Lawmakers weigh BEP restructure and coin op telephones
The Natural Resources Committee considers delaying BEP expansion to study a panel reorganization amid calls to add two labor seats. A separate measure by Rep Faucher would require coin operated phones to connect to an operator without a coin in emergencies. Labor and environmental groups press for broader reform while opponents urge removing current membership categories.
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Bor
Maine
Arbara Reid Alexander
League of Women Voters
Michael Huston
Public Interest Research Group
Clifford Goodall
The
Natural Resources Council
Arnold Gross
Pulp and Paper Workers Union
Edward Gorham
Portland
Maine State Chamber of
Bus Purchases Restricted in Emergency Education Bill
Augusta AP reports the House and Senate suspended rules to pass an emergency bill SD 1993 to curb last minute school bus purchases. The measure requires communities to seek state education commissioner approval and funds half bus costs with state aid awaiting gubernatorial action.
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Augusta
House
Senate
Judy C. Kany
D-Waterville
Maine
Lund Defends Code Clause in Maine marijuana section
Former attorney general Jon Lund, now head of the commission drafting Maine's criminal code, defends dropping criminal penalties for marijuana possession and replacing them with a civil fine up to 100 dollars. He cites tobacco and alcohol harm comparisons and notes AMA support for abandoning penalties. The code faced criticism from a pharmacist and a drug analyst who urged clearer definitions and broader medical input. A Judiciary Committee hearing on the drug section follows.
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Augusta
Jon Lund
Maine
Judiciary Committee
Lund
Gyate
American Medical Association
Patrick Demers
Demers
Commission
Selectmen Review Zoning Ties and Literacy Funding Request
Town leaders discuss how zoning aligns with welfare aid and consider funding for Literacy Volunteers from Margueritte Ouillet. They plan to borrow 170000 for SAD 71 payments, deny Dunraven Drive as a town road, set hearings on animal control and tow away signage, and discuss a cesspool treatment facility site with engineers.
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Margueritte Ouillet
Literacy Volunteers Organization
Asis
Dunraven Drive
Selectman Cohen
Sewer
Water Street
Ford weighs replacing science office with small advisory board
President Ford will not restore the White House Office of Science and Technology. He favors a small three-member science advisory board instead. The Nixon dismantling left the Eisenhower era office with a 50 member staff to advise on energy to food policy.
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Washington
Ford
White House
Office of Science and Technology
Richard M. Nixon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Russia
Nixon
Assessment Explanation For Kennebunk Fiscal Year Change
The state Bureau of Taxation says Kennebunk owes only assessments for its fiscal year, not 18 months, despite the School Administrative District 71 switch to a May start. The district will run a six month budget and seek a 12 month budget. Cohen predicts potential complications.
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Kennebunk
State Bureau of Taxation
Suport
Selectman
Herman Cohen
Bureau
Selectmen
Cohen
The
Bureau of Taxation Ad
Visory
Bronx rapist sentenced to 25 years in nun assault case
Samuel Kelly, 22, a Bronx felon, received up to 25 years for raping a 63 year old nun in a convent corridor after evening mass. He must serve at least 12 percent before parole. Prosecutor Mario Merola announced the verdict and sentence.
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New York
Bronx
Samuel Kelly
Mario Merola
Kelly
Blood Pressure Clinic and Legion Auxiliary Meeting
A Kennebunk blood pressure screening will be held Thursday from 1 to 3 PM at Christ Church vestry on Dane Street. TBF Auxiliary members of Tighe-Beaudoin-Farley Unit meet Thursday at 8 PM at the post home on Elm Street in Biddeford.
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City of
Biddeford
Red Door Tavern
Alfred St
Kennebunk
The
Kennebunk Public Health Association
Christ Church
Dane Street
TBF
Tighe-Beaudoin- Farley
American Legion Auxiliary
Post
Elm Street
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Richard Rouleau
Helen Colby
Minerva Enterprises, Inc
Shore Road
Pine Hill Road
Donald Buster
Reginald Chase, Richard Rouleau
Henri’s Enterprises, Inc
Richad Rouleau
Greenlaw
Jed Davis
Reada
Elmer Berry
Auburn
Davis
Elizabeth Mitchell
Asa Gordon
State Education Department
Joan Black
Rumford School Committee
Commerce
Christopher Livesay
Coastal Resources Action Committee
Livesay
Pierre Debs
Miss Or Mrs. From
Mother Goose
Ray’s Shoe Store
Main St. Biddeford
E.C. Jordan
Selectman Slowik
Anchor Inc
George King Sr
Leon Pare
David Emery
Francis Lamontagne
Recreation Commission
Science
Saddleback Mountain
Maine Savings Bank
Saddleback
Maine Savings Plaza
Mill Creek
North Gate
Pine Tree
Falmouth
Mall Plaza
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Wells Plaza
Main St
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Philadelphia
U.S. NO. 1
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