Maryland Bills Seek to Reform Rape Trial Evidence
Both chambers approved preliminarily bills to bar defense challenges to victims chastity and to permit few exceptions for past sexual conduct. The judge would privately review such evidence before public court. A separate welfare bill in the House proposes a one time cost of living rise up to five percent for aid recipients starting July 1, 1977.
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House of Delegates
Senate
Annapolis
House
Raccoon trapping ban clears House in Maryland
In Annapolis the Maryland House votes 86 to 24 to ban trapping raccoons and opossums except in Dorchester County by reclassifying them as forest game mammals. Debate centers on disease, overpopulation, and local exemptions as the measure moves to the Senate for further action.
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Annapolis
Maryland
Dorchester County
House of Delegates
Frederick C. Markus Jr
Senate
Malkus
General Assembly
Markus
Department of Natural Resources
House
del. Michael Weir
Dbalt. Co
Weir
Montgomery County
Data bill aims to list state agency records and limit sensitive data
Maryland lawmakers consider a bill sponsored by Sen Rosalie Abrams to require each state agency to publish annually a list of stored records on citizens, including files and computer systems, while barring collection of political or religious views unless authorized. The measure supports disclosure by agencies but would not reveal individual cases, drawing support from the ACLU and opposition from city officials and the Public Safety Department over administrative burden and data handling concerns.
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Rosalie Abrams
Bait
Abrams
Lee Maryan Megister
Maryland
American Civil Liberties Union
John Roemer
ACLU
Lynn Weinberg
Mental Health Association of
Baltimore
Roemer
Richard E. Maine
Everett Miller
Department of Public Safety and Corrections
House rejects minority contract bills in Annapolis
In Annapolis two bills to require 20 percent of state construction contracts for minority firms were rejected by the House Appropriations Committee. Chair John Hargreaves urged easing performance bonds for minority firms, while another proposal to create a state corruption prosecutor and a medical malpractice arbitration plan moved forward in separate Senate committee actions.
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Annapolis
House Appropriations Committee
Leo Wakreamele Leeds
Department of General Services
Professional Services Selection Boards
State Highway Administration
Minorities Committee
John Hargreaves
D-Caroling
Dean
Hargreaves
Maryland Senate knocks down plan to remove mortgage rate cap
In Annapolis, Baltimore senators lost a bid to remove Maryland s home loan interest ceiling. A committee vote narrowly rejected the measure 28 16 and set it up for possible floor action Monday. A two year trial with a temporary lift of the cap was proposed, with opponents warning higher rates would hit city low income buyers while supporters argued competition would drive rates higher only if caps remain.
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Annapolis
Baltimore
Maryland
General Assembly
Clarence Mitchell
Baltimore City
Montgomery County
Lawrence Wiser
Wiser
Tommie Broadwater
D-Prince Georges
Senate
Robert Douglass
D-Balt
Laphares
Sen
Lawrence Levitan
Montgomery
Blue Cross Hospitals Paid Without Question
In Catonsville, Md Blue Cross of Maryland is said to reimburse hospitals without questioning doctors fees or staff sizes. The claim came during a hearing on rates at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. The lack of cost controls is linked to rising health care costs and hospital discounts for major payers remain a political issue.
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Catonsville, Md
Blue Cross of
Maryland
Jay N. Mossman
Blue Cross Pensor
Ioka
Ehief
Health Services Cost Review Commission
Olne Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Cook
Blue Cross
Hopkins
Commission
Medicare
Health Cost Review Commission
Mandel pushes updates to Maryland divorce law reforms
Maryland Governor Marvin Mandel announces a new in‑state Commission to Study Domestic Relations Laws to modernize the patchwork divorce framework. The panel, led by Judge Marvin J. Land, will include legislators and lawyers to reduce court confusion and better serve the public. Both Mandel aides on the panel, Alan M. Wilner and Michael Silver, have personal experience with divorce.
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Annapolis
Marvin Mandel
Maryland
Marvin J. Land
Baltimore County District Court
Mandel
Alan M. Wilner
Fire damages apartment house in Emmitsburg
An Emmitsburg apartment building at 403 W. Main St suffered a late night fire that injured a tenant slightly. Wilbur Redding was taken to Annie Warner Hospital in Gettysburg with minor burns. Officials said the blaze started in a second floor bedroom, possibly linked to smoking in bed. Firefighters from multiple towns subdued the multi alarm fire near Welty's Store by midnight with state fire marshal T. S. May investigating. Police reports list several speeding and other charges for area riders. Ohio visitors are being held for grand larceny.
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Emmitsburg
Wilbur Redding
Annie Warner
Gettysburg
Hedding
Kepler
W. Main St
Welty
Dear Abby letters on molesters and safety prompts
A reader's composite letter asks Abby to reassure daughters that affectionate fathers may still be proper. The exchange covers reporting molesters, concerns about a former priest suitor, and advice to a woman attacked in Pittsburgh to fight and report. The column urges reporting to Protective Service and police, and emphasizes personal safety and timely action.
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Abby
MaieLute
Pittsburgh
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