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Sports Extra: batting cage hu JL AUGUSTA MAINE 30C OLDEST NEWSPAPER 36 PAGES March 20 1986 New Contra package offered rights violations or drug smu Under the plan all types of military aid would be permitted after 90 days if the leftist Nicaraguan government does not negotiate seriously wit By ROBERT PARRY Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) president Reagan scrambling for votes to win $100 million in military aid to Nicaraguan rebels offered Congress on Wednesday a possible compromise that would limit the assistance to weapons training and logistics for the first 90 days- With today's showdown House vote expected to be extremely dose the White House gave congressmen a draft executive order that they said Reagan would sign if the $100 million was passed The draft order would restrict the first 90 days of aid to the Contra rebels to weapons defense against air training in small-unit warfare and logistical aid The aid would be stopped if the rebels engaged in human new proposal made him more likely to vote for the $100 million In a statement accompanying the draft order Reagan said he favored a negotiated solution with the leftist Nicaraguan government and that of my request for additional assistance does not mean that a military solution is While the House debated a frpsh appeal to avoid the use of force in the Central American was made in Washington by the eight-nation Contadora group of Latin American countries seeking a peaceful settlement in the area Speaking at a meeting of the Political Council of the Ogranization of American States Venezuelan Ambassador Edilberto Moreno said it was necessary to reiterate the obligation of all member states of the OAS solve their See: CONTRA Page 17 repeat Contras Congress could block the aid at that point but that would require majority votes in both the House and Senate Reagan then could veto such a move and it would require a two-thirds majority in each house to override him Rep Michael Barnes D-Md chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Latin America said the proposed compromise really change anything an obvious indication that the administration have the votes on the merits and grasping for ways to get some But Rep John McKeman R-Maine a swing vote said that while he was still undecided the Jgl lli 1 1 1 1 Si A -VV" Rainy day pastime sn -pit'SKs KamwbM JoumaUCHERYL DENZ Steve Sargent 9 of WaterviUe doodles 'on the rear windshield of his car while he waits for his mother to finish shopping in Augusta Tax changes eyed to fund university reform plan By FRANCIS QUINN Associated Press Writer Joseph Brennan wants to boost the sues tax on lodging places and extend the sales tax on telephone service to cover out-of-state phone calls to help finance a 15-million reform plan for the University of Maine legislative and administration officials said Wednesday Brennan also is expected to call for a doubling of the bank franchise tax and another change to reinforce the application of the sales tax to steel fabrication concrete production and similar services the officials said Taken together according to administration estimates those four tax changes should generate an additional $105 million annually' In addition the officials said -Brennan proposed to cover the remainder of the university appro-jffiatIonwTtlv Wgher-than-antici-pated revenues from the lottery receipts tax collections 'and a variety of other sources governor has met his obligations In funding the programs he is to present tp us said Senate President Charles Pray D-Millinocket up to the Legislature to meet its -Brennan outlined his plans for Democratic leaders Wednesday afternoon at a meeting in his State House office Throughout the day administration officials worked to refine details of the package officials said the proposing as a means of funding the (university) plan is said House Majority Leader John Diamond D-Bangor we feel comfortable with the funding mechanism The Senate chairman of the Taxation Committee Sen Donald Twitchell D-Norway said he See: TAXES Page 17 referendum enact Wardens have front row seat on life By GERRY BOYLE Central Maine Morning Sentinel THORNDIKE a Tues day morning in mid-winter ana game warden John Ford his red Maine Warden Service jacket draped on a chair is beginning his annual talk to the law and society class at Mount View High School can tell you that a game warden' has a front row seat on Ford says see the good things in the country The tragic things in the country But not really a job doing what I enjoy A district warden for some 15 years Ford mention that he was in effect grounded by superiors when he went ova the annual mileage allotted him on his Warden Service pickup last December Nor does he air his gripes about the he says led to the resent work schedule which mits wardens to a 4216-hour work week A stricter schedule forced him last fall to sit in his house while night-hunters worked fields nearby But when Ford says he loves his job he means it And therein lies the paradox of Maine Warden Service today changes have forced structure on previously flexible' work schedules The long-standard retirement at half pay after 20 years of service has been eliminated Fish and game regulations have become' increasingly complex Although many of the game wardens are openly critica of the changes of the past two years most say they trade the job for anything me not says Ford not doing a job doing what I want to do1" Maine is divided by the Warden Service into five divisions encompassing 92: districts Established according to the amount of game and the extent of use by sportsmen the districts range from 150 square miles in York County to 500 square miles in northon parts of the state Districts have shifted ova the years as logging and the use of all-terrain vehicles have opened up more areas of the state to sportsmen Manpower is shifted more temporarily to accommodate specific trends like the moose season or deer season and the related game population changes they cause says Chief Warden Col John Marsh Each of the five 'Warden Service divisions headquartered in Gray Augusta Bangor Greenville and Ashland is manned by a lieutenant and three sergeants Each of the sergeants supervises six game wardens the bread and butter the nuts and Marsh says the one who carries the These 95 officers (two re women) are the policemen of the Maine woods who enforce fish and game laws and environmental regulations run scarch-and-res- cue efforts and help with biological surveys For decades wardens have checked hunting and fishing licenses examined game and fish and searched for poachers They are called to auto accidents involving deer and moose and respond to reports of everything from dogs chasing deer to raccoons stuck in chimneys But more re cently they have found themselves spending more time checking snowmobile boat and ATV registrations Regulations are more complex Game management is more sophisticated This ice fishing regulations for example wae published in a 23-page pamphlet which includes special rules for each county and Icita and number codes Tor each body of water Additionally sportsmen are more knowledgeable says Marsh and expect more from the Warden Service The result he says is that the wardens have had to go from "a surveillance-type enforcement to a reactive-type of used to be that we could to the pond and stand behind spruce tree and look with the Marsh says everybody appeared to be obey ing the law leave Now the flshaman goes to his Trout Unlimited meeting and says pond? Why wasn't a warden on that II THURSDAY iexat ideas Local attorney Severin Beliveau running to become governor wants to work as a leader on the municipal landscape as well through active cooperation with the capital city PagC Energy proposals Three firms have been invited to submit proposals for 300-ton per day and 430-ton per day trash-to-energy plants by members of the Bath-Brunswick Area Refuse District and an Augusta advisory panel Page 6 mam Maine Yankee bill As a state senator prepared to introduce a bill calling for a third referendum on shutting down Maine Yankee Gov Joseph Brennan said he needs' to know more about shutdown effects Page 30 Rail strike injunction Superior Court judge issued a permanent injunction -Wednesday to prevent striking I workers at Maine Cehtral -i' Railroad from causing' violence or vandalism and to stop company employees from aggravating men on the picket line Page 30 Budget proposal OK'd The Senate Budget Committee on Wednesday approved a bipartisan fiscal 1987 budget' that would significantly cut President Reagan's military i spending request and call for more than $18 billion in tax page'26 Burned woman honored A woman who has been ostracized because of disfiguring bums on her face is now being honored for saving neighbors from a similar fate when their 1 house burned Page 29 OPEC asks for help Mexico and four other ident oil producers stung be collapse of prices told pleading OPEC leaders Wednesday they wanted to help the beleaguered cartel reverse the slide Page 16 independ by the ct Iq-erb NCAA playoffs Play continues in the NCAA Regional basketball playoffs tQmght to see which eight teams will advance 1 Page 19 NTT basketball The quarterfinals of the National Invitational Tournament resume tonight with the winners making the trip to Madison Square Garden next Monday night Page 19 Parish leads Celtics Robert Parish scored a season-high 28 points and grabbed 17 rebounds as the Boston Celtics set a franchise record of 22 consecutive home victories by crushing the Indiana Pacers 127-108 in an NBA game Wednesday night Page 22 LU Mostly sunny south and partly I sunny north today Windy and much colder Temperatures near 20 and falling north and in the uppet 20s and 30s and falling south Mostly clear tonight low 5 above to 3 below north and zero to 13 south Sunny Friday high mostly in the 20s Page 2 Wednesday's winning Tri-State Lottery numbers were: 346 9261 Amusement Adsaa27 Ann Landers 8 Classified Ads 30-35 COmiCS CrOSSWOrd aaaaaaaa a aaa28 Community Life 8 Horoscope 28 Marriage 12-13 Obituaries 2 Opinion 4-3 Sports 19-24 Stock Market 29 TV 28 I porn ban icy is if the people want it la them -vote on he said But several lawmakers are considering just such a move some because they like the anti-pornography bill some because they think the issue is headed for the courts anyway and the sooner the bet ter and some for political reasons members pf the Legislature feel this issue has been set up to dominate the 1986 elections and wonder if we have the responsibility to (hold) those elections without a vitriolic and emotional said Rep Edward Kane D-South Portland House chairman of the Judiciary Committee See: PORNOGRAPHY Page 2 In many cases the price of comprting long distance service is Iowa than what charges' though consumer advocates urge consumers to shop before deciding and to study their calling pattans carefully before choosing a company Ballots in the Augusta area will be sent March 28 and must be returned by April 28 NET said The new service will take effect in late June Customers who fail to choose one of the two long distance carriers will be arbitrarily assigned to one of' them on Sept 11 New England Telephone had scheduled similar balloting in Bangor and in the Camden-Rockland area for late last year but no carria other than wanted to serve those exchanges so the vote was canceled Howeva MCI has since decided it would like to serve the Camden-Rockland area and a vote there will be scheduled soon MCI's Noyes said thl lack of interest was because didn't have the facilities available to us to provide quality service in Maine at that Ncilha MCI nor Sprint have physical facilities in Maine Both those telephone companies connect their interstate switching na works to Maine customers by way of leased wires Without the so-called equal access arrangements customers of those firms previously needed to dial a local or 800 numba to reach the equipment then anotha code for billing purposes With equal access the comprting careers get that information automatically challenged for Augusta market By NANCY PERRY Guy Gannett Service AUGUSTA In what may be an unprecedented move a group of key Democrats are considering bypassing a fall referendum on a statewide pornography ban by enacting the citizen-initiated question into law as written Senate President Charles Pray House Speaker John Martin and several Democrats serving on the Judiciary Committee said this week that for a variety of reasons it might make more sense to enact the pornography ban than to let voters decide the issue this fall The Maine Christian Civic League Maine will continue to be provided exclusively by New England Telephone At stake for the competing companies is a piece of a national market that totaled about $60 billion last year dominates with a 67 percent share of long-distance revenues MCI is second with about 3 percent and Sprint is third with about 2 percent according to data from McGraw-Hill Inc the publishing concan collected enough signatures to trigger action on a far-reaching bill that would make it illegal to make sell or promote obscene material in Maine A public hearing on the measure is scheduled for 1:30 pm next Thursday before the Judiciary Committee in Room 438 of the State House By law legislators must either enact the bill as written said it out to voters as written or offer a measure" for consider- ation on the ballot next fall The latter option was tested last year on a citizen-initiated question on low-level waste disposal but Deputy Secretary of State James Hender- -son said he knows of no occasion when lawmakers have opted to enact the bill The general pol- Regional Bell companies have most of the rest Both MCI and Sprint have concentrated on signing up business customers with residential service a secondary concan The capital area's biggest telephone customa the State House nas come to no decision on which carria to use says Rodney Saibna commissioner of Finance and Administration He says the state has heard no presentations from MCI on what cost benefits it might provide By BRUCE ELLISON Staff Writer AUGUSTA Telephone custom- ers in capital city -soon will be receiving ballots to choose an interstate long-distance phone company There are only two choices on the' ballot says Peter Gorman a spokes-' man for New England Telephone They are which now provides interstate service and MCI Communications which would like to do so MCI spokesman Lynn Noyes at the regional office in Rye NY said ha firm provide the same thing as including access to operators but at Iowa cost than The balloting will allow customers whose exchanges are 289 622 623 and 626 to connect with one of those companies by dialing the numba 1 plus an area code and telephone numba That concept required by the 1984 breakup of the Bell System is called equal access Only can be reached that way now Equal access came to Maine last summa in Portland where customers could choose brtween and the Sprint long distance service of GTE Corp But says spokesman Kevin Kilpatrick of Sprint that company currently does not plan to serve Augusta Both MCI and were on ballots recently mailed in Brunswick customers in Yarmouth Freeport and South Portland now are choosing among Sprint MCI and Gorman said I Long-distance service within a (Continued on Page 14) IT I 1.