Ballot on Anne Arundel slot and pinball legality advances
Senate committee approval clears a bill to let Anne Arundel County residents vote next November on legalizing cash paying pinball and slot machines in licensed bars and eateries. Amendments include a sealed money counter requirement and a 12 machine per location limit debated by lawmakers.
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Annapolis
Anne Arundel County
Senate
Eyyaninic Affairs Committee
Lawrence Weiser
Montgomery
Dole
Robert Douglass
Baltimore
Joseph Bonvegha
Bonvegna
Jerome F. Connell
Edward T. Hall
Anne Arariel County
General Assembly
Executive Branch
Maryland
Legislative Council
Governor's Office
Calvert
Secretary of State
Maryland budget battle over state labs and wiretap law debates
Gov Mandel proposes a supplemental budget to keep seven Maryland labs open by funding 40000 for maintenance while limiting activity at the Euston lab. Senate and House consider bills to block closures, with Cambridge Elkton Annapolis Rockville Frederick Salisbury and Cheverly affected. The same session sees a push to tighten wiretap laws, prompting warnings from Maryland officials about weakening protections and potential vetoes.
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Marvin Mandel
Department
General Assembly
Mandel
Baltimore
House
Senate
Cambridge
Elkton
Annapolis
Rockville
Frederick
Salisbury
Cheverly
Health Department
Euston
Cumberland
New Market sewer taps dispute and school plan advances
The New Market project faces delays over sewer tap progress and fee changes. MSC officials debate alleged secret dealings and policy shifts while the East County Middle School targets July 1977 construction to ease overcrowding. The district plans 88 taps with a phased hookup schedule as lawmakers consider raising the tap fee from 150 to 1350 dollars. Nearby, anniversaries and birthdays are noted for local residents.
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Cinquepalma
MSC
Donald J. Kunkaski
GON Lt
Gilbert Newby
East County
New Market
Green Valley
Singapore
Liberty
Urbana
Newby
Shaw
Commission
County Commission
Conowingo rates set aside and reconsidered
The Federal Power Commission pauses its January wholesale rate for Conowingo Power Co purchases from Philadelphia Electric Co, planning a April 6 hearing. Maryland customers face continued surcharges as the FPC reopens the case, with consumer group leader Peggy Lou Miller urging action despite potential power cutoffs.
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Elkton, Md
Federal Power Commission
Conowingo Power Co
Philadelphia Electric Co
Cotowingo
Cecil
Harford Counties
FPC
Maryland
People's Counsel
Maryland Public Service Commission
Philadelphia Electric
Commission
Conuwingo
Robert E. Bryson
Conowingo
Peggy Lou Miller
Jeader
Mandel and five associates face expanded indictment details
Federal prosecutors add more specifics to the November 24 indictment of Gov. Marvin Mandel and six named associates. The bill of particulars lists seven firms tied to alleged conflicts of interest and explains the alleged mechanisms of corruption while noting missing locations for certain transactions. The document reiterates earlier charges about secret interests in Marlborough and Bowie race tracks and names Tidewater Zollman Associates Urban Pathfinders and others connected to state contracts and investments. The Rodgers brothers Cory W Dale Hess and Mandel are cited in the 24 count indictment.
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Baltimore
Murray
Tidewater
Zollman Associates
Tidewater Engineering
Urban Pathfinders
International Investment Co
Bishop Construction Corp
Daiger Excavating Co
Charles I. Spallitta, Inc
G. T. Partnership
Harry Rodgers
William A. Rodgers
Ernest N. Cory Jr
Cory
W. Dale Hess
Mandel
Identity of rape murder victim found in Maryland
A decomposed body found near Columbia Maryland has been identified as 20 year old Rosanne M Sturtz a dancer from Baltimore s Tic Toe Club The identification was confirmed by the mother and fingerprint analysis and based on a skull and hair fragments drawn by an artist and Smithsonian anthropologist The case marks a major breakthrough for Howard County Police with leads expected but much work remaining.
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Ellicott City
Smithsonian Institution
Columbia
Rosanne M. Sturtz
Baltimore
Robert C. Mathews
Howard County
Dee J. Lawrence Ange
Smithsonian
Physical Anthropology Department
Mathews
Cherry
Washington deregulation proposals spark broad debate in Congress
Lawmakers weigh sunset provisions for new agencies and self destruct clauses for nine federal bodies. Proposals seek to curb regulation by taxing pollution or eliminating red tape while studies urge loosening controls in transportation and broadcasting amid opposition from unions and major firms.
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Max Baucus
D-Mont
Baucus
House
Senate Conference Committee
Senate
Byrd
Heparchd
Charles Percy
Hinvis
Congress
UCLA
George Hilton
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ford Administration
Ford
Civil Aeronautics Board
Air Transport Association
American Trucking Association
Teamsters Union
National Association of Broadcasters
CBS
Washington
Frederick Police Log Highlighting Traffic And Public Safety Incidents
The Frederick city police log lists multiple speeding citations on Rosemont Avenue Shookstown Road North Market Street and Bentz Street along with other traffic offenses. Suspects include Christine Whitmore Mary Ann Hawkins Charles Harper Alton Williams Ronald Adams Thomas Baker and Walter Williamson among others. Several individuals were jailed or fined for speeding driving while intoxicated and related violations. A discharge list from Frederick Memorial Hospital covers numerous residents from Frederick and nearby towns.
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Christine Whitmore
Rt. 9
Frederick
Rosemont Avenue
Mary Ann Hawkins
Shookstown Road
John Gilbert Jackson Sr
East Fourth Street
Joseph Nichols
Clarksburg
South Court Street
Larry Perkins
Rt. 3
Joe Mnt MO Wiias
Highland Street
Avenue
Sandra Long
Rt. 1
Woodsboro
North Market Street
Charles Harper
Rt. 6
Bentz Street
William Ole
West Fourth Street
West South Street
Roger Nicodemus
Lendale
Catoctin Avenue
Steven Gorsuch
New Windsor
N. Market Street
Alton Wiliams
Ronald Adams
Rt. 2
Thomas Baker
Middletown
Walter Williamson
Camp Springs
Hassan Amoozgar
Fleming Avenue
South Jefferson
Thomas Rudesill
Henry Brown
Litcomn Apartments
East All Saints Street
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PSC
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Iea
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Figinski
Frank Mazzone
State Police
Ce Maree
Burns
Curran
Martin Becker
Lena Lee
D-Ball
DeFilippo
House of Delegates
Deis
Gerald Curran
Andrew Burns
Economic Matters Committee
John B. Wisner
East Main Street
Thurmont
Ethel & Elion
Friends
Baltimore Morning Sun
Donald G. Cherry
Charles Schultze
Brookings Institution
Lyndon B. Johnson
Robert Stewart Smith
Cornell University
Labor Department
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Smith
Federal Trade Commission
Secretary of Agriculture
National Association of Farmer Cooperatives
New York
National Advertising Council
Institute of Social Research
University of Michigan
Federal Communications Commission
IOC
FCC
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Robi Crawford
Larry Herman Bowens
Barbara Shaffer
David Stein
Savada Wiles
Carrie Wachter
Hulett Combs
Hinstie Tavenner
Ava Lee
Henrs Steiding
Frances Dutrow
Walter Cramer
Adelaide Garber
Alice King
Amy Costes
Edgar Crawford Sr
Pidith Remsberg
Lottie
Wilt
Adamstown
Terri Annette Smith
Lester Sich Jr
Cora Shipley
Demastus
David
Betty Shaffer
Shirley Myers
Esther Hoffman
Janice Heffner
Walkerville
Akimi Norwood
Airy
Dere Good
Brunswick
David Scott
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