House Opens Hearings On Welfare Bill
Washington AP Mills heads House Ways and Means as committee begins closed hearings on Nixon family assistant plan to replace welfare. Health, Education and Welfare officials present with reform proposal covering working poor and unemployables. Mills cautions possible public hearings if changes arise and aims for three week bill finish, tying welfare reform to Social Security boost.
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Congress
Health, Education and Welfare Department
Nixon
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
House
Senate
Mills
Maryland assigns risk pool spared from big rate hike
Maryland drivers in the assigned risk pool, about 88,000, won a reprieve as Insurance Commissioner Thomas J. Hatem denied a 39.9 percent rate increase proposed by the Mutual Insurance Rating Bureau. He cited missing consideration of extra earnings from special surcharges. The plan, underwritten by all Maryland auto insurers, serves high risk motorists unable to get private coverage.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Thomas J. Hatem
Mutual Insurance Rating Bureau
Hatem
Baltimore Transit Plan Faces Senate Attack Over Costs
Maryland lawmakers debate a Baltimore rapid transit project projected at 656 million for phase one and up to 2 billion overall, with Sen. James A. Pine blasting it as a bottomless pit for tax dollars while officials question legislative approval and funding methods. Henry Hughes, head of DOT, doubts a year’s tax hike or full legislative sign off, citing planning limits and money constraints. The plan spans 28 miles from Baltimore County through the city to Anne Arundel County with a branch to Friendship Airport, provoking warnings of soaring costs and urban transport reform fatigue.
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Baltimore
Baltimore City
Maryland
James A. Pine
Senate Economic Affairs Committee
Pine
General Assembly
Harry R. Hughes
Department of Transportation
Hughes
Baltimore County
Marley
Anne ‘Arundel County
Friendship Airport
Anne Axvandel County
Hopkins students show high marijuana use says alumni mag
Johns Hopkins University students reportedly smoke marijuana at high levels, with 70 to 80 per cent cited by Johns Hopkins Magazine. The piece argues the university has largely ignored the problem, noting drugs arrived about three years earlier and are readily available from fellow students at low prices.
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Baltimore
Johns Hopkins University
Hopkins
Johns Hopkins
Homewood
Richard N. Westcott
Dr Kenneth Hovet Dies Ex UM Aide at 66
Dr Kenneth Hovet former first faculty chairman of the University of Maryland College of Education has died at 66 in Ellicott City Maryland. He died at home and funeral services will be held Wednesday at Memorial Chapel on the College Park campus with burial in Brunswick Maryland. Born in Buxton North Dakota he earned a bachelor’s at St Olaf College and a doctorate in education at the University of Minnesota in 1950. He later taught at Maryland the University of Puerto Rico New York University and Towson State College. Survivors include his widow and a son.
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Kenneth ©. Hovet
University of Maryland
College of Education
Hovet
Memorial Chapel
College Park
Brunswick
Buxton
N.D
St. Olaf College
Minnesota
Campus drug trade exposed by alumni magazine report
An alumni magazine described a campus drug trade centered on marijuana and expanded to amphetamines and hallucinogens including mescaline LSD STP and psilocybin. Police reportedly used the information to arrest three students.
PE To Spend $60 Million To Strengthen Service
The Potomac Edison Company plans a $60 million budget for 1971 to boost service reliability across Maryland Virginia West Virginia and Pennsylvania. Funds cover pollution controls at Hatfield's Ferry Harrison and R Paul Smith plants plus transmission line and substation upgrades to meet rising demand and improve interconnections with Allegheny Power System members.
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Virginia
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Pennsylvania
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Clarksburg
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Allegheny Power System
Monongahela Power
West Penn Power
Hatfield’s Ferry
Masontown
ASP
Harrison Station
R. Paul Smith
Williamsport
Doubs
Film Censorship Challenge in Maryland Court
Baltimore AP report says William Taylor, a theater owner, sued in U S District Court to end Maryland Motion Picture Censorship Board oversight. He seeks injunction against halting previews not yet approved and asks abolition of the board. The case cites First Amendment concerns after a state inspector warned arrest over unapproved trailers.
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Baltimore
United States
U.S
Maryland Motion Picture Censorship Board
William Taylor
Robert E. Smith
Taylor
Denmark
Heart Fund Dollars Fuel Medical Research Since 1949
Since 1949 more than 157 million Heart Fund dollars have been channeled into medical research aimed at conquering heart and blood vessel diseases.
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Heart Fund
Nixon Economic Report Faces Democratic Fire
Washington AP report notes Democratic leaders sharply criticize President Nixon’s economic message. They call it a fantasy world and argue it lacks use of full White House powers to curb inflation and unemployment. Democrats highlight rising unemployment and a 6 percent inflation rate, urging a more aggressive stance and possible taxes or spending cuts to balance the budget as full employment nears.
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Nixon
Congress
White House
House
Hale Boggs
Louisiana
Walter Heller
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Heller
Senate
House Economic Committee
Henry S. Reuss
D-Wis
Joint Economic Committee
Budget Tale Highlights 900000 Tunnel Funds In Maryland
Annapolis AP reports Maryland's 1972 fiscal budget contains a 900000 allocation for tunnel links among Capitol buildings to speed communications and keep lawmakers dry. The plan also funds a new House office building and renovations, plus space studies for the Jeffrey Building amid moving plans for courts and agencies.
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Annapolis
Maryland
State House
Governmental Services
House of Delegates
Senate
Capitol
Court of Appeals
Treasury
Jeffrey
Victor Frankis
State Circle
Court of Special Appeals
Department of Legislative Reference
Bowie, Coppin
Frostburg
Youth Given Life In Panther Death
Irving Young, a former Morgan State senior, was sentenced to life imprisonment for the torture murder of Eugene Leroy Anderson, a 20 year old suspected police informant. The judge rejected Young's claim of lying under oath and defense requests for a new trial.
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Morgan State
Anselm Sodaro
Irving Young
Young
Eugene Leroy Anderson
Leakin Park
Sodaro
Mori Day
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