Maryland senator proposes daily hospital tax for malpractice fund
Reader letter criticizes State Senator Melvin Steinberg for a bill to tax each day of hospitalization to raise a $10 million fund for medical malpractice insurance. The writer warns the plan shifts costs to patients, benefiting doctors and lawyers while harming the sick. They question feasibility and fairness and suggest alternative funding ideas.
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Melvin Steinberg
Maryland
Steinberg
California
Haenstale
Blue Cross
Urban greenhouse plan to cut costs and energy use
Canton Ohio couple Frank and Carol Breckbill, leaders of Research Resource, urge turning city waste into methane and compost for urban greenhouses. They envision a hundred tons of daily garbage fueling a new industry with vegetables, alcohol, and renewables, echoing a Soviet model and calling for public input.
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Canton City
R-R
Leningrad
Ussr
Garden
Eden
Breckbills
Frederick High Faces Hanover In Key Maryland Game
Preliminary plans were laid at a Francis Scott Key Hotel dinner for the 13th annual Maryland and Delaware Reladers Association convention to be hosted in Frederick City. Frederick High School’s cage team, with Bob Miller and Bill Wachter in the lineup, aims to turn back Hanover High on the local court as coach W D K Aldridge notes a close, well matched contest. DeMolays defeat Hagerstown 36 to 23 on Frederick High School’s floor, aided by Kline and Rowe’s stout defense in the second half.
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Francis Scott Key Hotel
The
Maryland and Delawhare Relasers Association
Frederick City
Bob Miller
Starcemer
Bill Wachter
W.D.K. Aldridge
Frederick High School
Hanover High
Frederick
Hagerstown
Hub City
Kline
Rowe
Written opinion upholds Frederick Shopping Center ruling
In January the Frederick City Board of Zoning Appeals filed a written opinion at City Hall authored by Charles Price and concurred by Jonn Ed Schell L Homer Miller Ira F Ray and Roger B Wolfe. The document details how the planning commission and city engineer decisions were reached. Wilbur VanSant new Baltimore Association of Commerce president will address Frederick Chamber of Commerce dinner at the Francis Scott Key Hotel. VanSant heads the advertising firm VanSant Dugdale & Company. A large crowd attended the Washington's Birthday GOP Club of Frederick County banquet.
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Frederick
City Hall
Charles Price
Jonn Ed Schell
L. Homer Miller
Ira F. Ray
Roger B. Wolfe
Planning Commission
Wilbur
Vansant
Baltimore Association of Commerce
Frederick Chamber of Commerce
Francis Scott Key Hotel
VanSam
vanSant, Dugdale & Company
Baltimore Association
Maryland House Bill 470 sparks debate on school materials
The Maryland legislature faces House Bill 470 amid a clash of views on parental review of school materials. Critics warn it could trigger costly censorship and public uproar, while supporters argue it protects children from inappropriate content. The Sun endorses a complaint-based system over prior censorship and urges trust in educators.
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Maryland
Board of Education
the Sun
CIA email program aimed at China atomic progress alleged
Washington notes report that the CIA monitored U.S. China mail to glean China's atomic progress. Testimony by ex postal chief William Cotter in a closed session said mail was opened in San Francisco, but the purpose remained secret. Rep. Charles Wilson pressed Cotter for details.
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Washington
Central Intelligence Agency
United States
China
William Cotter
San Francisco
Cotter
Charles Wilson
D-Calif
Wilson
CLA
CIA
FBI
Internal Revenue Service
Supreme Court
Frank Spier
Hepter
Free Market Not Rent Controls Says Letter To Editor
A Frederick landlord argues rent controls harm supply and raise costs. He cites rising utilities and maintenance, warns of unprofitable rents, and urges assessing costs and benefits before legislation. He asks for broader factual debate and lists local officials and lawmakers as recipients.
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Frederick
Tam
Montgomery County
Frederick County
Ronald Young
DeLauter, Burker and Brady
Edward P. Thomas Jr
Charles H. Smeiser
Julien P. Delphey
C. Clifton Wirts
Charles EB. Smith
Raymond Beck
Lanny Hardenhorn
Memo caper at Supreme Court hints at broader thefts
A covert memo theft reveal shows court staff tearing down notices, with fingerprints on a memo and multiple employees implicated. Chief Wong’s probe uncovers the crime was broader than a single culprit, yet the memo policy lapse rendered some suspects vulnerable to censure.
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Supreme Court
Albert Wong
Wong
Dick Tracy
Thomas West
Keystone Kops
Hepler
Choate School
Phillips Exeter
Phillips Academy
Agriculture Department
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Research Resource of
Canton, Ohio
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Carol Breckbill
Frederick, Md
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Pandora
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Howard County
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Baltimore Sun
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