PSC counsels favors charge for directory assistance
Maryland Public Service Commission's people counsel backs a plan by Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone to charge for directory assistance calls if data show few customers use the service. The company estimates the program costs about 12.2 million annually. a rate hearing would be required before any new charges.
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Baltimore
Maryland Public Service Commission
People's Counsel
Jobn K Reane Jr
PSC
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co
C&p
Keane
Marsin Mandel
General Assembly
Feane
Navy seeks blockade of shoreline waters near Chesapeake Bay Bridge
The Navy seeks a permit to block 3 to 4 miles of Carrs Creek and adjacent shoreline from public use along 200 to 1,000 feet offshore, citing vandalism on 91 radio towers at Greenbury Point. Critics say 200 acres of public waters would be restricted and the area is heavily used by watermen, boaters, and crabbers.
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Annapolis
Navy
Chesapeake Bay Bridge
Greenbury Point
Army Corps of Engineers
Carrs Creek
Severn River
Mill Creek
Bay Shore
Maryland Fisheries Administration
William Curten
Outten
Gynecologist Convicted of Assault With Intent to Murder
ANNAPOLIS AP Dr Stuart Christhill Jr gynecologist and Anne Arundel Bicentennial Commission chair was found guilty of assault with intent to murder in a June 21 auto dispute over permission to use a car. Judge James L Wray announced the non jury verdict. sentencing pending, max 30 years and possible medical license loss.
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Annapolis
Stuart Christhill Jr
Anne Arundel County
Gretsch
State pay raises to be examined
ANNAPOLIS AP An official of Maryland's largest public employee group says Gov Mandel will reexamine his stance that nonblanket raises mean a 5 percent hike for state workers in 1977. Edward Kreiner, executive director, urged an 18 percent raise and warned of skilled staff leaving for private industry without a substantial adjustment.
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Annapolis
Maryland
Marvin Mandel
Edward T. Kreiner
Kreier
Cost overruns in Bay Bridge project face Maryland panel
Annapolis AP report shows General Assembly watchdogs pressed Department of Transportation officials on how to prevent overruns. Assistant AG J Michael McWilliams said overruns are a fact of life, not a policy, as delays led to $4.5 million extra paid to American Bridge Division of U S Steel amid a $14.5 million claim.
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Annapolis
General Assembly
Department of Transportation
Chesapeake Bay Bridge
Department
Joint Budget & Audit Committee
J. Michael McWilliams
Department of Transporation
Del
Frank Rober
D—Ball
McWilliams
American Bridge Division
U.S. Steel
Refugees from Sor integrate in Annapolis area faces job gaps
About 200 refugees arrived in Annapolis area a year and a half ago to escape the Sor regime. now roughly 50 remain. Many lack English skills and job markets, leaving some in menial work. A 16 year old student reports racism at Annapolis High. others face language barriers and disrupted orders at work.
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Annapolis
Sor
Miss le
United States
U.S
Ngochich Thi le
Dan le
Annapolis Senior High
No Link Found Between Flu Vaccine and Paralysis in Maryland
Maryland health officials report seven Guillain Barre Syndrome cases under investigation tied to swine flu vaccine, but find no conclusive link. Three vaccinated, four unvaccinated among cases. national CDC data shows 35 linked to vaccination and 29 not, with 16 undetermined. Immunization program continues during inquiry.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Health Department
Federal Center For Disease Control
State Health Department
Settlement pushes bridge cost well above 1968 estimate
State Settlement of the claim by American Bridge lifted the 13 month old bridge cost to SH6 million about 20 million above the 1968 estimate. Raymond-Dravo- Langenfelder delays on the substructure helped raise the bill while a separate $19 million overrun claim awaits settlement. A Baltimore Harbor bridge project is under review with a 1971 estimate of 136.3 million. McWilliams expects final cost within allowable limits but does not define the term.
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American Bridge
Raymond—Dravo
Raymond — Dravo
Langenfelder
Baltimore Harbor
McWilliams
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