edelin
Suffolk Superior Court
James P. McGuire
Newman Flanagan
Edelin
Boston City
William Homans
Flanagan
Enrique Gimenez- Jimeno
Gimenez-Jimeno
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