City debates rent control ordinance amid legality worries
The mayor and Board of Aldermen debated a proposed rent control measure aimed at capping residential rent increases at seven percent. Advocates claimed it would help the poor while critics warned of market panic and questioned state law authority since the county cited expiration of the Maryland Rent Control Law.
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Board of Aldermen
NAACP
Lord Nickens
Paul Gordon
Meadowdale Lane
Gordon
W. Milner Roberts
Barbara Brightful
county Community Services Agency
Maryland
Baltimore City
Frederick County
Space shuttle diplomacy links Apollo and Soyuz crews
Apollo astronauts and Soyuz cosmonauts swap visits aboard linked orbiting crafts in Houston era goodwill. The crews tour each other's cabins, share meals, and hold a televised news conference as Leonov and Brand transfer between ships during the final linkup day.
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SPACE CENTER
Houston
Apollo
Soyuz
Valeri Kubasov
Russia
Vance D. Brand
Black Sea
Pacific
Alexei Leonov
Brand
Jefferson Man Killed in Construction Crane Collapse
A 28 year old Jefferson man, Morgan R. Webber Jr., died when a crane boom fell while he dismantled it at a Dewey Jordan Contractors site near Severna Park Shopping Center on Md 2 at McKinsey Road. He was crushed under the heavy section and died of massive internal injuries at North Arundel Hospital. Samuel D. Lowman assisted Webber and reported hearing the boom give way as he walked away to fetch a hammer. The incident occurred shortly before 10:30 a.m. and is under police investigation by Anne Arundel County Police.
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Jefferson
Severna Park
Md. 2
McKinsey Road
Anne Arundel County
Morgan R. Webber Jr
Webber
Lowman
Dewey Jordan contractors
Commissioners seek ideas for an industrial park model
Frederick County Commissioners explore theWashington County industrial park example to guide financing, governance and land development. Lee Potterfield from the Washington County Office of Economic and Community Development urges a cross section Economic Development Commission and notes successful parks rely on public works, cooperation and self sustaining revenue. Washington County began in 1970 with 200 acres near an interstate, assembling 13 clients in five years and using a non profit foundation to fund land and infrastructure.
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Frederick County
Lee Potterfield
Washington County Office of Economic and Community Development
Frederick
Potterfield
Washington County
Washington County Industrial Foundation
Office of Economic Development
Group home opponents file answer to appeal
William E. Kline and Barbara H. Kline oppose Frederick Group Homes Inc. appeal of the Board of Zoning Appeals May 20 ruling that the zoning certificate for a group home at 13 W. Third St. was issued in error. The Klines filed their answer with the Circuit Court denying the Frederick Group Homes allegations.
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William E. Kline
Barbara H. Kline
Third St
Circuit Court
Frederick Group Homes, Inc
Board of Zoning Appeals
Group Homes
Frederick Group Homes
Klines
Michael E. Pue Jr
Kilines
Pue
Frederick City
Poe
Congress Ford clash over energy plan stall persists
Congress and President Ford remain deadlocked as Congress advances a bill to extend oil price controls through December 31 while Ford pushes a phased decontrol plan. Senate action signals renewed effort to counter Ford’s proposal amid stock market jitters and energy policy fights.
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WASHINGTON
Congress
Ford
House Commerce Committee
Harley O. Staggers
D-W.Va
Staggers
House
Senate
Interior Committee
Commerce Committee
U.S
Former CIA agent recalls Frank Olson death details
Robert Lashbrook, a former CIA employee and Olson’s last known witness, recounts November 1953 events after Olson received LSD at Fort Detrick and later died by falling from a 10th floor hotel room. He recalls the New York psychiatric visit, the hotel call, and waiting for police as investigators pursued the truth behind the CIA LSD program and Olson’s death.
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Robert Lashbrook
CIA
Frank Olson
Olson
Washington Post
Lashbrook
Ojai
Calif
Los Angeles
the
Post
Fort Detrick
New York City
Frank
Rockefeller commission
Braddock
Alice Olson
New York
Army confirms LSD experiments on soldiers and students
The Army says records show LSD and other incapacitating agent tests were done 1956 to 1959 at bases and medical centers with consent claimed. A psychiatrist involved said many subjects were naive volunteers lured from around the country with leave time as a reward.
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BALTIMORE
Army
Hugh G. Waite
Washington Post
Mail snooping rebuke and postal strike delay headline
CIA rebuked for mail snooping fuels political tension as postal workers strike is postponed. Opposition grows against Indian arrests amid mounting protests. A Brazil train wreck claims twelve lives. Weather: warm and humid with weekend showers and thunderstorms.
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Thomas P. Stafford
Donald K. Slayton
Stafford
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Frederick Junction
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Charles Kelley
Samuel D. Lowman
Myersville
DEBORAH DEASY
Mander
ANNAPOLIS
Marvin Mandel
Federal Energy Office
Zarb
New York Stock Exchange
University of Maryland Medical School
Chemical Warfare Laboratory
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Psychiatric Institute
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