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their cli RECIPIENTS must be seen more often particularly those who may have flexible Incomes Earnings of recipients will have to be substantiated to moreex actly determine their LeVecque said that comput ers could help in office paper work freeing many from their desks to spend more time in the field contact the The program Is set up so that all recipients pay a portion of their own money for food stamps The remainder is fund ed federally More on STAMPS Page 2 of public education costs comes from a uniform statewide prop1 erty tax and from the general fund which derives its reve nues from broad based taxes Towns having property with low valuations get a larger chunk of state aid than those with high taxable real estate Municipalities raise their share of education costs through the property tax More on REPEAL Page 2 would provide funds to Maine students on an equal dollar oasis The enacted attempt to establish equal educational opportunity by pro viding all towns with a basic amount to spend using the same tax effort Longley said he continued to support that ob jective The 50 per cent share since 1969 according to Ray 'nearly 200 cystic fibrosis By ELLIOTT POTTER (Sentinel Staff) A Maine Department of Human Services official reports that about 16 per cent of persons who receive food stamps are not get ting what they should Paul LeVecque Income main tenance manager for the De partment of Human Services says most mistakes are due to food stamp recipients who are underpaying or overpaying for their stamps Those eligible are required to pay a percentage of their in come based on earnings ability to obtain the stamps But chang es in earnings and the complexity in itemizing deduc tions contribute to a food stamp mistake rate that LeVecque By DANIEL BEEGAN AUGUSTA Maine (AP) Gov James Longley called Thursday for repeal of school funding law because of the multi million dollar deficit it has created and said he may convene the legislature in January to act on that request we are all aware the continuing series of deficits caused by education spend ing has 'exerted massive pressure on our ability to hold the line (on state taxes) This is not a problem we can put be hind Longley said the deficit caused by the law which set up a formula for state assistance to cities and towns for the cost of public education may reach $35 million He said it was $20 millibh when he took office That deficit was paid by loans from the retir ment fund and by advancing money from this alloca tion Because of a provision re quiring the state to match local expenditures no one can pre dict the exact size of the defi cit Longley said situation is even more serious than the erosion of our financial stability and ability to plan spending the independent governor said way in which this legis lation has functioned in' prac tice has resulted in a huge loss of public confidence in the Governor Takes Carter To All Longley To Seek Repeal ormer Georgia 1 Oi School undmg Law Addressing Waterville Democrats Jimmy Carter the former Georgia governor who is cam paigning for the Democratic nomination for president ad dressed more than 100 Democrats Thursday noon during an hour long visit to Waterville Carter greeted Elm City residents in The Concourse before attending a luncheon at the Silent Woman Restaurant (Sentinel Photo by Dick Max well) manner in which we are sup porting education And more importantly a backlash which involves not only dollars but' the entire education community has begun to take Longley said he has asked the Education inance Com mission chaired bystate Sen David Huber almouth develop an alternative that would place an exact dollar limit on state spending and I Maine Swing AUGUSTA Maine (AP) ormer Georgia Gov Jimmy Carter said Thursday en ter every Democratic presiden tial primary will remain in the race to the end and want to be vice president Carter predicted that at the close of the last' presidential primary there will be two can didates left with a serious chance of winning the Demo cratic nomination and he will be one of them He spec ulate' on who the other candi date would be At a brief meeting of Demo cratic party leaders legislators and labor representatives Car ter said he decided to seek the presidency three years ago He said he has been encouraged by the response to his campaign He told the meeting one of several on his day long swing through Maine that his ex perience as governor forms a strong base to serve as presi dent Later at a reception before about 200 persons in Portland Carter was introduced by for mer Maine Gov Kenneth Curtis who praised him for his administrative ability his knowledge of government oper ations and his concern for people was always at the top of his class among the said Curtis Carter told his Portland sup porters that one primary ques tion in determining the outcome of next election will be whether government can be hones) open fair During the Augusta stop on his daylong campaign swing through Maine Carter said that 4 More on CARTER Paige 2 1 A TV ria tell i Mg flf 18 InWw 5 QHbB KgaHEHslMroM 3 JMh Georgian Charms Local Democrats By CLAYTON LaVERDIERE (Sentinel Staff) Central Maine Democrats got an intimate glimpse Thursday of a sandy haired Georgian named Jimmy Carter and they liked what they saw And they obviously liked what they heard as Carter who is running hard for the Democratic presidential nomination made a whirlwind visit to Waterville to bring a message of respon sible government and restored American confidence served one listener "He was straight and shows a lot of truth and what we need were some of the comments heard following hour long visit More than 100 Democrats gathered at the Silent Woman Restaurant to greet the 51 year old former governor of Georgia who was in Maine Thursday to visit eight cities and open his presidential campaign head quarters in Portland Nattily dressed in a pin stripe gray suit CaHer calmly fielded an array ot questions that ranged from solar energy to probes of the Central Intelli dicated that his audience gave him an for candor He grinned when he asked his listeners to elect a president who happens to be nuclear engineer who grows peanuts in CARTER UNDERLINED role as an important testing ground for presidential contenders stating that the first New England state to give candidates the opportunity to test themselves against one an intend to be he said calmly The man who last year was governor of Georgia said his or ganization is being built an unshakable base for There was only a trace of a southern drawl as he talked More on DEMS Page 2 ob gence Agency The reaction in (Sentlnel Staff) A banner year is shaping up for Waterville merchants as the 1975 Christmas shopping season moves into high gear With less than 'two weeks remaining downtown Waterville was swarming with shoppers clutching packages Thursday afternoon scurrying from store to store A glance at The Concourse where motorists fought for parking stalls all day long as they have increasingly in recent days dispelled any doubt that Christmas could be far off And even though Castonguay Square was bare of snow and the temperature was unseason ably mild Thursday afternoon Santa Claus arrived and began listening to young voices describe "what they want for MacPhee executive vice president of the Greater Water ville Area Chamber of Com merce MacPhee said schedule permits him to greet youngsters there from 1 to 4 pm and 6 to 8 pm daily ex cept Saturdays through Christmas eve Throwing the switch lighting up house and the nearby Christmas tree upon jolly arrival was three year old Jennifer Bagley the 1976 Maine Cystic ibrosis Poster Girl Jennifer is the daughter of David and Shirley Bagley of Albion Also present at the brief midafternoon ceremonies in addition to MacPhee were Mayor Richard Carey and Peter McKenney executive director of the state Cystic ibrosis chapter patients in Maine and the estimated 2500 other lung diseased children in the As the line of eager youngsters waiting to see SapLa 'lengthened MacPhee said that Elm City businesses were doing fantastic was a record he said some stores are ahead of He also announced that beginning Monday Waterville will be open evenings until 9 pm to accommodate the swelling crunch of shoppers A telephone survey of six major Waterville businesses later bore out Mac assessment that this is indeed a very good year don't know where getting it but people are spending a lot more money this year than they did last year" one department store manager reported are saying the same thing: 'Business Is As the peak selling period of the year the Christmas season can mean the difference be tween profit and loss for retailers for the year as a whole Another local businessman pointed out that while other parts of the nation are still struggling out of recession the local economy has bounced back and is in fine shape merchandise Is moving he said are domestically manufactured goods We have it better here than they do in other sections of the Record amounts of Christmas Club monies being returned and subsequently fed into the local economy are another factor to explain the bright picture this year MacPhee said Mum Teamster Jailed The Maine Lottery Commission winnhTuXrt JJjg Qf JJof 3 RCcl(llC(l By CHARLES CAIN has been placed under security Good Morning! Weather Today Sunny Partly cloudy Satur day (ull Report on Page 3) Sentinel Indcxl Amusement 9 Horoscope 22 Classified 24 27 Jumble 22 Comics 22 Living 10 11 Crossword 22 Obituaries 2 Dear Abby 10 Sports 12 14 Editorials 4 Sportsmen inancial 27 Say 5 Heloise 11 Television 5 Today's Chuckle DETROIT (AP) A Team ster the government regards as vital to its investigation into the disappearance of James Hoffa was jailed Thursday after being found in contempt of court for failing to testify be fore a federal grand jury Stephen Andretta 40 of Little erry NJ who holds a $25 000 a year post withTeamsters Local 560 of Union City NJ made a seven minute appear ance before the grand jury but declined to answer any ques tions Meanwhile in Newark NJ federal investigators said they were preparing to dig up ar landfill in a search for body They said they had from an infor mant they would find a body possibly in Dump a 60 acre site near Jer sey City The informant was identified The garage attendant took a by sources as an organized look at the battered car and crime boss serving a prison then told its driver: We term just wash cars we iron The secret Informant who them'! 4 told his story to members of the US Organized 1 so tight that initial plans to bring him to Detroit for ques tioning were rejected He is now in protective custody out side New Jersey sources said It was not determined when digging would begin At the grand jury session in Detroit US District Court Judge Ralph reeman ordereda transcript of the abbreviated morning proceedings to be read in open court so he could hear reasons fqr refusing to be quizzed According to the transriijl Robert Ozer head of the Or ganized Crime Strike orce In Detroit led off the questioning of Andretta in the grand jury More on HOA Page 2 Inside 7 Interview With Mrs Longley Ii 8 Crime Strike orce in Newark SANTA has been hi his temporary reception room at Castonguay Square every year will soon get used to McKenney said will represent the LOOKS LIKE a banner year for another A SPOKESMiYN from another More on SANTA Page 2 Santa Claus Arrives In Castonguay Square 55 aSI ft I "A Three year old Jennifer1 Bagley of Albion 1976 Maine Cys Santa Claus suddenly appeared Mrs Shirley Bagley held herTicTibrosis poster girl flipped tlnrsvitdi'tuniing on Christ daughter as mas lights at Castonguay Square Thursday afternoon as Mayor Richard Carey (Sentinel Photo by Jan Willette) 1 A I.