House votes to reject cut in delegates expense accounts
In a 40 minute House debate, Del. Julien Delphey backed a motion to delete a $1,700 increase in delegate expense funds. Wirts and Smith were absent or hospitalized. The panel kept the $6,000 delegate expenses and a $2,700 secretary allowance, approving a net budget shift of about $230,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
del. Julien Delphey
House of Delegates
C. Clifton Wirts
Charles E. Smith
Wirts
Smith
Frederick
House
Baltimore Sun
Maryland teachers dues bill nears Senate passage
In Annapolis the Senate moved within one step of approving a bill requiring all Maryland teachers to pay dues to the state teachers association even if not members. After debate, two amendments were rejected, and final passage is expected this week. The measure would bring over 1 million dollars annually to the Maryland State Teachers Association and affiliates. If approved, the bill heads to the House of Delegates.
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Annapolis
Maryland
State Teachers’ Association
Senate
Maryland State Teachers’ Association
National Education Association
Teachers’ Association
MSTA
House of Delegates
Anne Arundel County
Maryland Senate
Jerome Connell
D-Anne Arundel
Connell
State House
John J. Bishop
R-Balt
Roy N. Staten
D-Balt
Senate Republicans urge budget as committee of the whole
Maryland Senate Republicans proposed a rule change to let the entire chamber sit as a committee of the whole for budget deliberations. Minority Leader Edward J. Mason argued the budget process is too restrictive and warned of serious fiscal problems in the coming year.
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Senate
Edward J. Mason
Mason
Maryland
Baltimore
State Department of Personnel
County Police Faces and State Aid Divide in Maryland
County officials and mayors from Brunswick Thurmont and Emmitsburg oppose abolishing town police forces citing local knowledge and service needs. State troopers aided operations and debates over a unified county force continued as Davon urged structural changes and a merit system while Sheriff Barnes warned against reducing current personnel. In Annapolis the House approved Mandel's 3.1 billion budget with a net raise for member expenses and rejected several agency and program amendments.
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State Police
Frederick
Hagerstown
Capt. Ashton
Mastrine
Frederick City
Thurmont
Herman Shook
Brunswick
Emmitsburg
Jesse B. Orndorfff
Orndorff
Shook
Davon
Sheriff's Department
Sheriff's Office
Frederick County
Donald C. Barnes
Davan
Sheriff's
Maryland Vocational Association Spring Meeting Held at Carroll Vo-Tech
Several hundred educators from across the state gathered at Carroll County's Vocational Technical Center for the Maryland Vocational Association spring meeting. The keynote by Kenneth G. Skaggs questioned whether career education in the 70s is a boom or bust and sessions covered vocational topics with a student prepared luncheon by Carroll Vo Tech students.
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Westminster
Carroll County
Vocational-Technical
Maryland Vocational Association
Kenneth G. Skaggs
American Association of Junior Colleges
Carroll
Court upholds Bowie five cent beverage deposit law
The Court of Appeals upheld Bowie Maryland 5 cent deposits on all beverage containers to deter littering. In a six to one ruling the court found the ordinance constitutional and applicable to throwaway and returnable bottles and cans, despite claims of competitive disadvantage. Justice O'Donnell dissented citing insufficient evidence of litter reduction and potential economic impact.
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Annapolis
Maryland Court of Appeals
High Court
Bowie
Prince Georges County
Senate probes wiretaps in Maryland police spying case
Senate panel questions Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. of Maryland about wiretap procedures. Security chief Charles A. Rouse says the firm validates court orders and provides wire locations but does not assist law enforcement's tapping work. He concedes possible gaps in safeguards and notes a shift to requiring subpoenas for unpublished numbers.
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Rouse
Baltimore
George Guest
Guest
Joseph Byrne
Byrne
Fraud charges in police fund handling linked to Emergency International
Arthur Gillespie of Emergency International faces multiple counts of fraud false advertising conspiracy and false pretenses. Baltimore police say the firm raised 172005 from businesses in 1974 via ads and telephones claiming funds would aid widows and orphans of slain officers, but no spending records could be found.
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Arthur Gillespie
Emergency International
Bernard Kole
Baltimore
Charles Rothrack
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State Senate
England
Barnes
Paul Crum
Marvin Mandel
Del
John Arnick
D-Balt. Co
Arnick
Appropriations Committee
John O’brien
D-Ball
General Assembly
Craig Knoll
Prince Georges
Maryland Forest Service
State Bicentennial Committee
Forest Service
The
American Forestry Association
Upper Marlboro, Md
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Winfield M. Kelly Jr
NAACP
Sylvester J. Vaughns
Vaughs
Winfield
Washington
Charles McC. Mathias
College Park, Md
University of Maryland
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Wasington
National Institute of Mental Health
National Institute On Drug Abuse
the Diamondback
William J. O’donnell
O’donnel
Rothrack
Montgomery
Frank Fair
Aaw’s Jewelers
Frederick Towne Mall
A. Devotion
Azure
Layaway Saum
Saum's Jewelers
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