Maine legislators exempt from badge rule in security plan
Atty General Brennan says lawmakers cannot be forced to wear identification badges, though state employees must display them. The move follows security tightening after the May 11 bombing at Central Maine Power Co. HQ and is under review by Gov. Longley aides.
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Augusta
Maine
Joseph E. Brennan
John P. O'Sullivan
State House
Central Maine Power Co
Ralph Lowe
James B. Longley
O'Sullivan
Lowe
Brennan
John L. Martin
D-Engle Lake
Portland School Committee weighs budget cuts impact
Portland Maine AP The school board meets tonight to consider effects of a 228690 cut approved by the city council. The reduction halves the proposed tax increase and would eliminate 109 positions and close three neighborhood schools unless priorities are realigned.
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Portland
Maine
FBI denies role in scuttling Hall campaign
Gus Hall accused a Washington conspiracy of blocking his Communist party presidential bid. An FBI spokesman denied any involvement, while Hall alleged pressure from town clerks and DOJ-linked figures. Campaign officials noted petitions in Maine and other states and outlined plans to contest rulings.
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Portland
Maine
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Communist Party
Gus Hall
Hall
FBI
Washington
Justice Department
U.S.A
Louis Jalbert
D-Lewiston
Jalbert
Democratic Party
Lewiston
Jarvis Tyner
Kentucky
New Jersey
Utah
Michigan
Gerson
Ohio
Alabama
Joseph F. Brennan
Ex-policeman jailed in 1972 Waterville heist
Former Waterville policeman Rodney Deschaine 32 was sentenced to five to 15 years in Maine State Prison for the 1972 armed robbery of Cottle's Food Center in Waterville. More than $26,000 was taken and a 1974 conspiracy charge was dismissed but noted in sentencing. Co-defendants John Gray and Joseph Thibodeau faced related proceedings.
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Augusta
Maine
Waterville
Superior Court
Ian MacInness
Rodney Deschaine
Cottle’s Food Center
MacInness
Atlantic bicyclists finish cross country trip in Portland
Three cyclists Mark Elbert Phillip Cramer and Michael Gorthy dipped their front wheels in the Atlantic Ocean after a Pacific dip in Portland Oregon completing a bicentennial bicycle tour. They stayed at Catholic churches along the route carrying priest letters before heading to Montreal for the Olympics next month. Cecil Elbert began with them but was injured in Minnesota and hospitalized in Oregon with multiple broken bones.
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Portland, Maine
Portland
Ore
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Rainier
Ronald Labarre
Labarre
Mark Elbert
Phillip Cramer
Michael Gorthy
Cathedral
Montreal
Elbert
Cecil
Minnesota
Oregon
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Pemaquid Point
New Hampshire
Vinal
Lock
Fletcher Neck
Biddeford Pool
New
UPI
Nichols
Main ST
Biddeford
Portland Board
Linda EF. Aromson
Biddeford-Saco
Biddeford Bank
F.d.lc
Atlantic
ALL White Shoes
Ray’s Shoe Store
Shoes For
Main Street
Biddeford, Maine
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