Panel to probe portable classroom contracts authorized
A three member probe panel is empowered to investigate irregularities in portable classroom contracts. Gov Mandel House Speaker Briscoe and Senate President Hoyer named Henry McPherson William A Loker and Norman P Ramsey as members with authority to spend hire outside help and prosecute if crime is found.
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Annapolis
Marvin Mandel
House
John Briscoe
Senate
Steny Hoyer
Marvin Manel
Mandel
Board of Public Works
Attorney General's Office
Henry McPherson
White House
Lyndon Johnson
William A. Loker
St. Marys County
Norman P. Ramsey
Baltimore
Briscoe
Hoyer
Attorney General
Senate panel considers lighter penalties for marijuana
The Maryland Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee heard testimony on a bill by Sen. Clarence Mitchell to impose a 100 dollar fine for possessing less than an ounce of marijuana. Law enforcement officials and students urged or questioned the change as committee plans a vote later in the week. Last year similar decriminalization measures were killed.
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Annapolis
Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
Clarence Mitchell
D-Ball
Michael Isaacson
Baltimore
Kathleen Ferguson
University of Maryland
Frank Mazzone
Maryland State Police
Mazzone
J. Joseph Curran
Dbalt
Blue Cross of Maryland reports 4.7 million profit
Blue Cross of Maryland posted a 4.7 million profit for last year and plans to add most of the amount to its reserve fund raising it to 21.6 million with 200 thousand in a special reserve. President Thomas Sherlock cites 16 million monthly expenses and urges a two month reserve of 32 million while Senate testimony warns a pending bill could raise subscriber costs by about 12 million annually if hospital rate discounts are affected.
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Baltimore
Blue Cross
Maryland
Thomas Sherlock
Jay N. Mossman
State Senate
Sherlock
Health Services Cost Review Commission
Blue
Commission
Maryland proposes higher sulfur fuel limits outside Baltimore area
The Maryland Bureau of Air Quality Control seeks to raise sulfur content in fuel outside the Baltimore Washington region from one to two percent. Savings estimated at 3.7 million annually for most users, with Delmarva Power and Light benefiting 3.6 million and Wagner power plant units potentially saving 8.16 million. Metropolitan areas excluded due to air shed concerns.
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Baltimore
Maryland Bureau of Air Quality Control
Baltimore- Washington
George P. Perreri
Delmarva Power and Light Co
Vienna
Perreri
Air Quality Board
Clean Air
Wagner
Hawkins Point
Baltimore Gas and Electric Co
Baltimore County
First Lady Jeanne Mandel Undergoes Bladder Repair
Jeanne Mandel wife of Gov Marvin Mandel was operated on at Prince Georges County General Hospital to repair her bladder for urinary problems. The 45 minute operation left her in good condition though extended hospitalization remained possible. This marked her second hospital stay for the ailment in four months.
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Annapolis
Marvin Mandel
Jeanne Mandel
Blue Cross official refutes AP profit report
Thomas H. Sherlock, president of Blue Cross of Maryland, says the AP story on profits is misleading. He explains 4.7 million line items were liabilities against 1974 1975 rates and that actual operating gain was about 250 000 with reserves under target levels.
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Thomas H. Sherlock
Blue Cross of Maryland Inc
Associated Press
Blue Cross
Sherlock
Delmarva rail fate debated at ICC hearings in Salisbury
Delaware Governor Tribbitt led off ICC hearings on ConRail plans affecting 175 miles on the Delmarva Peninsula with support for Southern Railway takeover of abandoned Eastern Shore lines. Critics warned plan could abandon 330 miles of tracks harming poultry and regional life. witnesses included Southern executives and DPI officials stating potential job and supply impacts.
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Salisbury
Delaware
Sherman Tribbitt
Interstate Commerce Commission
Delmarva Peninsula
Tribbitt
Southern Railway
Eastern Shore
U.S. Railroad Association
ConRail
Penn Central Railroad
Robert Hamilton
Southern
Mark Love
Eastern Shore Railroad Co
ICC
Charles McC. Mathias
R-Md
Peninsula
Mathias
J. Glenn Beall
USRA
Robert Blades
Delmarva Poultry Industry
DPI
J. Edward Hobbs
Delmarva Power and Light Co
Delmarva Advisory Council
Police union head pays $10,000 fine
Thomas Capanotti, head of Baltimore City police union and AFSCME Council 27, paid a $10,000 fine after failing to heed a court order to end a summer strike. Judge James W. Murphy noted a cashier’s check was deposited and that $11,000 had been paid from dues receipts not turned over to the union.
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Baltimore (Ap
Thomas Capanotti
Baltimore City Police
Circuit Court
James W. Murphy
Murphy
Rapanotti
American Federation of State
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