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Bangor Daily News Sal Son August 16 17 1975 23 The suit says the Personnel Board has notified the employes they should be reclassified but the panel has taken no action saying under to its interpretation of a law enacted in June the responsibility for Upgrading By Maureen Connolly Associated Press Writer AUGUSTA Maine (AP) Six state employes filed a suit Friday charging they and 468 other state workers have been told qualified for higher salaries but not getting the uav The six filed the class action in US District Court in Portland with the help of the Maine State Employes Association The action names State Personnel Director Nicholas I Caraganis State Personnel Board Chairman Kenneth Robinson and four other Personnel Board members According to the suit the 474 employes have been told they are qualified to move up at least one pay step in the state personnel system Several of the employes are entitled to range changes which is an increase for all employes within one classification such Clerks and due process guaranteed by the 14th Amendment of the Constitution are being violated MSEA Executive Director David Carnevalc said is indeed an unfortunate situation when the governmental leaders of this state must be dragged into court to be forced to meet their legal obligations to state The six employes filing the action are Duane Newman a mechanical stores clerk Kenneth Bradstreet a license examiner George lawlor a disabilities claims examiner Claire Gravel a motor-vehicle clerk Fidele Iimontagne an Augusta Mental Health Institute cook ana Kenneth Dare an electrician Other Personnel Board members named in the suit are Laura Nawfel Crystal Pomroy Patrician Ryan and Harold Gosselin 6 file suit challenging rules on pay employes and raising their pay rests with the ture The MSEA said Friday the legislature failed to act on step increases for the 'employes during the regular session The legislature voted instead to study the state personnel system and the classification system in the coming year As a result of the administrative inaction the employes said they remain at lower classifictions doing the same the work as their fellow employes in higher classifications but are being paid at smaller salaries They filed the saying their rights to equal protection Guard battalion carves 'home' for field training Rv Rnk HacLoll a i By Bob Haskell companies next week will also motor march to another wooded area in Beddington for an Army tactical exercise designed to test combat proficiency construction projects that have met requirements as suitable community service arfd combat engineer training exercises Alpha Bravo and Charlie 7 Of the NEWS Staff PLYMOUTH They mustered at 5:30 am hit the road at 8 am and transformed 94 acres of woods fields and dusty roads here into a home away from home for the next two weeks Friday some 700 men and a half dozen women of the Maine Army National 262nd Engineer Battalion picked their armories clean and left by convoy for their annual field training period that for the fourth time in five years will involve working on community service projects in eastern Maine Three of the companies motored to the leased training area here which over the past five years has steadily been developed into a campground attuned to the needs of several hundred men Long gray wooden platforms are foundations for the olive drab tents in which the troops will work sleep and eat until Aug 29 Permanent toilet sophisticated versions of the shack out back and a recently built in helicopter landing pad are touches attesting to military field cqiraitiqns Headquarters Company from BangoT Bravo from Belfast and Charlie from Newport and Skowhegan settled in here by Friday night concluding an annual relocation effort that actually began last weekend when volunteers from the three units began setting up the camp facilities Alpha Company from Brewer and Calais moved to bivouac sites at Ellsworth and Machias Delta Company from Rumford and Norway mustered here Thursday night before heading for Base Gagetown NB early Friday That unit will spend the two weeks working with the 152nd Field Artillery Battalion which departed Aroostook County Friday for summer camp In all the four companies staying in Maine will work on 16 Police get letter in murder case NEWPORT A new letter has been received by Maine State Police in Houlton bn the murder of Robert McKee Newport who was shot three times in the head June 20 while working at a Newport gas station Newport Police Chief Charles Hawkins said if the letter is legitimate it would place the letter writer at the scene of the crime at the approximate time of the crime The slaying was said to have taken place sometime between 2 and 4 am Another letter from Oakland has been determined to be a hoax Hawkins said Although he said he could not reveal the contents of the letter the chief said if the evidence in it is true it could be very valuable in finding killer It will involve a lot of footwork and investigation Hawkins said Police know where the letter came from or who wrote it He said there are a number of potential witnesses who still have to be interrogated MW Hovering over Headquarters Company in Plymouth Help asked for poultry farmers Portland-Montreal oil pipeline use to be cut well as an unknown number of contract growers Longley said Maine poultrymen have long faced nigh feed grain year-round could result in many of our poultrymen going out of business and would have a disasterous effect upong the economy othe he added unfavorable competitive position with other poultry producing areas of the United the governor said loss of this magnitude as well as high brooding costs during the cold winter months' "This has put the whole poultry industry in Maine in a very precarious and Murder suspect is held in time of the slaying Testimony at the hearing showed both men were seen with Longtin around 1 pm in Bangor on Dec 17 the day before the man was found under a sheet of ice in Jacob Buck Pond Bucksport French 23 of Lincoln and Bangor had originally been charged with murder on Dec 22 but were set free by Superior Court Justice Morris Pilot because the prosecution had failed to prove the whereabouts at the AUGUSTA Maine (AP) Gov James Longley Friday asked two federal agencies to help Maine poultry farmers recover their losses from this record heat-wave The governor requested that the Farmers Home Administration and the Small Business Administration assist the state in obtaining emergency designations for areas where farmers lost chickens in the Aug 1-2 record heat wave Lon'gley said latest estimates by state officials set the loss at 625000 chickens He said it is a $1 million blow to the industry If the regions are called disaster areas Maine farmers could qualify for federal aid or low-interest loans According to the governor laying hens broilers and breeders were lost in the heal He said about 25 processors and independent growers were effected as PORTLAND Maine (AP) -Usage of the Portland to Montreal crude oil pipeline will be reduced in the coming years but not as much as some officials have predicted an executive of Mobil Oil Corp said Friday Bonner Templeton vice president of supply distribution and traffic for North American division said there would be some cutback in use of the Portland pipeline when the line between Sarnia Ont and Montreal is completed Officials of the Portland Pipe Line owned by a consortium of oil companies with refineries in Montreal have predicted that use of the line would be cut in half when crude from western Canada starts flowing to Montreal 4 Templeton said the refinery operators would make tradeoffs in which Middle East crude shipped via Portland is exchanged for oil from Alberta He said western Canadian crude would be used by Mobil in primarily the Chicago area interface with Canada on both coasts and in the middle of the border between the two he said think that the two countries can work out something to keep such an oil exchange going "As a result I think the extension of the pipeline from Sarnia to Montreal will be fully used" he said would have the pipeline as security against another embargo or some other kind of emergency When an emergency arose a valve would be turned and oil from western Canada would start moving to said Templeton The Portland pipeline completed in 1941 passes through Maine New Hampshire and Vermont en route to Montreal Crude carriers using the pipeline have made Portland one of the largest tanker ports on the East Coast By Mickey Blanchette NEWS Hancock Bureau ELLSWORTH -Hancock County Superior Court Justice Ian Maclnnes Friday morning committed a murder suspect to Hancock County Jail without bail Richard Freeman 22 Bucksport accused of having some connection with the bludgeoning death of Thomas Longtin of Lincoln on or about Dec 18 1974 was assigned court -appointed counsel George Smgal of Bangor Washington Hancock District Attorney Michael Povich asked whether Freeman could be held instead at Penobscot County Jail because the Hancock facility is "not sufficient and But the court took the request under advisement ana will wait until Freeman and Singal can meet No motions came before the court Friday morning and arraignment will be held at a later date Freeman was indicted by the Hancock County Grand Jury on Friday Aug 8 and was extradicted to Maine from the Great Lakes Naval Station in Illinois where he had been assigned for the past six weeks Freeman and Carl mmtw Teacher certification changes possible cooperate in the attempt to channel students from some overcrowded teaching fields into shortage areas like special education and industrial arts Millett Jr and other educators feel that the department could swing club of program approval at institutions that Recommendations of advisors listed Teachers Association and sponsored by former educator Rep Laurence Bagley (R Winthrop) stipulates that half of committee consist teachers It also requires representation by professors from teacher colleges and the public Tne bill was a compromise on the part of the MTA which would like to see teachers in total control of entry requirements says Perry Amsden president feel that as Erofessionals we are the est judges of our own requirements We also see that education is funded by the public and the-general citizen a vested interest in what teachers do why a lay board like the State Board of Education was an acceptable alternative" said Amsden Board members began wrestling with their new responsibilities Wednesday evening at the Kinball Terrace Inn overlooking Northeast Harbor Their main concerns right now are who should be on the board and exactly how it should function "The largest single factor which will effect what you do will be the inertia of the existing system of teacher education certification and teacher evaluation which is so ponderous it will be hard to said Edward Hinckley executive sec rotary of the Professional Standards Advisory Commission (PSAC) the new forerunner It was created by former Commissioner Carroll McGary to advise him on certification most significant document called Standards for Education Personnel Program Approval would require colleges to submit teacher education program Proposals to the epartment of Education for approval The stress is on more practical experience for teachers and more student input into planning Commissioner Sawin By Wayne Reillv NEWS Education Writer Changes in the way teachers get and retain their licenses may be in the offing this fall because of a new law and some recommendations awaiting action by the State Board of Education An Act Relating to Teacher Certification transfers the power to change certification standards from the commissioner of education to the state board on Oct 1 The law requires that the board create an advisory committee to review proposed changes and then make recommendations The law which was designed by the Maine Held without bail Richard Freeman 22 Bucksport made his first court appearance at Hancock County Superior Court in Ellsworth Friday morning Freeman was indicted by the grand jury last Friday In connection with slaying of a man found imbedded In the ice of Jacob Buck Pond Bucksport Freeman was held without bail at the Hancock County Jail Above he is being escorted by Hancock County Sheriff Robert Williams At left in the photo is mother and brother (NEWS Photo by Mickey Blanchette) feathers 'n'fur When the Professional Standards Advisory Commission (PSAC) began meeting two years ago it was the first time a group of teachers administrators and professors from teacher colleges sat down as ils iucation recommendations now before the State Board of Education probably contain ramifications that be obvious for years But some of the most important and controversial parts call for: A one year paid internship for all prospective teachers Students would spend their fourth year working in school systems and a fifth year back on the college campus strengthening deficiencies Educators say the system would provide schools with more competent teachers and help head off the teacher oversupply but might prove expensive I vocal staff development committees in school districts to provide more flexibility and relevance to teacher recertification activities The committees consisting of teachers administrators and citizens would plan local group and individual activities based on what teachers arc doing in local classrooms Many educators feel the present system encourages some teachers every five years to sign up for university courses which neither interest or help them Easing academic and teaching experience requirements for guidance counselors in an attempt to get counselors with broader backgrounds especially in CORRECTION corner by Jerry Elwell Readers are encouraged to call the attention to factual errors by telephoning the Maine Desk 942-4881 extension 285 between 2 and 5 pm or by writing the NEWS editor at 491 Main St Bangor Maine 04401 Corrections when justified will be published hereunder promptly and candidly are spending more and more time in the woods coming in onlv when they catch the sniff of food on the air Growls and Snarls arc making their first exploratory ti ck around the this morning Unlike A story in the Aug 9 Aroostook Edition erroneously stated that the collection depot for the annual Church World Service clothing drive would be the Grant Memorial United Methodist Church In fact the Bethany Baptist Church will serve as the collection center between Crow-the-rooster and Pokey the peahen as scandalous as believed Pokey's four chicks are replacing their rooster-red feathers with dark plumage matching that of Beau-thc-pcacock Much mail was received in response to the column about the "good deeds to ducks" lady being fined for her kind hearted efforts As one Ellsworth man commented "Courts should have placed in their corridors a notice as follows: Court gives full justice and all mercy to the nuilty the innocent more "dis and data" in answer to some of your most-asked questions Although raccoons are pesky they're also number one in popularity with visitors So the majority of inquiries are in regard to their progress behavior and well being Shadow the over-a-year-old fellow brought from Lincoln last spring wus finally to his misfortune accepted by the woodsy raccoons On his very first night "out with the he followed them onto the highway and make it across GuzriiN and Dodger the lour months old youngsters like a poisoned toad Since the terrified little beasts were too ravenous to bo rabied I didn't worry aboiut the bite especially when remembering that after being bitten by a chipmunk it was the who curled up his lips and died In early spring a pair of bluebirds arrived on the hill This fall that same pair plus eight sturdy youngsters will leave Of course a predator or accident could change those plans but at the moment their future looks promising Apparently the affair In the Aug 11 edition the NEWS incorrectly stated thut Dennis Violelle has become project director for French Canadian and Franco American affairs at the University of Maine tit Orntio Violette's responsibilities are confined to the Canadian American Center at UMO the vocations The impetus behind the movement to change teacher certification standards springs from a complicated web of factors including the growth of teacher power and a desire to defuse some of the tensions between teachers and administrators at the negotiations table The Department of Education would also like to regain some of the influence it used to have over teacher education programs before they were taken over by the University of Maine Finally the accountability movement which has seen demands from purents and teachers for better trained teachers with more relevant messages for their students has been a crucial factor Guzzles and Dodger they're aren't pat-able since their first introduction to the world of-humans was rather a violent one They were rescued from a log about to be fed into the chipper at a local mill Snarls promptly put a tooth through the nail on my right typing finger causing that digit to swell The NEWS in a story published on the final edition page Aug 15 said that James Hicks of Hampden is legally blind In fact Hicks is not blind and paints us well as drives a cur.