Maryland House Backs Capped Utility Late Fees
Maryland House of Delegates votes 113 to 0 to bar utilities from charging a 5 per cent late fee in the first delinquent month. The bill requires prorating late charges over four months, replacing the flat 5 per cent in 15 days under current law. The measure aims to cap total late charges at 5 per cent and move to a four month schedule.
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House of Delegates
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D-Montgomery
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Five fined and sentenced in Washington area marijuana ring
A federal judge sentenced five men to a total of 14 years in prison and 38000 dollars in fines for conspiring to ship over 4 million dollars worth of marijuana from Texas to the Washington area. Cotichelli, the organizer, had sentence delayed for psychiatric evaluation.
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Texas
Washington
Robert Cotichelli
Corpus Christi
Cotichelli
Jude C. Stanley Blair
Lneut
U.S
Cotchelli
Richard
Oceanside
Calif
Joseph Pases
Kenneth Hamilton
Hamilton
Stanley Cancilia
Alexandria
Cancilla
New Jersey
Virginia
General Assembly vote shapes measures amid amendments in Annapolis
The General Assembly moved a key bill with an 8 7 3 0 vote while leaving a Sanctioned amendment that could exempt Baltimore City and risk a filibuster over subway funding. Del. Gerard Devlin and Mandel push a community corrections plan, but local bans on siting centers persist. In a separate debate, Maryland weighs charges for information calls with a one year moratorium and PSC study directed. A bill to repeal a retirement pension bar for judges fails 6 2 4 1 as the House favors allowing retirees to take government jobs within salary limits, prompting cautions about constitutional legality and future funding.
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House of Delegates
Marvin Mandel
House
Del
Gerard Devlin
the Times
Appropriations
John Hargreaves
Robert Jacques
D-Montgomery
Maryland House moves to raise unemployment benefits to 100
The Maryland House of Delegates tentatively approves a bill to raise the weekly unemployment benefit maximum from 89 to about 100 dollars. Passage hinges on a companion bill boosting employer contributions as the state program grapples with a federal loan and bankruptcy. Representative Andrew Burns of Baltimore sponsors the measure.
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Convictions Upheld in Glazier and Venner Cases by Court of Special Appeals
The Maryland Court of Special Appeals upheld Linda Sue Glazier’s murder conviction for killing her adoptive parents in 1974 and affirmed Charles Venner’s drug conviction and three year sentence after police recovered hashish oil balloons from his digestive tract. The court ruled the confession admissible and noted prior rights advisement. Venner’s case involved a hospital seizure after an overdose and a total drug value around thirty thousand dollars.
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Maryland Court of Special Appeals
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Charles Venner
Venner
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Women’s Prison
Jessup
Somerset County
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James C. Greenwell Jr
Special Appeals Court
Sinai Hospital
Jerrold V. Powers
John Barth
Golfer Finds Unknown Woman Body at Essex Golf Course
A golfer at Rocky Point Golf Course in Essex discovered a fully clothed woman’s body face down on rocks in the Back River estuary. Police say she appeared dead for several days. the body was sent to the medical examiner for cause of death determination.
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Rocky Point
Baltimore County
Back River
Baltimore
Naval Academy Education Under Fire From Critics
Naval Academy officials defend education quality amid criticism by Deputy Defense Secretary William P. Clements. Civilians and military instructors at Annapolis assert the school offers strong, even superior, instruction and argue the civilian faculty is essential for continuity and breadth, while some officials say trimming civilian staff would harm the program.
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Charles L. Cochran
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Ciminisa’y Departmert
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Jackson gains delegates for Maryland presidential slate
Henry M. Jackson filed a full slate of 40 Maryland convention delegates including elected officials and party leaders. The list arrives as Carter Wallace and Ford Reagan also submit full slates. Udall and others also certify delegates with local party help from Gov. Mandel.
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Henry M. Jackson
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Maryland
Hubert H. Iumphrey
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George Wallace
Ronald Reagan
Ford
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Reagan
Udall
Jackson
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Jackson States
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House of Delegates
Marvin Mandel
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