House Passes Death Penalty
ANNAPOLIS AP The House of Delegates passes and sends to the Senate a death penalty bill amid constitutional concerns. The 82 to 50 vote targets first degree murder with deadly weapons including poisoning ambush contract murders and crimes tied to rape kidnapping robbery and prison escapes.
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Annapolis
House of Delegates
Senate
Capitol Hill
Del
Joseph E. Owens
D-Montgomery
Supreme Court
High Court
State Attorney General
Middies Girls Have Problems At U S Naval Academy
Annapolis residents report housing and leisure difficulties for midshipmen partners. Fiancees Gina Broerman and Becky Langdon describe rental refusals and the social strain of long leaves and limited spare time. Girls pass days sewing reading or visiting the academy to see their men and watch games.
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Annapolis
Maryland
U.S. Naval Academy
Gina Broerman
Littleton
Colo
Becky Langdon
Kansas City
Midshipmen
House Reverses Vote On University Autonomy Bill
The House reversed a 24 hour old vote to strip the University of Mary land of fiscal independence. The autonomy measure, approved 7 to 50, now goes to the Senate where reception is expected cool. Speaker Thomas H. Lowe led the switch despite a request against reconsideration.
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Annapolis
House of Delegates
University of Maryland
Senate
Thomas H. Lowe
D Talbot
House
Lowe
Land Use Bill Clears House in Maryland
The Maryland House approves a land use bill by one vote to spare, creating a nine member commission to designate critical areas and set development criteria. Local zoning remains, but the state panel would hear appeals from local decisions. The Senate weighs the James Mandel proposal, viewed as the strongest chance for passage with Gov. Mandel backing it, yet still facing Senate resistance.
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Annapolis
Maryland
Senate
House of Delegates
State Commission
William S. James
Marvin Mandel
James-Mandel
Mandel
Senate Eases Dredging Rules For Landowners
Annapolis Maryland Senate tentatively approves environmental bills. A measure by Sen Mary Lo Neck would let the natural resources secretary issue wetlands permits without a hearing for areas of one tenth acre or less. Other actions include the Maryland Environmental Policy Act and a noise-regulation proposal from Sen Newton I. Steers.
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Annapolis
Maryland Senate
Mary Lo Neck
Senate
Newton I. Steers
R-Montgomery
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
General Assembly
Traffic Control For Bay Plan To Meet In April
A Portsmouth committee will meet April 5 to review a Coast Guard traffic plan for lower Chesapeake Bay and the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel. The plan would ban unmanned vessel anchorage in the southern bay, require anchored drops for manned ships, enforce safe towing lines for unmanned craft, limit shallow draft vessels to 10 knots, and set a marine traffic and radio control system for emergency use. Captain Emerson Hayes Jr. said the plan follows Coast Guard reviews of bridge-tunnel accidents and possible causes after five incidents since 1972 that damaged the $200 million facility and kept it closed for weeks.
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Portsmouth
Chesapeake Bay
Coast Guard
Old Point Comfort
Virginia Capes
Thimble Shoals
Chesapeake
Emerson Hayes Jr
5Th Coast Guard District
Hayes
Bay
State Budget Enacted in Maryland for 1974
ANNAPOLIS AP Gov. Marvin Mandel's Fiscal 1974 operating budget at 2.5 billion dollars, the largest in state history, became law after the Senate approved a House amendment adding 795 to the budget. Finance Committee chairman Sen. George E. Snyder noted the General Assembly trimmed only 21 million, about 10 percent of the governor's new money requests.
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Annapolis
Marvin Mandel
Senate
House
Finance Committee
George E. Snyder
D-Washington
General Assembly
Senate approves 12 percent liquor markup bill
ANNAPOLIS AP A Senate committee approved a House passed bill requiring package stores to mark up liquor by at least 12 percent in an unscheduled action. The Economic Affairs panel voted 4-3, with Sen. Joseph Staszak backing the measure. The bill targets discount liquor outlets and follows earlier vetoed or failed efforts.
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Annapolis
Senate
House
Joseph Staszak
D-Balto
J. Millard Tawes
Staszak
Delegates vote against busing to integrate schools
Annapolis AP delegates oppose busing for racial balance, approving a measure 86 to 45 that would urge Congress to call a constitutional convention to outlaw such use. Critics warn of dangers of a convention and potential overreach beyond the busing issue.
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Annapolis
U.S
House of Delegates
Del
Frank D. Robey Jr
D-Balto
Charles S. Blumenthal
Prince Georges
George Orwell
Blumenthal
Weidemeyer
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