Delegates Votes Up For Grabs At Maine Convention
In Augusta Maine AP delegates to the Maine Democratic State Convention are largely uncommitted with 907 of 1 407 chosen delegates or 64 percent uncommitted Former Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter leads with 380 delegates about 27 percent while Fred Harris Morris Udall trail with a few percent Frates notes many communities seek March waivers and total voting for national delegates may be around 1 600 of 1 823 seats as rural towns often skip voting
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Augusta
Maine
Robert Frates
Georgia
Jimmy Carter
U.S
Fred Harris
Oklahoma
Morris Udall
Arizona
Pennsylvania
Milton Shapp
Sargent Shriver
Raison
George Wallace
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
Edmund Muskie
Frates
Maine State Police Warn of March Blizzards and Driving Precautions
Police cite March as high risk for blizzards and snowstorms. Colonel Donald E F Nichols urges motorists to check brakes, battery, radiator, tires, wipers, defroster, exhaust, lights, and signals, adjust speed to conditions, use chains in severe snow, and take responsibility behind the wheel.
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Maine
Winter
Donald EF
Nichols
Longley Warns Against Veto Override in Maine Tax Plan
Gov. James B. Longley warns a veto override of the education funding package could open the door to more tax proposals. The plan shifts education costs from property tax to an $18.5 million income tax increase as part of a $262.2 million funding package. The House and Senate backed the measure. override requires two thirds of those present.
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Augusta
Maine
James B. Longley
Longley
Sewall
John L. Martin
Eagle Lake
James Longley
House
Senate
Marketbasket Totals Show Milk Price Hikes in Maine
Retail milk prices in Maine rose above state minimums during February per the Maine Marketbasket survey. Whole milk cost 45 cents a quart in Presque Isle, 44 cents in Bangor and Ellsworth, and 43 cents in Kittery, with Portland prices not stated.
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Associated Press
Maine
Markebbasket
Presque Isle
Bangor
Ellsworth
Kittery
Portland
Lewiston
Maine Milk Commission
Commission
DEP Probes Ossipee Dump Threat To Maine Water Supply
Gov. Longley asks the Maine Department of Environmental Protection to investigate a proposed Ossipee Aggregates landfill in New Hampshire that could taint ground water feeding the Saco and Ossipee Rivers serving Saco Biddeford Old Orchard Beach and Scarborough. The Saco River Corridor Commission protests the plan and urges protective measures.
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Portland, Maine
James B. Longley
Maine Department of Environmental Protection
Maine
Ossipee River
New Hampshire
Langley
Saco River
Ossipee Aggregates Corp
Boston
Ossipee
N.H
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Ossipee Aggregates
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Biddeford
Doyon
Main St
Doyon Pharmacy
Antonio Turcotte
Clifford St
Dick Danforth
S. I. McCullough
Rumery Street
Saco
DEP
Ralph Guilbault
Vacuum Center
Center ST
Mary Carter Paints
Royal
Electrolux
Hoover
Sunbeam
Eureka
Kirby
Regina
Kemper
Arthur LaCourse
Fortier Insurance, Inc
Bacon St
Biddeford Call
Beaupre
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