Word: rison
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...totally different bargaining position from any the down-Easters had ever had before. "We have the oil industry over one of its own barrels," cracked House Majority Leader Har rison L. Richardson. As a result, a bipartisan legislative committee, helped by Governor Curtis' staff, confidently wrote tough new bills to control the future industrial development of Maine. One measure provides for a $4,000,000 fund to finance the cleanup of any oil spills. The companies will have to pay a half-cent levy on every barrel of oil they move into or out of Maine-a prospect that...