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Zhe transcript 14-Thursday. January 12. 1995 In I2f ici i 35 voted no, but took dough Only four legislators have turned down 55 percent pay raise dough" did not return phone calls seeking comment Wednesday. Among them: Rep. Edward Teague, of Yarmouth, the new House Republican Leader.

Teague argued on the floor against the pay raise, but brushed off suggestions that he refuse it, jokingly saying, "Ask my wife." But many have said in the past that, while they opposed the blitzkrieg process, they thought legislators deserved a raise. The 55 percent increase brought up base pay from $30,000 to $46,410. Those who hold leadership posts and committee chairmanships also get bonuses. One senator, Richard Tisei of Wakefield, compared it to the mandatory seat belt law: "I voted against it, I lost, and yet I wear my seat belt every day." "I was very consistent during the A fourth legislator. Rep.

Stephen Tobin, D-Quincy, did not vote on the raise on "Dec. 2, but has filed a waiver to turn down the money. The Berkshire County delegation, including Sen. Jane Swift, R-North Adams, and Reps. Daniel Bosley, D-North dams, Peter Larkin, D-Pitts-field, Shaun Kelly, R-Dalton, and Christopher Hodgkins, D-Lee, all voted for the pay raise.

None indicated he or she would turn down the raise. Lawmakers needed to file a waiver to keep the pay raise from showing up on their first paycheck of the year, which goes out next week. Last week, the treasurer's office said lawmakers could waive the pay hike without paying state or federal taxes. Many legislators who, in the words of former Rep. Peter Madden, R-Weston, "voted no and took the BOSTON (AP) Only three of the 38 state legislators who voted against a controversial 55 percent pay hike have opted to forego the money.

The three filed salary waivers with the state treasurer's office under which they will not receive or pay taxes on the pay hike, which was rushed through the Legislature in 48 hours last month. "I felt that since I was voting no, in good conscience I couldn't turn around and accept it," said Rep. Steven Panagiatokos, D-Lowell. "I was uncomfortable that legislators could vote for their own raises. It should be by a majority of voters." Along with Panagiatokos, Reps.

Jo Ann Sprague, R-Walpole, and Michael Sullivan, R-Abington, voted against the raise, which was sponsored by Gov. William F. Weld. SJC rejects coal-fired plant Police station condemned ROCKLAND, Mass. (AP) Rockland police are used to citing people for violations of the law.

Now their police station has rap sheet of its own. The town's Board of Health has condemned the station after an inspection determined it had faulty wiring, no fire escape and a toilet that leaked on the machine used to test drunken driving suspects. "The dog pound is in better shape than the police station," John Doyle, a member of the health board, told The Enterprise of Brockton. The three-member board determined that the building was "unfit for human habitation in detention of arrested prisoners and unfit for human occupation by police employees." But it said the station still may be used by the department's 29 full-time and 34 part-time police officers as well as the prisoners until an alternative is found. "They'll be able to work there.

They have been for some time," said Paul Mooney, chairman of the Board of Health. The town's options include gutting and rebuilding the interior of the station; razing the entire structure and constructing a new facility on the same site; or building a new station at another location. Officials: Can't stop bookies BOSTON (AP) Authorities do not expect to eliminate bookmaking, even with a 90-page federal indictment of reputed organized crime leaders. "Look, we're never going to stop bookmaking," Middlesex County District Attorney Thomas Reilly said Wednesday. "But it's when (crime gangs) move into other areas drugs, extortion, loansharking, public corruption and those types of things that we sit up and take notice.

That's when we hit them," he said. Among the charges against seven men in the federal indictment unsealed this week axe accusations of extorting money from bookmakers. "This is a closed society. They don't bother people who don't avail themselves of their services," Lowell Police Chief Edward Davis told the Boston Herald. "But it's important for us to stay on top of them because then they won't get out of hand.

I'm all for vigorous prosecution because if you don't do it, then they get into other things," he said. "The bookie business is a relatively quiet one, and fairly harmless until people stop paying or try to take over someone else's turf," Davis said. Charges of illegal gambling also are convenient ways of arresting people authorities suspect of worse crimes. "We'll get them on what we can get them on," Reilly said-AUthOr Saul Bellow recovering BOSTON (AP) Nobel-prize winning author Saul Bellow is recuperating at home in Boston following a bout with pneumonia. Bellow, 79, was hospitalized at Boston University Medical Center from Nov.

25 to Jan. 5, a hospital spokeswoman said. He spent three weeks in the intensive care unit A speaking engagement scheduled for Feb. 27 at Queens College in New York was canceled, said Ron Carmava, a spokesman for the school. Bellow joined the faculty of Boston University in 1993.

He has taught courses in literature and modern intellectual and cultural history. He will continue to teach courses this semester, Tanya Phillips, his secretary, said. "He's back and he's writing letters and up and around and walking. He is feeling much better," Phillips said. "The doctors say he's going to make a full recovery." Bellow's novels include "The Anniversary of Augie March," "Mr.

Sammler's Planet" and "Humboldt's Gift." He was awarded the Nobel prize for literature in 1976. Norfolk sheriff suffers stroke BOSTON (AP) A decision by the state Supreme Judicial Court has all but buried a proposed coal-fired power plant in New Bedford, an environmental lawyer says. But the project's developer insists it's still alive. The high court Wednesday overturned rulings by the Energy Facilities Siting Board, which said the NeW Bedford project and a gas-fired power plant in Lynn could move forward as long as the developers had agreements to sell most of the energy- The court said these conditions weren't sufficient Instead, it said, the siting board must show specifically that the state will need a new energy supply before approving a power plant. "Neither plant is needed in Massachusetts at this time, so we don't need to eat the pollution that either of these plants would produce," said Murder suspect tries to DEDHAM.

Mass. (AP) Norfolk County Sheriff Clifford Marshall Croyle noted that the siting board found there wasn't any need for the plant before the year 2000. But because of delays, "the project can't come on line before 2000 in any event," he said. For several years, the attorney general's office and environmentalists had been fighting the New Bedford plant. Even though the siting board saw no proof that the project was needed in the next few years, it eventually gave conditional approval.

The board reached a similar conclusion on the Lynn plant, pushed by Altresco Lynn Inc. but opposed by officials and a citizen group in the neighboring city of Revere. In giving the Lynn plant conditional approval, the board pointed to plans by Boston Edison Co. to buy much of the power. But the court said this agreement apparently "would not be the product of market forces." shift blame Holy Family Hospital in Methuen.

At the hospital, police asked Coppola if her boyfriend had stabbed her. She replied, "No," Howe said. But Coppola had accused Mclntyre of abuse in the past In March a restraining order against him in Lawrence District Court. The order expired when Coppola took no further action. Then, in January 1994, Coppola called police to report that her boyfriend had hit her with his elbow.

Mclntyre was found innocent of an assault charge April 14 in Lawrence District Court Mclntyre was next to appear in court Jan. 27 for a pretrial conference. "He showed no signs of trouble. He was just a nice, quiet, everyday police officer, and we're shocked and saddened by this news," said Paul Bishop assistant to the Norwood police chief. A two-year veteran of the force, Caulfield worked a regular evening patrol shift, said Bishop.

He had shown no signs of emotional or psychological troubles and had never been disciplined by the police department, and there were no current restraining orders against him. Bishop said. Bishop said Caulfield was popular among his fellow officers. "We're shocked and saddened by this whole turn of events," he said. "We all appreciated and liked him.

He'll be missed by us all." suiierea a stroce in ms oiiice ii me county jau inc aay aiier nc was puo-licly reprimanded by the state Ethics Cornmission. LAWRENCE, Mass. (AP) A man accused of fatally stabbing his girlfriend tried to pin the blame for the assault on drug dealers, but police questioned his story and arrested him. John F. Mclntyre, 23, pleaded innocent to a murder charge in Lawrence District Court on Wednesday in the killing of his 18-year-old girlfriend, Meredith Coppola of North Andover.

Mclntyre was ordered held without bail He originally told police Coppola had been stabbed during a botched drug deal. He said he got out of the car to buy marijuana from two men in Lawrence. He said that, when he returned, he found Coppola bleeding. Marshall, 58, reportedly suffered was taken to Norwood Hospital. A hospital official this morning was being withheld at the request of pay raise debate, saying I did think a pay adjustment of some type was warranted, although I didn't necessarily agree with the way it was achieved," said Tisei, a Republican.

"It's unfortunate that, rather than the salary level being the center of debate, the debate really became more of how the pay raise was achieved," he said. Sullivan said he held no ill will toward his colleagues who voted against the raise and are accepting it "I was not supportive of the 55 percent pay raise, and I was not supportive of the way the pay raise came out. I would feel somewhat hypocritical accepting it," he said. "I really don't have an opinion about what anybody else is going to do." "Other people who were voting against it and are taking feel comfortable about it," said Sullivan. Weld, Law seek to unite sides BOSTON (AP) Cardinal Bernard Law and Gov.

William F. Weld have claimed "common ground" after their first face-to-face meeting on abortion, but differences remain. Law, head of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston, called for a moratorium on protests outside clinics immediately after the Dec. 30 shootings at two Brookline clinics that left two women dead and five other people injured. But after a breakfast Wednesday with Weld a strong supporter of abortion rights Law denied that the church's position has inflamed emotions over the abortion issue.

"In no way is the teaching of the church responsible for violence, and to make that connection is inflammatory and irresponsible," he said. Law, who said he planned to attend a Massachusetts Citizens for Life Rally on Jan. 22, lauded abortion foes who peacefully demonstrate outside abortion clinics. The governor and the cardinal met in the aftermath of the shooting spree that left two people dead and five wounded in two Brookline abortion clinics. A 22-year-old New Hampshire man, John C.

Salvi III, faces murder and attempted murder charges in the case. The cardinal also implied that abortion supporters and the media have painted an inaccurate portrait of abortion opponents. "I applaud the motive, I applaud the dedication, I applaud the willingness to expose one's self to terrible inflammatory rhetoric from the other side, which takes place very often in such situations, he said. For his part. Weld who once said he supported the right to abortion into the ninth month of pregnancy said he had not wavered on abortion.

And he refused to discuss his views on abortion rights because he was "in the cardinal's house." In a column in the most recent issue of The Pilot, the archdiocese's newspaper, Law wrote that his call for a protest moratorium was meant to create a dialogue. "The moratorium is suggested to permit a conversation to begin," Law wrote. "In the past week, it has become abundantly more clear to me that there has been no substantive conversation between those of us who are pro-life and society as a whole, at least not in Boston, during the past decade." The two men did discuss a vari ety of possible areas of agreement. including the need to provide information to pregnant women on al ternatives to abortion, such as adoption, enhanced child care and nutrition programs and stepped-up cniia support entorcement They did not talk about birth control, Weld said, but did touch on abstinence, which he called "a live option for youth." "I think there are few, if any, who would say it's a good hine that there were 15 million abortions in the last decade in the United States," Law said. The Republican governor said state troopers would be available to stand guard for "weeks or months" until clinics could install security systems.

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But James Croyle, president of Eastern Energy the developer of the proposed New Bedford plant, said the court decision had no practical effect on his plans. "They continue to move forward," he said. But police questioned the story because Mcintyre could not describe the drug Essex County District Attorney Janice W. Howe said. Police and the victim's father, attorney Phillip J.

Coppola, said his daughter and her boyfriend had a history of violence. On Tuesday, Coppola had been visiting friends in Methuen when Mclntyre showed up, uninvited, at about 10 said Assistant Essex County District Attorney Janice W. Howe. The two argued and had a physical fight; Coppola walked out and Mclntyre followed, Howe said. Twelve minutes later, Mclntyre brought the wounded Coppola to Rafalko said that, when he arrived at the scene, he heard only the cries of an infant In the bouse, police found three notes they said Caulfield had written saying he had serious financial troubles, said Norfolk County District Attorney William Delahunt The Caulfields owned three Super-cuts salons in Needham, Norwood and North Attleboro, he said.

No one answered the phone Wednesday afternoon at any of the three salons. Delahunt said the notes "in essence revealed the apparent motive for shootings." He said Caulfield had "financial pressures that obviously he felt were very severe." Caulfield's fellow officers said they were baffled by the shootings. BOSTON ond time to the Kottmyer, Wednesday by confirmation Kottmyer against Kottmyer, whose turned down in and close friend after a long fight with Marshall received a reprimand from day. The commission said Marshall violated conflict of interest laws by using his position "to appoint deputy sheriffs as a means of raising funds 1U llud AJilUUU UUllfJOlgU WUtliiiilUC. Marshall issued a statement saying sion's finding but "agreed to the public enforcement letter as a final reso Policeman kills wife, himself lution to this matter.

91 1 installation director fired BOSTON (AP) The man overseeing installation of the emergency 911 telephone system in Massachusetts has been fired, and the attorney general's office reportedly is looking into the agency's finances. The Statewide Emergency Telecommunications Board fired Glen A. Roach as its $65r500-a-year executive reported today. The newspaper said it was told by general's office was investigating Provincetown for $4,000 for the month Roach, 40, denied any wrongdoing. he would fight to get his job back.

STOUGHTON, Mass. (AP) Investigators say a Norwood police officer was despondent over financial losses at three hair salons he owned when he killed his wife, then shot himself. William Caulfield, 38, a two-year veteran of the force, and his 32-year-old wife, Sandra, were found in their house at about 5 a.m. Wednesday Their 8 -month -old daughter, Saman-tha, was there at the time. She was unharmed and was placed in the custody of relatives.

Caulfield apparently shot his wife in the bedroom, and then called police to report "a domestic situation" before turning his 9mm service pistol on himself, police said. Stoughton Police Officer Joseph He was hired in 1992 after overseeing the installation of a 911 system for Texas. The system allows residents to community in the state is scheduled year. Nearly one-third of Massachusetts 911 system which gives emergency 'Rambo' charges the stroke about 1 p.m. Tuesday and said information about his condition his family.

cancer. the state Ethics Commission Mon he did not agree with the cornmis director Monday, The Boston Globe unidentified sources that the attorney the rental of a summer home in of June and who used it He said his firing was political and dial 9-1-1 for emergency help. Every to have the system by the end oi this communities now have an enhanced operators the addresses ot callers. may be dropped has been spearheading the investiga go forward. it would be difficult to make a case captured by police in dramatic fashion alter he allegedly held a Raynham he hid underwater while breathing in Rambo movies.

since his indictment on racketeering alleged conspiracy that included the RAYNHAM, Mass. (AP) Police are considering dropping rape and kidnapping charges against Guy Cummings, a man dubbed "Rambo" last year after he eluded police by employing survival ist tactics in the woods. nominated for judgeship Detective Sgt David Chaves, who tion against (Jummings, told the Enterprise of Brockton that he may have to drop the charges because the alleged victim is reluctant to testify against Cummings. (AP) Former federal prosecutor Diane "The charges have not been dropped. They are still pending in Taunton District Chaves said.

But he added that they may be withdrawn nomination as a state judge was 1990, has been nominated for the sec because it is very dinicult tor her to Chaves said that, without the victim, against Cummings. Cummings, 30, of Brockton, was in a Middieooro swamp on sept, is, same job. 49, of Winchester, was nominated Gov. William Weld, who criticized the process that kept her from the bench when woman hostage for three days. Cummings earned his nickname due to his she was nominated by his predecessor, Michael a.

Dukakis. muscular physique and the fact that through a straw like the lead character The appointment will be considered next week by the Governor's Council, which reviews judicial nomina He was later charged with kidnapping, assault and battery and threats to commit a crime. tions. i "It's a great honor," Kottmyer said. "I'm looking forward to the (confirmation) process and this is some He was released last month by district court judges in Stoughton and but authorities later confirmed that he was wanted on outstanding Committee votes to ease fishing restrictions DAN VERS, Mass.

(AP) A committee of the New England Marine Fishery Council has voted to recommend the full council ease some fishing restrictions on the famed Georges Bank. The council's groundfish committee voted Wednesday to allow restricted fishing of whiting, dogfish and hagfish, a type of eel whose skin is used to make wallets and briefcases. It also passed resolutions that allow increased "by-catch," which is the amount of restricted fish species fishermen scoop up in their nets by accident Parts of Georges Bank and other New England fishing were closed to fishing for 90 days beginning Dec. 12 because of the depletion in the population of ground-fish, such as cod, haddock and yellowtail flounder. The council is meeting this week to refine and modify New England fishing regulations while the area is closed.

John Linnon, a Coast Guard rear admiral commander, said a main concern was figuring out how to enforce the regulations. "These are tough to enforce at sea on a rolling ship," Linnon said. "I don't see how we can go digging through the catch to determine exactly what's in it" The council was to meet again today. Next month, the council is to vote on a proposal that would keep the approximately 6,000 square fishing area closed beyond the March expiration date. The proposal calls for continuing the closures until the council completes a long-term plan, which reportedly could result in the closing of additional areas, further limit the time boats can stay at sea and allow fewer fish to be caught thing that I really want to do and I'm hopeful that I get confirmed." warrants from Arizona and several local towns.

Longtime fugitive arrested BOSTON (AP) A 25-year fugitive has been caught in the net cast by federal authorities to round up a group of alleged underworld figures uaiucu in recem lnuicunenu John V. Manor ano, a fugitive caarges in lyiy, was arresiea i uesaay Boca Katon, Ha. Martorano. 54. fled after he was char-owl in an inHirtrrvnt wifVi nrVm.

teering and horse race fixing in an i 1 1 From 1982 to 1991, Kottmyer worked for the Organized Crime Strike Force of the U.S. Attorney's Office, serving as chief of the division during her final years. During her first several years as a federal Kottmyer worked under Weld, who was U.S. attorney for Massachusetts. Kottmyer earned a reputation as a tough prosecutor, and that apparently hurt her cause when Dukakis nominated her to be a Superior Court judge nearly five years ago.

The Governor's Council rejected her 5-4 after some critics questioned whether she had a "judicial temperament" Former Councilor Joseph Langone was one of her most vocal opponents. "I just believe she hates Italians, and that's it," Langone said at the time. i-n luuig ui jm-icjj aiiu iimsc axircis nauonwioe. Maflorano's arrest stemmed from the. cam tht 'XA ua.

1U IVS 37-count indictment targeting alleged members of South Boston's Winter Hill Gang and Patriarca organized crime family, according to the U.S. At torney i yjuux. Martorano's brother, James, was among the seven men indicted Tues day and was identified in court papers as a captain, or "capo," in the Pa triarca family..