Changes sought in winemaking law would benefit Carroll
ANNAPOLIS AP Carroll County wine growers push a bill to allow non grape fruit in Maryland wine and to promote small and medium wineries. Sen Charles Smelser backs the measure as Westminster vintners cite Carroll climate and soil as ideal for grape growing. Ira Ross plans to start a Westminster wine operation soon. 30 million bushels of fruit referenced.
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Annapolis
Carroll County
Cesar Chavez
Westminster
General Assembly
Maryland
Charles Smelser
D-Carroll
Senate Economic Affairs Committee
Ira Ross
Ross
Westminster Area
Hamilton Mowbray
University of Maryland
The
Maryland Grape Council
Mowbray
Frederick C. Markus
Dorchester
Panel approves utilities lobbying restriction in Maryland
Annapolis lawmakers back a bill to ban charging lobbying expenses to rate payers, targeting utility firms. Del. Charles Docter spearheaded the measure after utility lobbyists testified, with others arguing over vague language on influencing officials and related costs. Authorities noted local wine producers and grape council members supporting broader licensing shifts to aid small winemakers.
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Annapolis
House Economic Matters Committee
del. Charles Decter
D-Montgomery
Docter
Orville Wright
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co
Wright
James Doyle
Potomac Electric Power Co
Opponents challenge fetal research ban bill in Maryland
Maryland NOW spokeswoman Mary M. Garrison and a research physiologist attacked a proposed bill by Del. Andrew J. Burns as overly drastic. They argued the measure would block almost all fetal research including electron microscopy and drug safety tests on fetuses, while the committee also heard a bill creating a Council on Continuing Pharmacy Education requiring pharmacists to complete courses for license renewal.
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Maryland National Organization For Women
Mary M. Garrison
House Environmental Matters Committee
Del
Andrew J. Burns
D-Balto
Council On
Garrison
Burns
Mother given prison term for inhumane exhortation
In Baltimore Circuit Court Judge Martin B Greenfield sentenced Polly Stith, 46, to two years for urging her 12 year old son to fatally stab an 11 year old boy with mental disability. Stith pleaded guilty to contributing to the delinquency of her child by encouraging a homicide.
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Baltimore
Martin B. Greenfield
Polly Stith
Stefan D. Redd
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