Senate Rejects Maryland Death Penalty Abolition
ANNAPOLIS AP The Maryland Senate voted 26 to 13 to kill a bill abolishing capital punishment. Senator Verda Welcome led the floor bid, but no debate occurred and only one speech backed abolition. Welcome argued the death penalty is not a deterrent and cited Maryland's last execution in 1961 as a point.
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Employees Clash Over Pay Raise At Maryland State House
About 400 state employees union members protested for higher wages near the Maryland State House in Annapolis. A scuffle with State Police occurred as they tried to enter during the legislative session. One man, Gilbert Hanks, was arrested for disorderly conduct and later released.
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Soviet Congress Opens Amid Debate Over Military and Civil Priorities
AP Special Correspondent William L. Ryan reports as the Soviet Union prepared for its 24th Congress. Defense minister Grechko praised military industry while Pravda urged consumer living standards, signaling tension between military and civilian goals and a shift toward consumer priorities in the five year plan. The gathering is dubbed a Congress of Re Stalinization, echoing 1956 De Stalinization.
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