Maine lawmakers clash over abolishing the Executive Council
In Augusta Maine lawmakers push to abolish the Executive Council but split on who should confirm governor nominees. Six options include Senate, House, entire legislature, mixed 10 member committee, or five by five committees. Debate rages as conference panel weighs a two thirds vote hurdle.
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Augusta
Maine
Executive Council
Senate
House
Council
U.S. Congress
Maine Senate
House of Lords
Virginia
Alaska
Bennett Katz
UM Candidate Backs Bargaining View At Maine Chancellorship
Eugene Eidenberg, one of two remaining UM chancellor candidates, tells trustees in Portland that collective bargaining changes university dynamics and that faculty and staff should have bargaining rights but may not serve best interests. He advocates a long term plan to address staff salaries while praising the Maine Cost Management Survey and noting health service roles for the University. Patrick E. McCarthy is the other candidate under consideration.
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Portland, Maine
Eugene Eidenberg
University of Maine
Eidenberg
University of Illinois At Chicago
Bangor
James B. Longley
Eee of
Maine
Patrick E. McCarthy
Massachusetts Board of Higher Education
State Will Push Pownall Case Forward in Maine
Augusta Maine AP The state plans to prosecute Truman Dongo and Herbert Schwartz on conspiracy charges tied to the murder of film director Jon Pownall whose body was found at Planet 3 Films in Portland on August 30 1973. The pair were acquitted last month but deputy AG Cohen says conspiracy proof requires no overt act and the case could be set for late summer or fall with witnesses from the murder trial expected to testify again.
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Augusta
Maine
Truman H. Dongo
Herbert R. Schwartz
Dongo
Schwartz
Jon Pownall
Planet 3 Films Ltd
Portland
Pownall
Ife
Richard S. Cohen
Superior Court
Harry P. Glassman
Maine Senate creates Corrections Advisory Committee
The Maine Senate approved a bill to form a Maine Corrections Advisory Committee to advise the state Bureau of Corrections replacing the current Board of Visitors. The chamber also passed tax exemptions for boat trade-ins and out-of-state trucks bought in Maine with six months of registration, and blocked a public lands bill to set aside land for wood cutting for low income families.
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Task Force On Corrections
State Bureau of Corrections
Board of Visitors
Maine
Senate
Bureau of Public Lands
House
Worcester found not guilty by mental disease in Maine murder
Bryce S. Worcester was found innocent by reason of mental disease in the slayings of his father and stepmother at a Phillips, Maine grocery store. Superior Court Justice David Roberts ruled the mental illness proven and ordered commitment to the Department of Mental Health and Corrections. a later ruling on criminal responsibility was postponed.
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Farmington
Maine
Bryce S. Worcester
Department of Mental Health and Corrections
Superior Court
David Roberts
Worcester
Duane
Shirley Worcester
Phillips
Roberts
Acton
Massman
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