Ford campaigners bank on 16 Maine delegates
Maine Republicans chose 20 delegates to the Republican National Convention with 13 definite Ford supporters, four Reagan backers, and one truly uncommitted. After recounts, Ford claimed 16 solid votes for the President, while Reagan backers vowed possible gains if Reagan won Texas. The two day convention also adopted a conservative platform backing capital punishment for certain crimes, welfare reforms, and a stronger tax system, amid regional debates on defense contracts and shipyard orders.
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Augusta
Maine
Ford
Hay
California
Ronald Reagan
Rick Ahearn
Northeast
Reagan
Texas
Defense Department
Maremont Corp
Saco
Loring Air Force Base
Limestone
Congress
Navy
Bath Iron Works
John R. Linnell
Linnell
Cyril M. Joly
Waterville
Merton F. Henry
Portland
Hattie Bickmore
Cumberland
H. Davison Osgood
Scarborough
Abbott O. Greene
Columbia
GOP reelects national committee members in Maine
Maine Republicans reappointed Cyril M. Joly of Waterville and Henrietta Page Crane to the GOP National Committee at the state convention in Augusta. Joly defeated Carl Griffin of Boothbay Harbor, Crane was unopposed. both have served since 1972. A 40-member state committee was also elected with numerous named delegates from across the state.
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Ford
Linnell
U.S
William S. Cohen
Jane Riley
Hallowell
Mary Payson
Falmouth
Henrietta Page Crane
Rockland
Richard Morrell
Brunswick
Marjorie Hutchings
Lincoln
Walter A. Birt
East Millinocket
Harry Richardson
Cumberland
John R. McKernan Jr
Bangor
Maine
Robin Lambert
Farmingdale
Rodgers C.B. Morton
Augusta
Morton
Cyril M. Joly
Waterville
Oly
Carl Griffin
Boothbay Harbor
Crane
Barry J. Putnam
Livermore Falls
Irma Bowles
Livermore
Douglas Hodgkin
Lewiston
James Carr
Houlton
Jane Johnson
Reginald Burleigh
Caribou
Howard Dana Jr
Cape Elizabeth
Christa Hutcheon
Merton F. Henry
Portland
H. Davison Osgood
Scarborough
Marcia Burnell
Bridgton
Robert Sween
Frank Carter
Matthew Troy
Guilford
Jerry Daigle
Piscataquis
Bernice Colby
Harry Bishop
Bath
Maitland Richardson
Skowhegan
Marilyn Brown
Harmony
Frank Lee
Palermo
Charlotte Weaver
Belfast
Donald Leighton
Milbridge
Jonesboro
Peter Burr
Kennebunk
Marion Fuller Brown
York
Elias Thomas III
Acton
Pay bill blockers face heat in Augusta
In Augusta Maine Associated Press writer Steven R Rosenfeld reports that 49 insurgent House Democrats and three Republicans blocked a 15 million appropriations bill, delaying pay raises for state workers and education funding as lawmakers adjourn. Leaders rely on pressure from constituents to force a compromise, risking a tense May for dissident lawmakers and possibly affecting public employee unions.
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Steven R. Rosenfeld
Associated Press
Augusta
Maine
House
University of Maine
Senate
Gov
Joseph Sewall
Old Town
Medeiros pleads for end to Boston school busing conflict
Cardinal Humberto Medeiros delivered a passionate call for racial peace in Boston during a St. Vincent de Paul breakfast. He urged reform of media coverage and actions by parents politicians educators and the public to curb bias and violence amid tense busing protests in Charlestown and South Boston.
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Boston
Humberto Cardinal Medeiros
City Hall
Cardinal Medeiros
Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Boston Sunday Herald-Advertiser
South
Medeiros
Richard Laws
ROAR
Laws
Carter backs equal education despite comments on private schools
Carter affirms support for equal educational opportunity. An aide says he made a semantic error in interviews. He supported a Justice Department suit against two Virginia private schools denying black pupils and urged private schools with tax exempt status to comply with the Civil Rights Act.
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Hartford
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Kevin Gorman
WFSB
Georgia
U.S. Justice Department
Virginia
U.S. Supreme Court
George P. Leonard
Southern Independent School Association
CPIN
Justice Department
South
New England
Hyde Park High aims to reopen after bomb threat turmoil
Headmaster Michael Donato seeks to keep Hyde Park High open with student support. After a bomb threat prompted evacuation and racial unrest on the lawn, most students refused to return Friday. Donato outlines new procedures, standby buses for evacuations, police escorts, and night patrols as authorities deploy more officers to curb violence.
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Boston
Michael Donato
Hyde Park High
Donato
Joseph Jordan
Robert J. diGrazia
State
Metropolitan District Commission
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Joly
GOP
Harold Jones
Unity
Howard S. Dana Jr
Kansas City
UPI
National Committee
James B. Longley
Bostonians
Church
Charlestown
Mass
Aide
Connecticut Public Information Network
Hyde Park
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