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CZ3 IHSIDE Job possibilities draw MMA students pfln BJ Thomas Bangor Fair headliner Supplement Comics Magazine TV Update USA weekend MAINE'S LARGEST DAILY Fed expected to push interest rates still lower concerns over inflation economists said So far this year M-l which includes checking accounts and cash has grown at an annual rate of almost 13 percent far above the 3 percent to 8 percent target set by the Fed at the beginning of the year Last year the central bank faced a similar problem with explosive growth in M-l and decided to boost the target range This year it has gone even further by deciding essentially to ignore M-l growth and concentrate on the two broader measures of the money supply which have been growing at a slower pace For M-2 which includes M-l plus most types of personal savings the Fed decided to retain the original growth target of 6 percent to 9 percent for 1986 lowering that slightly to 55 percent to 85 percent for 1987 For M-3 an even broader measure of money which includes M-2 plus large certificates of deposit the Fed set growth targets matching those for M-2 Along with the new money targets the Fed also issued Tower predictions for economic growth this year In February the central bank had predicted the economy as measured by the gross national product would grow at an annual rate of 3 percent to 35 percent only slightly lower than the forecast for 4 percent growth However the economic assumptions released Friday predicted a growth rate this year of 25 percent to 3 percent and the central bank said even this modest forecast might not come true Focus is on growth instead of inflation 4 WASHINGTON (AP) The Federal Reserve a week after cutting a key interest rate gave new signals Friday that it stands willing to push rates lower still in an effort to spur a rebound in the sluggish US economy The central bank announced that it was de-em-phasizing a key money target as it works to keep alive the 42-month economic expansion The action came in its revelation of revised money targets for the rest of the year The Fed plays a key role in controlling economic growth through its power over the money supply The Fed said Friday it had decided it would not set a new target for growth of the basic measure of money known as M-l saying instead it would concentrate on the growth of two broader monetary aggregates known as M-2 and M-3 This move had been expected by economists who said the concern over boosting economic growth would force the central bank to allow M-l to grow far above its original target for this year Normally the Fed would be worried that explosive growth in any portion of the money supply could rekindle inflationary pressures However at the present time the Fed believes that the need to boost economic growth outweighs An unsolved murder Joyce killer is still free By Mary Anne Lagasse Of the NEWS Staff EAST MILLINOCKET Living with an unsolved murder is frustrating for the parents of Joyce McLain The 16-year old East Millinocket girl was last seen jogging on Aug 8 1980 Two days later shortly before 7 am her body bound and partly clothed was found on a power line clearing 200 feet from the soccer field behind Schenck High School The teen-ager who knew many in this paper mill town of 2300 people and had a smile for all was described as a beautiful and talented girl who everyone liked Her brutal murder left many people wondering and why why Pam McLain of East Millinocket and Michael McLain of Millinocket wonder why six years have passed and still the slaying of their daughter is unresolved Both said they were frustrated Both parents who had a close but different relationship with their daughter wonder whether police doing their Michael McLain said he had faith in the police are supposed to be the experts they have gone to school See SIX YEARS LATER on Page 3 Sponsors of anti-deficit law try again for automatic cuts Joyce McLain got a flat tire on the way to the Supreme Court and fixing the Sen Ernest Hollings D-SC Additional detective assigned to case WASHINGTON (AP) The sponsors of the Gramm-Rudman deficit-reduction law Friday announced plans to put teeth back into the measure by replacing the automatic spending-cut provision ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court got a flat tire on the way to the Supreme Court and fixing the tire said Sen Ernest Hollings D-SC at a press conference with Sens Phil Gramm R-Texas and Warren Rudman R-NH bill must have an action-forcing said Rudman think the economy is imperiled right now by these ($200 billion-a-year) The three lawmakers said they were confident Congress would approve their plan to give the director of the Office of Management and Budget the power to order across-the-board spending cuts Those cuts are required when Congress and the president fail to meet deficit targets in the law which is designed to balance the budget by fiscal 1991 Using an executive branch officer to order the cuts would address the main objection to He said Det Ronald Graves had been assigned as the prime investigator Pinkham confirmed that police believe they have the murder weapon but would not identify it He said that whether the case is brought before the grand jury is up to the Maine Attorney Office decision has not been he added Pinkham said he was no less optimistic about solving the crime than he was two or three years ago just can't comment on that still optimistic Again we feel we have made progress in the case We are certainly See POLICE on Page 3 By Mary Anne Lagasse Of the NEWS Staff EAST MILLINOCKET Recent information received by the Maine State Police from other agencies has resulted in an' additional detective being assigned to the six-year-old murder case of Joyce McLain according to Lt Ralph Pinkham Pinkham commander of the Maine State Police northern criminal division said the bits of information received from other police agencies needed to be checked into He said the information came from an in-state agency and an out-of-state police agency the original law the senators said In its ruling the Supreme Court said the Gramm-Rudman law violated the separation of powers doctrine because an officer of Congress the comptroller general ordered the executive branch to make the cuts The lawmakers said they rejected one possible legal remedy to change current law so the comptroller general could be fired by the president Too many lawmakers objected to that since the comptroller heads the General Accounting Office an investigatory arm of Congress they said See SPONSORS on Page 2 I Judge again runs afoul of judicial committee Engineering school proposal to be voted on by trustees The verdict: she was right DENVER (AP) A woman who described herself as a psychic and was excused (rom a jury after announcing she already knew the verdict predicted in a sealed note to the judge that the defendant would be found guilty and he was Daryl Keith Pitts 18 was convicted Thursday of burglary two days after District Judge Robert Fullerton released Lynette Todd from jury duty Fullerton opened the note in chambers watched by lawyers on both sides and all 12 jurors who learned of the note only after returning their own verdict Todd told of the news at her job as a secretary at St Joseph Hospital said she knew as soon as she saw Pitts that he was guilty national media attention for his tough stance in jailing juveniles and debtors He said in his letters to the Bangor Daily News the Maine Sunday Telegram and the Central Maine Sentinel that he has never caught the bug I call minimumitis All I have contracted are judicial headaches heartaches and Judge Benoit In the letters to the editors and his answer to the Judicial Committee Benoit said the Code of Judicial Conduct specifically allows judges to write lecture teacn and participate in other activities concerning the law the legal system and the administration of The Judicial Committee said the By Bruce Hertz Somerset Bureau SKOWHEGAN Judge John Benoit Jr of the 12th District Court Skowhegan and Farmington has again been accused of violating the canons of the Maine Code of Judicial Conduct The allegation stems from writing letters to three Maine newspapers disputing and criticizing an overturn of his sentencing of drunk drivers The Committee on Judicial Responsibility and Disability said the timing of those letters violated three canons of the Judicial Code On Friday Benoit answered the charges of the Judicial Committee which is a watchdog organization of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court A public hearing on the allegations will be held Friday Sept 12 in a courtroom of the Augusta District Court The 54-year-old judge has gained By Nancy Garland Of the NEWS Staff The key figures in the continuing debate on whether a four-year electrical engineering program should be established at the University of Southern Maine have come to an informal agreement and trustee Francis Brown thinks that agreement has a chance for approval at the Monday July 21 meeting of the board of trustees Details of the proposal are sketchy but it means that eventually the University of Southern Maine could have its own four-year electrical engineering college if trustees approve the proposal Monday Members of the electrical engineering faculty at the University of Maine registered frenzied protest earlier in the week over a compromise proposal on the electrical engineering question likely to have been suggested by ex-Chancellor Jack Freeman at meeting proposal called for a joint electrical engineering program between UM and the University of Southern Maine but specified that new faculty for the program would be hired through the School of Applied Science at the southern Maine campus UM faculty members said the idea of allowing the University of Southern Maine to hire the electrical engineering faculty suggested that the southern Maine campus would have control of the entire program an issue that has caused controversy between the Orono campus and the University of Southern Maine for several years On Friday following a long meeting the day before in the office of Harlan Philippi interim chancellor the Orono faculty members were calm They refused to give details of a new proposal worked out during the meeting with Philippi the day before least not screaming (in outrage) about said Carleton Brown UM electrical engineering professor Norman Smith dean of the Department of Engineering and Science at UM said the agreement contains many points of a compromise proposal drafted last spring at Orono The proposal called for UM faculty to teach certain electrical engineering courses at the southern Maine campus but for control of the program to remain at Orono Smith termed meeting a long and constructive one He gave credit to Philippi who turned the meeting from a stormy to a productive session we came up with is satisfactory to them (University of South- See TRUSTEES on Page 2 See BENOIT on Page 2 Ucend dost potto? pottf longer Mom 04401 PwfclKOiton ember (UVS 041000) NYC students learn about Maine firsthand Statewide Edition Sunny through Sunday Highs in 80s Lows in 60s Details on Page 2 joyment bubbles from their conversation and enthusiastic response to the different stimuli Twenty-one lOth-grade students from Seward Park School in New York City are taking two courses at MCI this summer and getting enrichment through trips around Maine The New York City Scholarship Program screened 100 students for selection and assignment of the 21 students to the MCI summer school According to Ronald Bessey director of the summer school these lish sociology and American history Bessey said he regarded the summer school as good to a program that would grow over the years The students said the courses at MCI are quite different from the 6nes taught In New York City Revira said it was rare for them to be assigned to read a book in English classes back home In the intense See MCI on Page 13 students have been judged to be underachievers Bessey who has been a dormitory counselor at MCI for many years said this group is by far the easiest to manage and they are eager The students are taking courses in English-language arts and environmental science Another 14 students from Pittsfield Burnham and Detroit are taking courses during the day at MCI in science algebra Eng By Bruce Hertz NEWS Mid-Maine Bureau PITTSFIELD Jason Revira and Vincent Fabre are city kids Their summers are spent on the streets in the- heavy air and noise of the polyglot' You don't have to ask Jason Vincent Lisa Wong or Sharae Nobles if they like the cultural shock of spending four weeks at Maine Central Institute in Pittsfield for summer school Tfieir appreciation and en sale: 82765 14 imr r-.