Maine unemployment rises to 9.7 percent in January
Maine's unemployment rate reached 9.7 percent in January with about 42,200 residents out of work, according to State Employment Affairs Commissioner A A Levesque. The rate had stood at 9.3 percent in November and 8.6 percent in December 1974, while total employment declined from 394,500 in November to 391,900 in December due to drops in construction and nonfarm wage jobs.
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Augusta
Maine
Maneve Affairs
Oe A. Levesque
Levesque
Milk price rise forecast for 1976 in Maine
University of Maine economists predict average milk prices around 9.77 dollars per hundredweight in 1976, up two cents from 1975. Projection based on strong consumer demand and tight butter and cheese supplies, using blend prices for 3.5 percent butterfat delivered to Boston market.
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University of Maine
Agriculture Colleges
Farmer Cooperatives
Homer B. Metzger
Boston
Metzger
Maine
Glasses Supply Limited For Welfare Children
The Human Services Department plans to limit eyeglass distribution to welfare children. Roy A. Whitcomb Jr. said a proposed policy would allow one pair every two years without permission, with reviews for any extra pairs. The change aims to cut costs by about one third from an estimated $400,000 yearly.
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Augusta
Maine
Human Services
Eve Iteae
Departmental
Roy A. Whitcomb Jr
Whitcomb
Itcomb
State Pay Report Praised and Criticized by Maine Unions
Maine public employee unions delivery mixed verdicts on a state pay study released Thursday. The AFSCME and MSEA leaders warn of unclear effects and note potential raises alongside altered pay ranges. The report cites 90 percent underpaid and cites costs from four to thirteen million dollars for full implementation.
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Augusta
Maine
American Federation of State
Maine State Employes Association
James B. Longley
Charles W. Sherburne
Afsmce
Sherburne
David Carnevale
MSEA
Signs Of Teen Alcoholism Signals For Parents
A 17 year old may come home tipsy and a sibling may be drunk, but experts warn these events may be experimentation or early signs of trouble. Look for withdrawal from family, secrecy, personality changes, declining grades, and loss of interest. Some youths build tolerance, making detection hard, so parents should seek help and consider underlying psychological issues.
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Alton Blakeslee
Brian Sullivan
Ote Penne
Frank Seixas
The
National Council On Alcoholism
Seixas
Patricia O’gorman
NCA
Demos Square Off In N.H. Candidates Night
Four Democratic hopefuls Morris Udall Birch Bayh Jimmy Carter and Fred Harris faced questions from about 1000 supporters in Nashua New Hampshire at Hillsboro County Democratic dinner billed New Hampshire Dines With The Next President. Harris drew loud applause for a nuclear moratorium stance while Bayh attacked Ford energy policy and Udall warned every percentage point of free increases the federal deficit.
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Nashua
N.H
Gerald Ford
Birch Bayh
Arizona
Morris K. Udall
Hillsboro County
Indiana
Bayh
Georgia
Jimmy Carter
Oklahoma
Fred Harris
New Hampshire
Harris
Ford
Udall
Unem
Campaign Trail Leads Birch Bayh To Maine Tuesday
Sen Birch Bayh of Indiana campaigns in Maine on Tuesday visiting Bangor for a breakfast with northern Democrats and Portland for a labor leaders meeting and public Q A at the Eastland Hotel Bayh recently finished second in Iowa with 13 2 percent of delegates Carter led with 27 6 percent Bayh helped author the vice presidential succession amendment and backed ERA while aiding nominations to the Supreme Court earlier in his career
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Birch Bayh
Maine
Portland
Indiana
Bangor
Eastland Hotel
Bayh
Iowa
Georgia
Jimmy Carter
Ixon
Clement Haynesworth
Harrold Carswell
Supreme Court
Sullivan pleads guilty to two bomb charges
Daniel G. Sullivan 25 pleads guilty in Bangor Maine to possession of bomb making material and conspiracy to bomb in a case tied to dynamite theft from McQuinn Construction Co Bar Harbor last September. Prosecutor seeks a 2 to 4 year sentence per count to be served concurrently.
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Bangor
Maine
Daniel G. Sullivan
Sullivan
Bar Harbor
McQuinn Construction Co
Superior
Hancock County Dist. Atty
Michael Povich
Gerald Parsons
Construction
Thomas Tripp
Wayne Lee
Hancock County
Maine Good Roads warns against tapping transportation fund
The Maine Good Roads Association tells lawmakers to reject using the transportation fund to balance the general budget. It argues the fund, funded by a 9 cent per gallon motor fuel tax, is too small and must support a planned road program free of political influence.
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Augusta
Maine
Maine Good Roads’ Association
James B. Longley
General
Longley
BIW to Build 720 Foot Containership on Kennebec
Bath Iron Works announces a 720 foot container ship for Matson Navigation worth about 50 million dollars. The contract includes an option for a second ship of the same class and follows BIW’s current work on four ships for States Steamship Co. on the Kennebec River in Maine.
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Bath, Maine
Bath Iron Works Corp
Kennebec River
Matson Navigation Co
San Francisco
BIW
John F. Sullivan Jr
Te Yard
States Steamship Co
Maine
Arizona
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