Administration adds four frigates to original bid
Washington AP Ford administration asks Congress for 12 patrol frigates after the House trimmed the program to four. Defense Secretary Rumsfeld defended a supplemental shipbuilding request to add four more ships, aiming for a mix of larger and smaller vessels with improved air defense and anti submarine capabilities. Maine delegation failed to restore eight frigates in the budget.
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Ford Administration
Congress
Bath Iron Works
Ford
House
Defense
Eer Rumsfeld
Senate Armed Services Committee
House Armed Services Committee
Maine
Rumsfeld
Maine delegates lean Ford as first choice for GOP ticket
An AP poll of 20 Maine delegates elected to the Kansas City convention shows 13 backing Ford, four Reagan, two uncommitted and one Richardson second choice. Richardson had five votes for vice president, while six delegates were uncommitted on that ballot.
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Maine
Commerce
Elliott Richardson
Ace
Associated Press
Kansas City
Richardson
Ford
Ronald Reagan
Great Britain
Reagan
Nelson Rockefeller
Defense
Donald Rumsfeld
Rockefeller
Treasury
John Connolly
Sens
Howard Baker
Tennessee
Edward Brooke
Massachusetts
Urban Ere
Carla Hills
Philip Crane
Inois
Balky Maine lawmakers to poll on new pay plan
In Augusta Maine four insurgent Democrats vow to poll colleagues on negotiating a revised pay plan for state workers. They seek a common agreement before a possible special session to pass the leaders compromise authoring by Gov Longley Senate President Sewall and House Speaker Martin.
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Augusta
Maine
Maine House
James B. Longley
House
Senate
Edward Kelleher
D-Bangor
Kelleher
Richard Spencer
Standish
James Tierney
Lisbon Falls
Thomas LaPointe
Portland
Longley
Joseph Sewall
Old Town
John L. Martin
Eagle Lake
Teachers’ Retirement System
University of Maine
Sewall
Maine AG urges end to USPS first class mail monopoly
Maine Attorney General Joseph E Brennan proposes ending the U S Postal Service monopoly on first class mail and curbing temporary rate hikes He urges Congress to allow private delivery options for cheaper mail and to restore public rate-setting procedures He cites a $450000 annual Maine cost from a recent three cent per ounce rate rise and a court suit to block it.
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Augusta
Maine
Joseph E. Brennan
U.S. Postal Service
Brennan
U.S. Senate
Post Office Committee
Congress
United States Postal Service
Dongo denied court appointed counsel in complicity trial
Portland businessman Truman Dongo and his wife were ruled ineligible for court appointed counsel in a conspiracy murder case related to Jon Pownall’s 1973 killing. Judge Scolnik cited their combined assets of about 21 000 dollars. Co-defendant Herbert Rae already received paid counsel earlier. The case, tied to a 1973 shooting, follows their May acquittal on murder charges. If the conspiracy charge remains, trial is expected in Cumberland County Superior Court late next month.
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Portland, Maine
Truman H. Dongo
Jon Pownall
Superior Court
Louis Scolnik
Portland
Congo
Herbert Rae
Byupreme Court
Charles A. Pomeroy
Harold J. Rubin
Dongo
Schwartz
Pownall
Sumner Goffin
Cumberland County Superior Court
Testimony continues in Hand murder trial in Bangor
Penobscot County Superior Court hears prosecution testimony in the Keith D. Hand murder case. A fingerprint expert linked Hand to a partial palm print from a shell casing near the victim's home. Augusta officer Paul Lovell testified Hand appeared with a car tied to the victim and claimed ownership. Authorities note Hand's prior thefts and desire to flee town.
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Bangor, Maine
Penobscot County
E. Shaw
Paul Lovell
Augusta
Hand
Lovell
Myrick
Augusta General Hospital
Ant. Asst. Atty
Robert Raymond III
Firemen reject Portland's offer in wage dispute
AUGUSTA Maine AP Firemen unanimously rejected the city's latest wage proposal and the city will seek a temporary restraining order to halt a work slowdown. Morton Rutherford of Local 740 says the city offered a three year deal with annual raises totaling 27 dollars per week and the union seeks 34 dollars over two years to equal police pay. The firemen are in a fourth week of slowdown and still respond to calls but do not perform maintenance or inspections.
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Augusta
Maine
Portland
James L Reid
Kennebec County
Morton J. Rutherford
International Association of Fire Fighters
Rutherford
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