Biddeford-Saco Journal from Biddeford, Maine • 3

I 1 I BMdeford-Sacw Jon rail Madw Jin: 3 Police Security Beefed As Hyde Park School Reopens Park High School wai to BOSTON (AP) day with beefed op to ol members of (Reitore Our Alienated Rights) i security to try to prevent a racial violence thgt closed the school two days last week 0 WWnl Ifllv MHVUa IWV IMJ MM Wvoti At an hour-lone ra the antibusb demanded a Until last week Hyde the violence that baa yde investigation of the violence last week Pan High had been relatively bee of Teachers at the school voted Sunday to return to classes a the assurances of police that adcm-ity would be tighter -V some other schools since US District Court Judge Arthur Garrity Jr issued a i hither order in the summer of 1974 "We will not hesitate in the future to demand the school be closed again if the safety of the students and teachers is ardiied said Gail O'Reilly co- co-chairman of the faculty i who announced the decision to return -The school was dosed last Thursday and Friday by Supt Marion Fahev after racial violence Wednesday left three people injured eight arrested and about $2000 damage to classrooms Park High has a projected enrollment of (52 blacks and 912 whites In response to one of the demands of teachers last week the school put into effect today a new graduated penalty aystem far offenders with increasingly severe punishments for violations of rules nder the system a first offender can expect detention-and transportation home on a late bus: A second offense will involve detention and will bar readmission unless the student Is MMHlBMild Ku I Mlfut A standard suspension will follow the third offense said Boston School Committee ChairmamJohn McDonough who on Syrian Last week the teachers demanded that 100 assigned inside the' school Miss O'Reilly only about SO were to be assigned today A police spokesman would not give a number of officers to be issigned hut said it would be enough prpvide for public pi (4 111 1 fi pmk Carter Short On Policy Time Carter said as a last resort he would favor the government -directly providing jobs particularly to young unemployed per- KEENE NH Former Georgia Gov Jimmy Carter says his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination is moving so quickly that it has not yet had time to fully develop numy issues Another way to reduce the unemployment rate is to Carter says his programs are as billy developed as can be ted at this this point in the camnaisn addins that DEMONSTRATION of another kind takes place en the steps day and voted I of Hyde Park High School in Boston A police man standing demands for by the time of the November general election he will have formulated a platform as comprnensiveas any other candidate remove tax incentives that encourage American companies to build plants in foreign nations rather than In the United States he said Carter said the nation also needs a Racial distu (UPI Photo) guard with other officers I in foreground in protest agaiist the burning of i flag at the school last wen Teachers at the school met San- Eventhe incumbent he said during the week- definite housing policy that everyone understands He said the federal government might to able to spur con- end news analysis struction of housing milts without dramatic cost increases by establishing a firm commitment to development of a national Carter said he has volunteers and experts in specific fields developing his policies and it would be irresponsible for him to attempt to detail programs not fully worked out The expectations of news reporters for more details have to be he said adding that he does not expect vw ww ttweuwswii aav mm easy uoaaaai oaanau asm wwm UVI wjimi Carter also said his recent win in the Iowa caucuses caused him some problems because it led the press and the public to expect him to do well in other contests Promises To Consider Cuts Seen Prelude ToTax Hikes be will be forced to backtrack on any of his programs think I will be adequately he said In an interview here Carter reemphasised his intention fo does put extraordinary expectations on me I know what to do he said ices simplify the federal bureaucracy and to Implement new job programs if he is elected president He said the federal government should directly encourage development of new industries such as in solar power which would provide jobs for tradesmen and scientists He said government should under certain circumstances attempt to keep people employed by offering to pay part of their salaries to avoid layoffs in threatened industries Carter finished second to Alabama Gov George Wallace ia "Weekend caucuses in Mississippi He said he is contending for support In more precinct uses and presidential primaries than any other candidate and reasonably expect to finish high in all of them He said topping the field in Iowa may have given him the image of a candidate can This could be an asset in appealing to many undecided Democratic voters he said By The Associated Press AUGUSTA-Maine (AP) When legislative leaders sun promising to consider sweqdng cuts in state programs it is i If aid to localities or a combination of the three cuts include closing hospitals homes for the el-or'sciiools there is likely to he a prolonged uproar If state as are furloughed the prospects increase for a strike If aid is decreased the chances grow for bigherlocal taxes withlhose kinds of alternatives it would not be for the legislature to be persuaded to raise state taxes as an Faced' ally a tipoff that higher taxes are around This is bee i because that by the time the specific cuts ve spelled out they seem so overwhelming and so centered on sensitive services' that higher taxes appear more palatable It Maine's legUauye leadership set the stage for Last week 5 Verdicts Face Arson Jury just such a performance The leaders of the Democratic House and the Republican Senate agreed that the sUte faces a $133 million deficit in the remaining 17 months of the fiscal year and that state revenue in that period may fall short of expectations by as much as $15 million That could leave state accounts in the red by as much as $28 million by June 10 1977 To meet the revenue shortfall the leadership ordered Its i to prepare a list of programs to cut i vent fiscal i save $7 million in the of the current I year: Jury Rubber Products Co arson trial with five defendants still awaiting into an eighth day to on their In fact the question has already been raised on the floor of the House Rep James Henderson DBangor questioned the economies nude to date by Longley saying the governor had made choices by cutting spading without layoffs and declaring that no new taxes are needed Henderson said the legislature may have to make more difficult decisions we need a tax maybe the governor is wrong" he said Legislative leaders have already said it will be difficult to br-ug the books into balance The rising i rising Cost of state aid to education the from CridersviUe Ohio was acquitted Thursday oMhe same counts Another Pennsylvania man was acquitted on the first day of deliberations The Shelton plant was destroyed March 1 ite attempts by their WI remain in lintto Duringits first 39 hours of deliberations spanning lVfc wa A District Court jury convicted two central figures in ise and acquitted two other men including Charles case weeks I the Moeller yet-to-be-ad-d major issue of the special sesiion could easily add i Memphis week $7 million in the following 12-month period Since Gov James Longley nil Spending by $61 million including wha toe fat there was to cut further reductions will be no easy already trimmed pressure for new taxes- And the clincher could very well come from the tions Committee report back to the outl what that the legialativeplan will either in- It is likely volve mass kind of medicine the state will have to swallow to avoid taxes' lawyers to arrange their release on I Defense lawyers speculated Friday that the four female and eight male jurors baa tried to reach agreement on all or most of the remaining five defendants but so tar had failed While the jury plodded through the mass of evidence from the 14-week-kmg trial Friday some defendants and their attorneys let off steam by playing hockey with a rubber ball outside the courtroom The remaining defendants are Peter Betres and Ronald Betres both of Butler Pa Anthony A Just of Greensburg Pa Michael Tiche of Boyers PS and Albert Coffey 5 Cleveland Ohio the four counu filed against four of file five men RooaW Betres faces only three counts The Jury returned to the courtroom Friday afternoon to hear fora third time Judge Jon 0 explanation of two of the counts involving explosives and rules for deciding convictions In and abetting" a crime The charges Deco me complicated because the jury must decide the intent of each defendant at various stages of son ploy IF YbU HAVE LOST CONFIDENCE IN THE LEGAL 'PROFESSION AND BELIEVE THAT THE MAINE BAR IS FAILING THE PUBLIC WITH REGARD TO DISCIPLINARY ACTION AGAINST OFFENDNG LAWYERS CONTACT: A INC ADVOCATES aiWOBK) JOANRROWN BIDDEFQRD POOL ME Phone 28243S (L A DIC Ii wprent eowwrbrWrt eewmd wsa fce practice eonpataae mfacoadaet ad atHeaf taajn) Legislators Augusta-Bound School Funding Hearing Set S(AP I by committee tuattoo 'return to the Capital today for AUGUSTA Maine work a school Maine legislators Wfft fff ft1 fnrr-fc--q- Maine citizens wul get their first chance Thursday to react to the five separate proposals aimed at changhu the wav the state provides (loliars to local school districts The joint Legislative Education Committee has scheduled the public Wring for the Augusta Civic Cater where it will begin i of action a the funding law so cities and towns will when they stand in time for municipal meeting City and town meetings in Maine are traditionally held in early March Some of the proposals before the legislature would change the degree of reliance on the property tax as a source of money for schools and others would change the amount of aid towns would receive from the state Localities need an estimate of their state before they can dde how much money to raise locally The debates begin until committees report bills to the floors of tbe chambers Final action a the budget will not take place until later in the aession Gov Jama Longley is not expected to unveil his budget proposals until next math wha newer revenue figures are available at 10 am I Committee will The Appropriations and Financial Affairs begin its worit this week in preparing a proposal to cut state spading by as much as $15 milltoo for the tm for the two-year period i Huber R-Falmouth 1977 Sa David cost-cutting proposal was requested by thCTegiilative leaders of both parties wt week after the legislative fiscal office estimated the state could be $23 million in the red by the end of the biennium Part of the projected deficit is attributable to the school funding law state officials say They say the deficit in the education budget could be as much as $Si million unless the law is changed soon The Education Committee is expected to work on the school finance changes for about a week after the public bearing so debate expected to begin until earjy next month The legislative leadership nas set a Marehldeadline for com- TV Newsman Will Address Lawyers BANGOR Maine (AP) Tom Brokaw White House correspondent for NBC is scheduled to address the Maine State Bar Association here tonight Some 200 tawyen from around the state gathered here Sun day for the three-day annual meeting An association committa report a prepaid was set for Tuesday Lawyers ere expected to discuss joining with an insurance firm to offer statewide plans sometime this year ORCHARD OPTICAL Quality Service for Old Orchard Beach Ocean Park and Pine Point All Prescriptions guaranteed to be-accurately filled Minor repairs made in one day Complete selection of tints and frames for men children Contact Lenses polished (same day service) i a the matter through a mail i An 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