The Lewiston Daily Sun from Lewiston, Maine • 11

11 it 1 1 ThurscfcyMoming March 10 1983 ij I fi- i I iV ttjr- 'fr it I Lewiston's SOyear Debate contort with the police department In negative "grtthg strong broad baaed support la according to there to a pnsathfllty that a dedalon win be readied thte year he said if the city mafcM a on renovating the basement that derialoii win a longterm dedalon lor a number of onanewfadltty taka Issue wtth it proposal) I Just think it's beat" Goaaotin said He said be would stay wtth a recommendation made hi Hay 110 to convert the Oohe bunding tato a pottce facility Gcoadhi said dUhrhtg perspectives on how Lewiston rtundd boom Its notice department have delayed action on proposals for prodding new farflitw either In the heacment of the Ctty Butldtag or findtog a new site etoawhenate the city Aakad why the city baa taken almost 50 yean to act alter Identifying a need for new police fadHtiet Goawlln said while munidpatitlea have relatively little trouble getting pdbtte support for because It be a dap in the face to the Police He said If the can And money for other projects then tt should be able to find sufficient funds for new police facility Another councilor James Begert of Ward I was adamantly opposed to any renovation work being done in the basement saying the only change would be angle of partition and a new coat of Begert admitting there Is need for the Oty Council to art on a new potice fadltty said the conditions in the present on the He said the worst thing for the city to do would be to tabu a shortsighted approach we do It lets do It he aid It serves ai a platform to stimulate rttpcumlon said Begert of proposal Begert did not rule out action by the council on any proposal tor notice station 1 He noted that until March 15 any pnAitMw only requires a four-vote approval by the CoundL After that the budget Is finalised and any additional expenditures -require six votes for approval flg which Begert said wh unUkely on a project huge a police station pnraoBf nm adq 1 eewer systems the opposite woe true for normal potion contact la through traffic dtationa burglaries thefts and Crimea Because the Jury Convicts Landing of Manslaughter By (R2Jf CHASE Opposing opinions bm delayed fmdHliB of new facflttks hi Lewktoa rinee lSSS according to Ctty Gassdto nld he ndd on Thursday to complete i itotoi report to the Ctty Onopcfl on attstMttvo todUttoo Including proposal to convert the "former OoahOato plant Put Street "lUntoanewpottro lobe heart at I i pddk hearing on LewktaU'B prapoaed yA im imHg report win cometa the wake of a propoaat by Ward 4 Oooneaor Larry Oouttrap for the city to spend flto 000 to M0 to renovate the present police gallon and to sett the Oohe brihttag to partially recoup the coat An Aldan architect estimated five years ago that It would coat IBOOyOOO to renovate toe InprffllriM KSSSSSSS 'square feet la available In the bottom lewiofthecttyBufldin Brennan about UM The creation of a University of Maine In Lewiston Is to the LewktowAidam em AS ia a mm Dom ad aqucaqooai ado ab upflHWHMiwIopiiwiit pcnpACtfoA Got JoAepto Braun aaM Wed- very serious Abort seeing Wife project ai knowing a tour of the downtown Lewiston property proposed for redevelopment as a UM (see )- The dty officials gilded through the Peck's department stem by realtor Ralph Precopto In an Inspection deslgwd to provide Brennan with firsthand knowledge of the physical proposed for a to-nimion My tatenUop (to backing the UML proposal) Is to meet a dear community need down here" Brennan said em-phasbrtng that hta fhst priority to the project Is to Improve access to Mgwr The project extremely Important for the area" he add why crucial for to flnaltxe Its own the purchan and renovation of the property Goasetin said-usually city memben around the country reflect the opinion Ho noted that a new polka station hm been a Hgi priority on Capital Improvement Program for eeverd yean But once specifics are dkcuased always gets Cosmltw ssld a plan for the city to leaselhe renovated Coke bidding form a devdoper is atm viable Under that plan the city wodd aeB the Coke bulidb to a devdoper who would perform the necessary conversion work for art- -stantid tax breaks Ihe city would then the faefflty from the developer rs Of the City vmo the problems with the' station need to be corrected soon the councilors have dtflerent views on what efssdd be done and when any propped could be approved According forward 5 Ctty Councilor Roger PMHppon proposal MwnMIailiwiUHBihHMiehW hk concern gnwwWih needs to be PhUppon said However PUlIppan said he could not support renovating the basement ik i AuDOUpl DODA Of DA WuDGABAA 10 IDA AAW thA StAfafcftDD ttHAA WttDMAAB teagiOed thxtag the trial tbst they saw to nl ilWrf kal dumflw ijhhih MWIBU ADDA MmWuj DA UV the two men begin wrestling on the floor Mangan tried to convince the Jwy that other peopiein the bar that rijg may have bemreaponsUe tor the stobbtag Witnesses add to people were at the bar that night and abort a donen formed a ring around Landtag and Levesque when they started flddtag spectators dom enoutfi to the fight to have committed the stabbing but others wuh that the apectaten dktat ta-terfere wtth the fifftt During bk ctoetng' argxnent to the Jury Tuesday Assistant Attorney General Fernand laRnrhrite said the evidence dktat support Ihe theory that a third party had stabbed Levesque testimony dear when they started Adding they Adding cumbered by It" said Bens who noted that the service now hm no staff to produce local prodmuntag and any eovengekdOHMavohndeerbaals wyhiMiii that tatevkhd-tiie council merthw and other' events pooribte becaum a tehn Une raw fkom the Ctty Hall ares where proposal) I just dart think It's Gosselin dty administrator aloneJust the two of laRochrile Bd Mangan referred to the eonftteting stories of the wttneaees and the confusion in the bar that right looking baateafly at a lot of Mangn said arguing that no one magy knows what happened that nltfd at the Sea Nest Two women who uhrinfctered first aid to Levesque after the fldd said hk heart had stepped besting and efforts to revive Mm failed Leveeque wh taken to Central Maine Medical Center where Dr Arthw to begin Although be suffered brain became of a lack of oxygen to hk brain lived tor more than two store succumbing to hk hi- Juries He died Nov 15 Just before Lanring ByTAMMYEVES tom Staff Writer Albert Thoms landing of Lewkton was found gnOty of manat aughter Wettaesdar seven months after he alleged to have tetany stabbed a man at a duwutown Lewkton bar An Andoaeogglu County Stgerior Court jury dHttwrated tom huias before announcing thfe guilty verdict at pm DefenH attorney Ihomm Mangan said the conviction wfll be appealed ijmWiig si pff a maximum sen-of IB years to prison Sentencing continued to March to to allow time of to death SLyearrtd Part Levesque of Lewkton white they wen fitting last Sept I at the Sea GrtTs Neat on Lkbon Street Leveaqne wh stabbed tom times tatheteftchestandneckarea i jinting hm im atnot that he didn't have a knife that nlgfrt and he stab Levesque 'I Lewiston City Council Sessions Are Local Programming Opens up wh to go on trial for attempted murder to murder and the trial charge wh later delayed The to Friends and retattvm of both Landing and Levesque attendodJho tourday trial and preakUng Justice Louk Scofadk warned the gpedidon not to respond to the verdict to be no reaction whatsoever to the verdict and the Jury not to be Interfered wtth to any way they leave the Scoinik said After the verdict Mangan asked that the six men and ate women on the Jury be polled They air said flee guiUy verdict wh their vBwHa Arguing there was Insufficient evidence for a conviction Mangan moved for a Judgment of acquittal notwithstanding the verdict Scoinik denied the motion TV-bound L-ACooperation Called Key time hm long since passed Out Lewkton and Adsm can to be separate Lewkton dty'coundlarswho usually meet every other Iheaday at City Hall mav soon be ako meetina In the ttvlnn of ana tehirtekin auf lean general mimumer of AdamaRmCUdevkton of Lewkton aid hk company win moot ttkety begin broadcarting the Lewkton Ctty Council meetings on Us prtdtoaccees channel thk year to Rs aidwrribers agendm and tbe results of meetings Bertibe said there hn been little talk of doing more than that because Hta both can and own situation have a problem with staff i of the service wows tor toed programming can As pert of It hm I prtiltr sccbh fhantwls can ik nmi apace i wmw to three wider the contract Myiipnn( available to wtth the cities communtty- groups Officiate of both dties said Wednesday Interested in the broadcasting tool tiw dtks have never tothrir knowledge Bean said the aervlce recently gave Its aefcedtousetheequipmentontbelrown lyHpnwet to Junior Achievement of However Dennk Lemkux Lewktonuburn which hm a company osalrtant city manager said dffirlato aponaorad by Adams-RuaadlIn ad-then have talked abort woridng wtth diUon Ben said be wh recently contacted by Lewkton School Department officiate who want to use the service In the school system possibly some outside agency to taka charge of toed programming on the Raonttog the City Hall (be lace to the Police Department" dtycouodhr "Serious" Lewiston togWattfe tor the project In Augwta adding win make it easier tor local kids to get to He said Lewiston and Adbpn for their efforts to create the project andseeHthnughtoaeonciuBion Referring to statewide media confusion about the pcedas nahnw of hk State of the State proposal to ap propriate mllliou to the new budget Brennan said the tends would be an aresial state contributlonto the coats rt the Lewiston fadltty The first appropriation he said wodd laqr materiak and equtementkrtheschooL Referring to charges that a Lewiston facility wodd data reoourcea bom other parts of the UM gystem the governor said know people are about the cost of the and shod how much they're for the system as a whole but I think that riusdd preclude us forever tan doing something In higwr tour represented positive step tor UML to the political controversy amroundlng the proposed compos according to Lewkton Mayor Pad Dionne He said the governor hm given the project hk continuous commttmed since It was first proposed lastJdy certain hm other each ako For Include buildings and grounds emergency procedures and extra-cwTicrfaractmtks MaUnrtd laid he emphartiw two A IDA pOmOB MCMT ofSookBura Lout said the routine drtks performed by Wade level prindpak were being don prior to the recrgsnhatten white staff CbomlttAA iiAobAi AihAd a i of queAttm coocAndDg dtodpttoA with some qpedflMlly referring to stories they had heard abort cafeteria food fights Grade level Principal Wrtdey XflAMyfi IRD QOOBvA DA GHelwnii replied that then tUnw do happen on orcaakn but that the vart majority of J- a a ImWIW OP PADAfA mWIWAADB of populatioaHtaoodetyH a whole will Isreak the rules Mallnskl Jim Miller the half-time ad-mlnktrrtnr at Walton said he sen hk tele a "counselor" rather thn a to view their action from the per-t speettve of others One commtttoe ako asked abort the decline tadmpeut rates tart are being counseled before teavtag students teavtag school are being kept The fhopert trend wH be better knom In a lew years he added to wort for asen (dropout rate)-" ho added that Auburn's Secondary School Administratbn Reorganization Seen Accomplishing MM Jtm plana reflect con- to the present rtudlQ tinuing efforts to get more Inyrtved to Broedcaate can be made from rtmort promiunmhig on the on any location along that pribitoaceem channel available ac- travek by Kennedy rut and Central canting to Bean Matae Youth Center Its way to the The meeting broadcasts will be undertaken by Cablevhion Uadi not the city The service bn already broadcast live because no local hockey games at Central Main Un back to Youth Center a local softball tournament events at tort year's ffcaneo-American Festival and more the service plana to teed hockey nest year's nancAmericaa Festival and live higbecbool football thk fall try to do much (local broad- available to the dtks on a atm he add it possible an orgaukstioo such LPL Plus APL would be asked by the Ctty Council to take charge of local prowamming on channel 13 for the dty but could pooattdy come about in the "next couple of years" Lewkton Ctty Cktk Gerald Berube said offirtate there have using the pddic access channel to broadcast upcoming City Council By ANDREA CRONKTO km 8taff Writer The reorganization of not quite two years old nc-xomptiehtag Its fadended goals says PrtndprtPaul JMallnokL Secondary admtaklraten met with the School Committee Wi about the of admtnktrstan and their I j' Before My of Utt there were a Edward little High School and a pVBKAI ADO AMIIADI RIJWNU Walton School tor a total of five secondary admtaktndors With the worgHliation Mattnekt aervee -pchdclpel of secondary achoote There are ako tar fade level prindpak (three rt EL and on rt Walton) plus a hatt-time admtaktratar at Walton tor a total of Stepoattkna lUtosddHddikm bemwett woStoa 1 more thn a hatfanodmtatotrrtofs He hnttmtod that he felt the gyrtam wh trrtT Wedoesday nd committee Chairman Richard Wllllamaoa said the system wffi probably continue to be on trial tor a fWIA DDKU IDA pUK PCVOAMA IDA Oorp President Stephen Austin told 150 ABDC memben at the amawl meeting Wbdtaesdsy nlgd time bn come to put all tiw old differences aside and develop our area Into Bm Hfnnnwili mH cultural center to the said Following the same theme Auburn Mayor Peter Whitmore ndded lot of the previous political differences over the yean have ben put to steep a lot hm been done to Improve between the two dties one economic Whitmore said together we will succeed and Austin turned over the gavel to 19S3 ABDC President -George Hem at the meeting which stao saw the otortlon of nine new corporation dtneton tor three-year terms Austin's to the past said Lewiston-AUburn Economic Growth Council executive director John Turner that an organization foitowi Its -Austin ettad the creation of a revolving loan flsid and-the completion of five buataem loan totalling MMJMO well ABDC sigport of the recently tended ethanol plant major aeeompltahmente 01 DIB WlD AS prawNDL Newly elected directors Indude' Nornun Albert Nathaniel Bowdttch KaQy Wanda Calder Jobn Brtlrte Gerry Rouaaeau Greg Whitney Ralph Hodgktoa Sherry Dunham and Roy WQlk each' at the prtelnd prin-lor such Items Marriage Licenses AUBURN Rebecca Murray ChaskaR Mttchei Jr 31 Dexter SL I.