Lowe Cay In Naming Top Aides
ANNAPOLIS AP With the opening of the 1971 legislature one day away House Speaker Thomas Hunter Lowe keeps choices for top House leadership under wraps until after the Democratic caucus Wednesday. He confirmed John S Arnick will be majority floor leader and Martin A Kircher will continue as Judiciary Committee chair.
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Annapolis
House
Thomas Hunter Lowe
House of Delegates
Lowe
House Democrats
John S. Arnick
Baltimore County
Martin A. Kircher
Baltimore
Judiciary Committee
Kircher
John H. Briscoe
Briscoe
John R. Hargreaves
Caroline
Constitutional and Administrative Law Committee
Martin S. Becker
Montgomery
Becke
Montgomery County
Becker
Raymond J. McDonough
Prince Georges
State Senate
Frederick C. Wright
D-Washington
Charles J. Krysiak
D-Balto
General Assembly
Marvin Mandel
Murray M. Abramson
Baltimore City
Pier misalignment delays U.S. 22 bypass bridge work
In Weirton West Virginia a concrete pier for a highway bridge is 174 feet out of alignment. Ryan Construction Co. of Wisconsin confirmed the issue and said the pier must be torn down and replaced at a cost around 90,000 dollars. The partial project involves U.S. 22 bypass work and impacts state workers’ benefits.
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Weirton
W Va
Ryan Construction Co
Tressescorinesville
Wis
U.S
Meee
Life Insurance
Compensa
Laxity Held Cause For Hijackings
Washington AP reports four recent hijackings tied to failures to use a government approved passenger screening system. Davis says the system would have identified hijackers on the ground before takeoff. National, United, and Eastern planes involved as delegates from 74 nations attend the security conference.
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Washington
U.S
Civil Aviation Security
Air Force
Benjamin C. Davis
Transportation and Security
Davis
National Airlines
United and
Eastern
David
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Poland
Romania
State Salary Study Backs Pay Raises
A Maryland gubernatorial commission headed by Earl R. Alban recommended a $40 million revision of the state pay plan to raise workers average salaries by 5 percent. Proposals include expanding the classified pay scale to 23 steps, reducing annual step increases from 10 to 8 percent, cutting sick leave from 30 to 18 days, adding three personal leave days, and moving toward state payment of health insurance costs. Retirement pay would be based on the highest three years of salary rather than the top five. the 40-hour work week would stay, with some employees at 37 1/2 hours.
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Annapolis
Maryland
Earl R. Alban
Baltimore Gas & Electric Co
Marvin Mandel
Delegates Weigh Liberal Abortion Bill in Maryland
Annapolis AP delegates discuss introducing a more liberal abortion measure like last year’s proposal vetoed by Dr. Aris T. Allen R Anne Arundel. The plan would place abortion decisions in doctors and patients with safeguards including husband consent and timing limits. Allen and freshman Del. Torrey C. Brown plan to meet to discuss details.
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Annapolis
Maryland
House of Delegates
Marvin Mandel
Aris T. Allen
Anne Arundel
del. Torrey C. Brown
D-Balto
General Assembly
Allen
Baltimore
Maryland Law Lim
Mandel
Alien
del. Allen Spector
Brown
Baltimore Mayor seeks more Maryland education aid funding
Baltimore Mayor Thomas J. D'Alesandro urged Maryland to share city operating costs in a new legislative program. He proposed halving local income tax receipts into a general education fund distributed by city cost and allotted to 62 percent state aid for Baltimore. He also sought 33 million dollars in bond authority for building projects, rapid transit funding approval, and higher police aid.
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Baltimore
Thomas J. D’alesandro
Maryland
Maryland General Assembly
D’alesandro
Montgomery
Garrett
Talbot
Worcester
D'Alesandro
FHA VA Cut Interest Rates on New Mortgages
Washington AP Two federal agencies FHA and VA cut maximum allowable mortgage insurance interest rates from 8 percent to 7 3/4 percent. The reductions follow a similar move two months earlier and apply to applications received after today. Existing $70 billion in outstanding FHA mortgages remain at prior rates. The agencies will honor existing commitments but aim to adjust rates downward when possible.
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Washington
Federal Housing Administration
Veterans Administration
Smoking Up Among Teen-Agers
Washington AP reports US surgeon general Dr. Jesse L. Steinfeld says teen smoking rose sharply, with greatest increases at ages 13 to 15, urging bans on smoking in public places and warning of dangers to fetal growth from pregnant smokers. Statistics show rising teen smoking and substantial adult rates. Steinfeld spoke at the National Interagency Council on Smoking and Health meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jesse L. Steinfeld
Congress
Steinfeld
Tobacco Institute
National Academy of Sciences
National Clearinghouse For Smoking and Health
National Interagency Council On Smoking and Health
Man Killed In Freak Mishap Near Hancock
Terrance Richard Sauders, 24, of Hancock Maryland, died from injuries after his car ran off an embankment near Hancock West Virginia, landed upside down on railroad tracks and was struck by a freight train. Passenger Janet Cain of Berkeley Springs escaped with minor injuries.
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Hancock
W. Va
Terrance Richard Sauders
Souders
Janet Cain
Berkeley Springs
Meadle testifies Calley followed orders at My Lai massacre
Paul David Meadle, a former soldier, testifies Calley was doing his duty as he fired on unresisting villagers in My Lai on March 16, 1968. He describes receiving orders to shoot, changing magazines multiple times, and aiding in the killings under Calley's command. Medina is facing possible trial for overall responsibility.
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Ft, Benning, Ga
William L. Calley Jr
Calley
My Lai
Paul David Meadle
Meadle
Tris
Meadie
Lt. Calley
George Latimer
Terre Haute
Ind
Ernest Medina
Charley Company
Pollution Job Given Fired Pilot
MIAMI AP Jet captain William Guthrie, fired by Eastern Airlines for delaying flights to vent jet fuel, is rehired as a pollution consultant. Guthrie, 53, returns with back pay and seniority after the airline and the Airline Pilots Association reached a deal. He says the practice caused pollution and hazards but will lecture on pollution issues in colleges and civic groups.
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Miami
William Guthrie
Eastern Airlines
Eastern
Guthrie
National Air Pollution Control Administration
Gushue
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