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Marijuanacash seized inOakland South End PAGE 9 Serving Waterville Winslow Oakland airfield Northern Kennebec and Waldo county communities Cohen Defense nominee ft StenMf tatted in AMHI revives jAssofiteted Press COHEN IN 1977 Please see AMHI Page 2 Letters5 Please see REACT Page 2 Please see MITCHELL Page 2 Verses Associated Press 20050 6 4I 1014 2096 1004 1002 2000 cancy 1 Chief Justice William Rehn quist who is 72 years old has served since 1972 Justice John Paul By STEVE CAMPBELLGuy Gannett Service By DARLA PICKETT Staff Writer fl A iftatabaD rrevww hw2 Special section: The Morning Scouting Re port included in riday editions provides a look at area high school basketball and hockey teams By GARY REMAL Staff Writer By DAVE BOARDMAN Staff Writer By JOSHUA WEINSTEIN Guy Gannett Service SENTINEL Tn Clflp A holiday show is coming to the Waterville Opera House PORTLAND Shed no tears for George Mitchell President Clinton named United Nations Ambassador Madeleine Al bright rather than the former Maine senator as his choice for sec retary of state Thursday but may have another job in mind for Mitchell Unlike William Cohen former Senate colleague who suc cessfully courted the nomination to become secretary of defense Mitchell maintained his characteris tic reticence even while Washing ton was aswirl with reports that he was a contender for the highest diplomatic post Mitchell was not out there lobbying for this particular said former Maine Attorney General James Tierney The job which requires extensive travel would have been a strain on WATERVILLE President decision not to nominate former Sen George Mitchell as secretaiy of state left some home town supporters disappointed oth ers philosophical Mayor Ruth Joseph said she understand why Water hometown favorite the top choice was an easy to understand preview to a second lecture for Colby faculty Click Clack 1075 Time 1000 Weather 1001 joke 1008 6 "16198 fl set to close AUGUSTA The US Justice Department has reopened an in quiry into the operation of the Au gusta Mental Health Institute which began in 1989 and was moth balled after adoption of the so called AMHI consent decree in 1990 Justice Department officials re fused to comment on the new inves tigation But a recent letter to state officials pointed to the US Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act as the basis of their authority to conduct the review Mental Health Commissioner Melodie Peet said she believes the probe may have been restarted at the request of a member of Con gress State officials first became aware of the renewed interest of the US attorney general recently after Se nior Justice Department Trial At called a chance to enact hensive meaningful health care re Clinton appointed Stephen Brey er a Massachusetts federal judge armington Ames store WASHINGTON President Clin ton reaching out to Republicans on Capitol Hill nominated retiring Sen William Cohen of Maine on Thursday to become his new secre tary of defense After days of agonizing over the decision Clinton settled on Cohen to head the Pentagon calling him a man of intellect cre ative independence and deeply held loss will be our administrations the president told reporters at an Oval Office ceremony Clinton also named three others to his foreign policy team He nomi nated UN Ambassador Madeleine Albright as secretary of state and National Security Adviser Anthony Lake to head the CIA He also pro moted deputy Sandy Berg er to become national security ad viser Clinton who promised to appoint a Republican to his Cabinet said Cohen will help his new foreign pol icy team above The president also said Cohen will the bipartisan support armed forces must have and clearly With Cohen standing by his side Clinton said thank Senator Co hen for his willingness to cross par ty lines to make sure that Ameri ca security is there in the 21st cen tury Pend ing confir mation by the Senate which is ex pected Co hen will suc ceed De fense Secre tary William Perry who Staff photoRON MAXWELL One of ths slides shown by NASA planetary geologist Kathie Thomas Keprta Thursday was this graphic ofa meteorite hitting the planet Mre' uThomas Keprta have an in? thought it was real side track on or the said Will Richard a sixth grader aliens know right now what from airfield learned a lot of I think about intelligent life on other neat things about sne saia 1 very disappointed truly puzzled by the Joseph said late Thursday after ll noon feel thatGeorge has proven himself to be capable quali fled and could be easily confirmed by the US Senate been close to the president as majority leader and entirely loyal to the policies even when he may have had Local political observers' on the other hand said they expected hard party line probably would be the final straw that elimi nated him from the running as choice for the cabinet seat think actually that the case was that Mitchell was seen as a more partisan figure by some of the key members of the Senate and therefore would have been a tougher nomination said Anthony Corrado' associate professor of government at Colby College and a frequent national po litical commentator think he would be the nominee especially since many members (of Congress) were Re publicans when he was majority Corrado said Joseph said she only hopes there are other promises in the wings for the loyal Democrat She said she assumes that Mitchell is being eyed for another supportive role in the administration truly the best man in the The nomination of UN ambas sador Madeleine Albright came as no surprise to Corrado Albright was always one of the leading he said were three or four pretty good candidates for the posi Her gender has little to do with her selection Carrado said think that was he said was not chosen simply on the basis that she is a woman It has to do with her foreign policy ex is retiring In his new post Cohen will over see one of the largest and most complex bureaucracies in the na capital The Defense Department budget exceeds $240 billion a year and em ploys 15 million uniformed person nel and 874000 civilian workers announcement culmi nated an intense period of specula tion in Washington during which Cohen was identified as a front runner for Defense and former Sen George Mitchell of Maine was mentioned as the top contender to become secretary of state However under intense pres sure from groups Clinton selected Albright over Mitchell If confirmed Albright a former aide to the late Sen Edmund Muskie would become the first female secretaiy of state In a statement released by his of fice Mitchell congratulated Al Please see COHEN Page 2 1975 Maine Democrats dismissed speculation that nomina tion spoiled chance of get ting the job There had been some talk that Clinton did not want to nominate two former senators from Maine Tierney said the most preposterous of all the arguments I have heard Sen Co hen and Sen Mitchell are people of God be merciful unto us and bless us: and cause his face to shine upon us That thy way may be known up on earth thy saving health among all nations Let the people praise thee 0 God let all the people praise thee Psalms 67:1 3 WATERVILLE A NASA scien tist left a crowd of nearly 100 young sters awestruck and some slight ly skeptical Thursday about the possibility of life on Mars Kathie Thomas Keprta a planetary ge ologist at Johnson Space Cen ter in Hous ton Texas Mitchell still on list for post Mayor sorry Mitchell not chosen A a RBTDAV nKCMRR ney and Waterville at Colby College the fifth and sixth graders as part of the 6 year old how the discovery was Partnersnip tor Education Program She easily won over her listeners when she handed out autographed 8 by 10 glossy photographs of Mart ian bacteria she and other NASA 1 scientists say prove there has been life on the Red Planet 4 wf I rioaa President Clinton applauds as retiring Sen William Cohen Maine prepares to speak in the Oval Office of the White House on Thursday Where Clinton announced that he would nominate Cohen to become De WEATH new marriage Mitchell who is 63 and his wife are tiying to start a family That does not mean Mitchell is finished with public life is one of the most talented' to the court Dee Dee Myers Clin men in the United States and there press secretaiy said then that are many options for said can count on Sen Mitchell be close friend Harold Pa ing for any future va ID immr kiirrLtlvr nf nnMnv e' i i L11IVO A Ilium VC1J lUglllJ VI him and when people think highly of you they offer you a lot of things I wnrrv about Sen Mitchell a former federal judge Stevens who is 76 has served since probably will be considered for the next vacancy on the US Supreme Court In 1994 when Justice Harry Blackmun announced his retire ment Mitchell told Clinton to re move his name from a list of poten tial justices At the time the then Senate ma jority leader was tiying to shepherd Clinton's health care package through the Senate He said he feared leaving Congress for the court would detract from what he fense secretary If confirmed by the Senate Cohen would replace William Perrywho resigned ederal interest NorridgewockSkowhegan 634 4967 Then enter your selection number Top stories Late scores Letterman Lottery Top sports Mortgage rate hotline 1283 Lottery winners: 137 and 1588 NASA Mars scientist wows area students said Ashley Poulin 11 a sixth grader from Benton Ele mentary School Thomas Keprta was one of the NASA scientists involved in the dis covery announced this summer of 1 what they believe is evidence that 1 life has existed on Mars Their claim lies in pieces of Martian meteorites found in Antarctica that reveal what 1 appear to be fossilized bacteria But she convince everyone 7 Vicki Stubbed 11 a Benton sixth grader said before she believes in life on Mars she wants to see an video of weird sounds or something like that and we have proof that it people making those Thomas Kenrta have any tapes of Martian sounds but nnrl nncumr UUVUgU OUUC3 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