Legislature Schedules Major Tax Bills Amid Sunday Hearings
Major tax bills are set for debate Tuesday and Wednesday as Maine lawmakers return for the 11th week. House plans income tax proposals by Rep. Cottrell Jr. and Rep. Childs, while the Senate considers broadening the sales tax base. Gov Reed seeks $18 million in two years via a 4 percent sales tax, with exemptions unchanged.
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Augusta
Maine
John B. Cottrell Jr
Portland
Vermont
House
Dana W. Childs
D-Portland
Senate
Reed
State Personnel Board Blasted in Augusta
Three top Maine officials blast the State Personnel Department over recruitment failures and high turnover. Personnel Director Ober C Vaughan says he will comment after a planned Tuesday meeting, urging a full pay and classification analysis to fix chronic dissatisfaction and out-of-state recruiting needs. Maine State Employees Association backs civil service while opposing attacks on core protections.
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Vaughan
Legislative Appliations Committee
Maine
Citi
Maine State Employes Association
Department of Economic Development
Shelton C. Noyes
R-Rangeley
US foreign currency woes haunt U.S. budget
An AP report details how the United States owns about 3.8 billion dollars in foreign currencies yet must often tap its gold reserve to meet overseas expenditures. The piece outlines sources, legal limits, and economic risks of using or funding foreign money, with case marks on Poland, India, and other nations.
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United States
Stanley Meisler
Washington
Adam Clayton Powell
D-N.y
Paris
Powell
Treasury
Douglas Dillon
U.S
Dillon
Poland
Bartlett Harvey
Economic Progress Division
Agency For International Development
Kennedy
Congress
Burma
India
Indonesia
Israel
Pakistan
Yugoslavia
Egypt
Politicians Overconfident Against Tomorrow’s Stamp
A light political quip notes that today’s leaders would fear their tone if they foresaw future declines in status and prominence, suggesting a fleeting influence as time changes the value of power. Copr. Gen. Fea. Corp.
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Gen
Fea. Corp
Employment Jump Goal Of President
President Kennedy told Congress that unemployment remains the nation’s top economic problem. He urged tax cuts and growth programs to boost job creation, submitting a Labor Department manpower inventory and forecasts. If trends continue, unemployment could reach 5.5 million by 1967.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Labor Department
Snow Expected Tuesday Across Maine
The Weather Bureau forecasts snow for Maine on Tuesday with light rain to follow. Snow accumulation is expected to total about two inches statewide after Sunday recorded heavier totals in towns such as Old Town eight inches and Caribou Limestone seven inches.
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Portland
Weather Bureau
Maine
Bureau
Old Town
Caribou
Limestone
Houston
Eastport
Bangor
Greenville
Augusta
Rumford
Brunswick
Bowdoin appoints Mellon as associate admissions director
Bowdoin College president James S. Coles announced on Sunday that Robert C. Mellon has been appointed associate director of admissions. The appointment expands the college’s admissions leadership as it seeks to attract applicants to the Brunswick campus.
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Post Brunswick
Robert C. Mellon
Bowdoin
James S. iColes
Bidault Denied German Asylum In Bavaria
A French former premier Georges Bidault sought asylum in Germany after police found him hiding near the Swiss border in Bavaria. Chancellor Adenauer rejected the asylum request, though authorities warned the case could affect French West German relations. If asylum is not granted, Bidault faces expulsion to another country, possibly Austria or Switzerland.
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Bonn
Germany
A.an
and Adenauer
Georges Bidault
Bavaria
Bidault
Charles de Gaulle
Adenauer
Werner Krueger
Krueger
Austria
Switzerland
France
Erwin Gerhardt
Interior Ministry
French Officer Executed Over De Gaulle Plot
Lt Col Jean Marie Bastien Thiry was executed for leading the Aug assault on President Charles de Gaulle. Clemency spared two co conspirators, Alain Debougrenet de la Tocnaye and Jacques Prevost, who faced life terms. Bastien Thiry confessed to masterminding the attempt and was buried at a military cemetery.
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Paris
Jean- Marie Bastien-Thiry
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Bastien-Thiry
Alain Debougrenet de la Tocnaye
Jacques Prevost
Die Bien Phu
Jewish Eyes Will Be Smiling On Irish Lass
New York AP reports the Loyal League of Yiddish Sons of Erin will crown Colleen Queen Esther at a Purim St. Patrick's Day festival. Five Irish Jewish finalists aged 17 to 25, all with one Irish-born parent, were chosen from applicants from Brooklyn Long Island and elsewhere. Myla Erin Danis was named junior queen.
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New York
O'Callahans
O’shaughnessys
League of Yiddish Sons of Erin
Esther
League
Lloysoe
Ireland
Detroit
Maryland
Brooklyn
Long Island
Lana Gruson
East Meadows
Bonnie Ahl
Huntington Station
Rae Gilbert
Kathy Gail Miller
Leatrice Cohen
Myla Erin Danis
Salem
Mass
Myla
Chareter
Rhoda Zubick
Lowell
Purim
Haman
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Robert W. Burns
Brendon Twomey
Earl Kiely
State Personnel Board Blasted
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William FE. Schumacher
Bureau of Mental Health
Peter W. Bowman
Pineland Hospital & Training Center
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Boys Training Center
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Biddeford
Norman Walker
Associated Press Labor
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Steinbach
Lake Woerthsee
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Heinerich Junker
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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