Maine debates public medical school and rural care
Portland neurosurgeon Dr. Robinson L. Bidwell opposes a state run four year medical school proposed by the University of Maine. The plan would start in 1976 with $300,000 state funds and reach 200 students by 1982, aimed at increasing family practice doctors, while critics argue it would fail to solve rural health needs.
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Augusta
Portland
Robinson L. Bidwell
University of Maine
Stanley J. Freeman
Maine
Sen
Minnette Cummings
R Newport
Labor Leader Urges Maine Public Workers Unity
National Labor Leader Jerry Wurf urged Maine public employee unions to unite to win pay increases. He proposed a joint information campaign by AFSCME Maine State Employees Association and Maine Teachers Association, with $10,000 to start and a possible $30 weekly raise if junkets and patronage contracts are cut. About 600 state workers attended the rally in Augusta.
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Augusta
Jerry Wurf
Maine
Wurf
American Federation of State
Pay toilets ban sparks Augusta hearing and poem debate
At a public hearing in Augusta on a bill to outlaw pay toilets, sponsor Rep. Raymond Faucher insisted on the measure’s seriousness, noting pay toilets are discriminatory as women pay more. A poem titled Owed to the Commode was distributed to lawmakers. Faucher said he pushed the bill after being caught without change, while a Nik-O-Lok Co. rep argued public restrooms are a privilege, not a right.
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Augusta
Legal Affairs Committee
Raymond Faucher
Dsolon
Faucher
John Jacobs
Nik-O-Lok Co
State Reclaims Public Lands in Maine Deal
Gov. James Longley signed a bill ratifying an agreement in which Great Northern Paper Co. relinquishes 60,000 acres of public land with grass and timber rights, affecting 60 miles of lake frontage and river areas. Ex-senator Harrison Richardson calls it a partial reform but warns against complacency. Maine maintains the public owns the lands despite past timber sales.
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Harrison L. Richardson
Maine
Code Changes Are Solicited for Maine Criminal Code
Augusta AP reports the Maine Judiciary Committee asks lawmakers to submit amendment ideas to avoid patchwork changes. Rep. Roland Gauthier and Sen. Samuel Collins urge input before the 156 page code reaches the House and Senate floor to reduce confusion in the rewrite.
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Augusta
Maine
House
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Roland Gauthier
D-Sanford
Samuel Collins
Rockland
State Road Crews Roll Up Sleeves As Snow Melts
In Maine the Department of Transportation starts spring highway cleanup. Crews in southern Maine bag trash and await Aroostook County in May. Engineer Martin C. Rissel says the program moves north with the snow melt and 1,000 workers participate annually.
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Augusta
Department of Transportation
Maine
Aroostook County
Martin C. Rissel
Rissel
Work Versus Benefits Bill Aims to Raise Earnings Threshold
Sen Linwood Higgins of Scarborough has introduced a bill to raise the earnings limit for unemployment benefits from 10 to 15 dollars. The measure also scales the payment reduction for earnings between 15 and 35 dollars, arguing the current system encourages unemployment and potential earnings misrepresentation.
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Augusta
Linwood M. Higgins
Scarborough
Higgins
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