Maryland House Advances Online Ad Ban and Cave Protections
The Maryland House of Delegates approved a bill banning automatic dialing machines that deliver sales pitches to home phones, even with unlisted numbers. It also moved to protect caves by prohibiting sale of mineral formations and dumping, while a racing-date allocation bill aims to evenly distribute 16 summer days among Pimlico Laurel and Bowie tracks.
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Annapolis
Maryland
House of Delegates
Senate
House
Del
John St. Arnick
D-Ball, Co
Donald F. Munson
Washington
del. Benjamin L. Cardin
Ways and Means Committee
State Racing Commission
Pimlico
Laurel
Bowie
Baltimore Democrat
Maryland MS patient urges medical marijuana bill approval
Meredith Sykes of Chevy Chase testifies before the House Judiciary Committee in Annapolis asking to let doctors prescribe marijuana for multiple sclerosis. She says the drug helps her mobility and reading life, despite self treatment risks and adulteration concerns raised by physicians.
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Annapolis
Meredith Sykes
Chevy Chase
House Judiciary Committee
Dell
Larry Young
Dennis C. McCoy
Baltimore
Miss Sykes
Dennis Petro
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Penn State
Hospital sues over Goode release at Spring Grove
Walter E. Verdon of Cape Coral Florida sues Spring Grove Hospital in Baltimore and three officials for 2 million dollars alleging doctors knew Arthur F. Goode violated parole, was a violent sexual deviant and incapable of treatment, endangering a child victim identified as Jason.
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Baltimore
Arthur F. Goode
Goode
Walter E. Verdon
Cape Coral
Fla
Jason
U.S
Spring Grove Hospital
Leroy W. Preston
Abusive Workers Eyed at State Hospitals in Testimony
Two former patients from Crowsville State Hospital told a legislative committee that assaults by attendants left patients hopeless and bitter. They urged a bill making physical or sexual abuse of patients at mental hospitals a felony, with up to five years in prison per incident.
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Annapolis
Crowsville State Hospital
Richard Henderson
House Judiciary Committee
Del
Patricia Alken
D-Anne Arundel
Senate
del. Alken
Lissi Bilcher
Ms. Bilcher
Sunspots disrupt Maryland State Police radio signals
In Leonardtown Maryland police radio traffic is disrupted yearly by sunspot activity from the West Coast. Cpl Melvin Tetreau recalls past summers when Oklahoma police chased a figure in the hills. He says operators attribute the problem to sunspots and notes no technical explanation is available.
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Leonardtown
Maryland
Outer Space
Los Angeles
West Coast
Melvin Tetreau
Oklahoma
Maryland Day celebration moved to July 4 by order
Acting Gov. Blair Lee III announced Maryland Day will be observed on Monday July 4 instead of March 25. Since March 25 falls on a Saturday and March 24 is Good Friday, state employees will celebrate on July 4, marking the Ark and the Dove landings on St Clements Island that first brought settlers to Maryland.
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Annapolis
Maryland
Blair Lee III
Lee
Ark and the
Dove
St. Clements Island
Potomac River
Senate blocks abolition of Maryland movie censor board
In Annapolis the Senate rejected a bill to abolish the Maryland censor board, keeping Mary Avara and two colleagues in place. A companion Dorman measure would let distributors skip submissions for advisory opinions, with possible penalties for showing films deemed obscene. The vote was 28 16 against abolition and 42 2 for the advisory opinion bill.
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Annapolis
House of Delegates
Senate
Mary Avara
Dorman
House
Clarence Mitchell
D-Ball
Mitchell
Howard Denis
R-Montgomery
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