Rural shift in Maryland politics ends old county representation
The General Assembly moved away from a strict county representation system, eroding the one county one senator structure. Urban and rural blocs coalesce to curb big city dominance, with coalitions forming to oppose costly projects like the Baltimore Subway and push for lighter mass transit options. Public tax challenges persist as courts repeatedly rebuff efforts to deem the income tax unconstitutional.
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Maryland
General Assembly
Big City
Garrett
Frederick
Baltimore City
Prince Georges
Baltimore County
Anne Arundel County
Montgomery County
Frederick County
Washington County
Carroll County
House of Delegates
del. Raymond E. Beck
del. V. Lanny Hardenhorn
Annapolis
Mandel
Donald Schaeffer
Baltimore
Smelser
Thomas
Ocean bottom mining faces U S cartel threat says Murphy
Washington hearing reveals a House Oceanography Subcommittee discussion on protecting four U S mining groups as they plan to extract minerals from the ocean floor. Murphy warns of a growing United Nations led cartel by the group of 77 now 107 nations seeking control and profits, potentially forcing the United States to act unilaterally.
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Washington
U.S
United States
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
QPEC
House Oceanography
John Murphy
D-N.y
Murphy
United Nations
Geneva
U.N
New York City
New York
Group of 77
Jamaica
International
State Department
National Security Council
California
Lockheed
Tenneco
Union Miniere
Attila the Hun
Maryland Health Planning Agency protests Gaithersburg hospital decision
A Maryland Advisory Council protests the Board of Review certification of Gaithersburg Community Hospital. It argues the areawide plan supports one 200 bed hospital in the 1 270 corridor and calls the Board’s ruling arbitrary, urging reconsideration to preserve the planning process. The letter conveys concerns about standards, criteria, and community participation.
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Robert W. Gibson
Maryland Comprehensive Health Planning Agency
Mary Hemelt
R.N
Board of Review
DHMH
Office of Hearings and Regulations
W. Preston Street
Baltimore
Hemelt
Maryland Advisory Council For Comprehensive Health Planning
Gaithersburg Community Hospital
Montgomery County
State Comprehensive Health Planning Agency
Areawide
Board of Health
Shady Grove Adventist Hospital
Solomon
Health Planning Advisory Board
CHP
Parkway Medical Center
Ocean floor mining plan triggers gunboat diplomacy threat
Two hours over a bill backing mining consortia with U S military protection, a secret subcommittee vote passed the measure with one dissent. If enacted, the U S would shield mining ops across four million miles of ocean bottom, potentially using the Glomar Explorer for Pacific floor exploration. Should nations resist, U S planes and warships would intervene, drawing fierce opposition from the Group of 77 nations led by Algeria, Brazil, India, Peru, Zaire, Zambia and others.
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U.S
Gary Studds
D-Mass
House
Senate
United States
CIA
Pacific
Iceland
Malta
Maldives
Algeria
Brazil
India
Peru
Zaire
Zambia
United Nations
Specter
Dinner honors new Frederick County scout executive
Yesterday hundreds attended a dinner at Hotel Frederick honoring Charles T Westman as the new Frederick County scout executive. A court of honor was named to steer a planned county wide program for organized scouting activities. The event followed a board meeting and was praised as a highly successful local council gathering.
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Charles T Westman
Frederick County
Boy Scout Council
Hotel Frederick
Lehigh Portland Cement Company
Union Bridge
R. Paul Smith
Potomac Edison Company
Francis Scott Key Hotel
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Sreat Southern Printing and Manufacturing Company
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Sheil
Meryland
Wephington
D.C
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West Virginee
Payette
Dharnteer
Rd Prase
AP News Dingratther
Fuld
Hederich
Frederick, Md
Jack Anderson
Gaithersburg Hospital Division
State Chamber
Education Agency
Sir
General Assembly of
State Human Relations Commission
Eugene B. Moore JR
Les Whitten
George Peterson
Eisern
Germany
Peterson
Ant
Vate
Frederick Lion & Steel Company
Foundry
Pythian
Hood College
D. K. Brown
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Wou
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