Dump truck bill would shutter small trucking firms
At a Senate committee hearing in Annapolis on a Department of Transportation proposal to end the weight per axle limits for dump and garbage trucks, owners warn it would strip their fleets and force shutdowns. Testimony cites replacement costs of over 1 million per firm and annual per-vehicle expenses, while supporters cite bridge protection and alignment with federal rules.
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Truman regrets salvo to music critic over daughter Margaret
The former president Harry S Truman acknowledged that his 1949 note to Washington Post critic Paul Hume, lambasting his Margaret Truman review, was “probably” regrettable. He recalled the incident in 1958 and in a diary entry said he would not have acted that way if he had thought it through.
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Labor department plan draws mixed Maryland reaction
Gov. Harry Hughes proposes a Department of Labor, Employment and Training by moving the Employment Security Administration from Human Resources. Sen. Fred Markus warns of a labor-dominated agency. Sen. Julien Lapides fears vulnerability to politics. Aide Emer Johnson defends the plan, saying the legislature retains unemployment control and better focus for welfare and job programs. Kalman Hettleman and Ruth Massinga support the restructuring at a joint hearing.
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Space cloud may confirm missing mass theory
Cornell University researchers report a gigantic neutral hydrogen cloud outside a galaxy, rotating at 50 miles per second and about 30 million light years away. The cloud, as massive as a large galaxy, suggests unseen matter providing gravitational pull, supporting the missing mass hypothesis.
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