Supreme Court Extends Juvenile Rights in Crime Cases
The Supreme Court ruled 8 to 1 that juveniles receive substantial constitutional protections in criminal trials matches adults. Using an Arizona case as a springboard, the decision extends rights including notice of charges, right to counsel, confrontation, protection against self incrimination, transcript access, and appeal, signaling broad juvenile court reform.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Abel Fortas
Potter Stewart
Arizona
Beach To Vote May 22 On School District Formation
Old Orchard Beach voters will decide May 22 in a special referendum on forming a school district to fund a new junior high school at Old Orchard Beach High School. Town Clerk Barbara E. Lord said polls run 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. New voter registration is May 18 and 19, with May 19 evening hours.
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Old Orchard Beach
Barbara E. Lord
Congress urged to lift debt ceiling to 365 billion
Treasury Secretary Henry H. Fowler asked Congress to raise the national debt ceiling to 365 billion and make the increase permanent. He also pressed for a six percent income tax surcharge and a longer maturity limit for Treasury notes to ease long term borrowing.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
Congress
Fowler
Ways and Means
Johnson
Treasury
Westland Shoeworks Denies Closure Rumors
Burt S. Wolfson, president of Westland Shoe Corp, dismisses rumors of the Biddeford company closing. He says the Smith Street plant is a permanent part of the area’s industrial complex and asserts the company is here to stay.
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Westland Shoe Corp
Burt S. Wolfson
Wolfson
Biddeford
Smith Street
Kennebunk meeting backs subsidy rise to 320 per pupil
More than 400 attended a joint rally by Maine Municipal Association and education groups endorsing a Republican bill to raise state education subsidies from 255 to 320 per pupil. They urged a law change funded by a one cent sales tax to cover a 10 million increase as part of a 243 million GDP package. Governor Curtis opposed the tax hike and warned benefits favor smaller towns over cities.
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Augusta
John H. Marvin
Curtis
Maine Teachers Association
Marvin
MTA
J. Weldon Russell
Lewiston
Sun ‘Day
Maine
Bill Houston
Kennebunk
Maine Municipal Association
State School Boards Association
School Superintendents Association
Biddeford
Armouth
Cape Elizabeth
Grayson Hartley
Eliot Superintendent of
Weather Woes Linked to Wandering Jet Streams
Washington AP reports Weather Bureau experts attribute unusual spring weather to two strong jet streams. A northern stream brings cold air from Alaska into the Great Lakes and East, while a southern stream shifts moisture northward, creating drought in Florida Everglades, spring snows in the Rockies, and heavy rains in the Northeast.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Florida Everglades
Rockies
North Central States
Bureau
United States
Alaska
Canada
Great Lakes Region
Pacific Ocean
Everglades
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