Maine Gov signs 1975 School Financing Act limits spending
Governor James B. Longley signed the School Financing Act of 1975 after House and Senate approval. The measure caps education spending, sets a 13.25 mill uniform tax, and allocates 2.5 million for 241 communities with property tax increases over 25 percent. It retains 50 percent state backing and aims to be a temporary fix to the SD 1994 funding issues.
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Augusta
James B. Longley
Longley
Maine
House
Senate
Municipe
Education Committee
Citizens’ Panel
Longley Criticizes Council After PUC Nominations Rejected
Gov James B Longley blasts Maine Executive Council after 6 to 1 vote denying Edward C Schlick to the Public Utilities Commission noting back to back rejections two weeks apart and urging the legislature to reexamine the council while Democrats push back saying the public elected the governor and should not be asked again.
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Augusta
James B. Longley
Executive Council
People of
Maine
Public Utilities Commission
Edwar C. Schlick
Longley
Schlick
Democratic State Party
PUC
Minnette Cummings
Newport
Democratic
Fire Destroys Historical Site in Medway
MEDWAY AP A late Wednesday fire destroyed the former McLaughlin General Store once a Union soldiers gathering place on the way south. No injuries reported after six hours of firefighting. Officials estimate 75000 dollars in damage to the frame building housing a beauty parlor and four apartments. Fire began in hay along the building side. cause under investigation.
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Medway
Afernoon
McLaughlin General Store
House Sets Wage Hike Deadline in Maine
The Maine House voted to amend a bill raising the minimum hourly wage to 2.30. If signed, the measure would take effect promptly, while the Senate approved a plan to start 2.30 wages 90 days after the session ends, possibly late September or October, with federal law already setting 2.30 for January 1. Maine’s current minimum wage is 2.10.
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Augusta
House
Senate
Maine
U.S
Portland Bicentennial to reenact Thompson battle of 1775
The Portland Bicentennial Committee will mark May 24 with a York Militia encampment as Col. Sam Thompson and his Brunswick Men reenact the 1775 incident in Falmouth now Portland. The event recounts Thompson’s threats against HMS Canceaux and Lt. Henry Mowatt, the capture of Mowatt, and the town’s interim peril before the ship departed.
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Portland
Thompson
Brunswick
Maine
England
Henry Mowatt
Falmouth
Mowatt
Calvin Lombard
Gorham
Pownall Witness Cross-examined in Murder Trial
Portland AP report on cross examination of the key prosecution witness in the Schwartz Congo murder trial. Joseph Castellucci testified that Herbert Schwartz claimed to have arranged Pownall’s killing if contracts were not signed and that Schwartz had hired someone to kill Pownall. Dongo and Schwartz face murder charges over Pownall’s August 30 1973 shooting in Portland.
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Portland
Schwartz-Congo
Jon R. Pownall
Joseph A. Castellucci
Pownall
Herbert R. Schwartz
Castellucci
Planet 3 Films Ltd
Schwartz
Dongo
Price Equalization of Liquor Debated
The House passed a bill to equalize liquor prices in all state stores while the Senate opposed the measure. Critics argue price uniformity is fair, but supporters cite the Kittery store experiment. The Senate also rejected a bill to make family day care a priority social service.
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Augusta
House
Senate
Kittery
New Hampshire
Richard Berry
Cape Elizabeth
Theodore Curtis
Rorono
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Longley Scores Council
Neil Rolde
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