Maryland Crime Victim Aid Board Helps Innocent Victims
In 1968 Maryland created the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board to aid innocent crime victims facing financial hardship. The Baltimore storekeeper widow received 1081 for funeral costs and a 155.30 monthly grant, continuing until needs end or total payments reach 27000. Since inception the program has about 500 claims with 150 receiving some form of aid, totaling roughly 215000 in cash to date. The board requires innocence and serious financial hardship, and can deny or reduce claims if the victim partly provoked the crime or failed to report it to police. Funding comes from a $5 court-cost levy in each criminal trial. the program is largely self-supporting. Maryland is among six states with such programs, with ideas traced to New York.
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Baltimore
General Assembly
Criminal Injuries Compensation Board
Moylan
Moylan E
Baltimore Dry Cleaners
Wicomico County
Maryland
New York
Reds Expand Gasoline Pipeline Through Laos
U S officials report North Vietnam is extending a key gasoline line through Laos toward the Bankarai Pass to feed truck traffic along the Ho Chi Minh Trail. The seven mile leg from Quang Khe will join Route 137, adding a third main outlet for fuel as aid to in country supply.
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Washington
Laos
Quang Khe
Bankarai Pass
Ho Chi Minh Trail Complex
U.S
Mua Gia Pass
Ani
Demilitarized Zone
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Laotian Panhandle
Panhandle
Ho Chi Minh Trail
U S Steel Hikes Stainless Prices Across Products
U S Steel Corp and Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp raise stainless steel prices by about 6 1/2 percent. The move aligns with earlier hikes by Allegheny Ludlum and matches competitors' price announcements. Effective May 17, the increase applies to bars, wire, rods, sheets, strips, and billets.
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Pittsburgh
U. S. Steel Corp
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp
U.S. Steel
Jones and Laughlin
Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corp
Five B&O freight cars derail near Muirkirk Maryland
Five freight cars derailed on the Baltimore and Ohio line near Muirkirk four miles west of Laurel blocking both main tracks and halting B&O commuter runs. The 43rd car left the rails at 5 35 a.m. four loaded and one empty car derailed. Cause under investigation. Commuter service canceled. Penn Central accepted commuter tickets. A rattlesnake roundup by Freer, Te netted 420 reptiles led by Jim Pilgrim with 50 rattlers in three days.
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Muirkirk
Baltimore and Ohio
Cumberland
Philadelphia
Prince Georges County
B&o
Laurel
Baltimore
Washington
Penn Central
Jim Pilgrim
Statewide Teacher Salary Plan Urged in Maryland
Baltimore AP reports state schools superintendent Dr James A Sensenbaugh urged a statewide teacher salary program with regional variables to reflect economic factors and almost complete state support for public education. He favors continued local funding for current expenses to avoid disparities and backs statewide surveys on educational objectives and priorities. He praised year-round schooling and a flexible senior year for independent study or work.
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Baltimore
Equal Opportunity
James A. Sensenbaugh
Sensenbaugh
Citizens Commission On Maryland
FTC Orders Stores To Stock Adequate Goods For Sales
The FTC rules that grocery stores advertising sales must have enough stock to meet reasonable demand at the sale price. Rain checks do not satisfy the rule and the July 12 effective date applies to future ads as well. FTC plans to extend the standard to department drug and hardware stores and may pursue civil penalties for violations. The rule stems from a 1967 68 study of 137 stores across 10 chains in San Francisco and Washington showing 11 percent of advertised items unavailable in most outlets.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Robert Pitofsky
FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection
San
Francisco
Britain Advances Toward European Market Membership
In Brussels, Britain and the six Common Market nations reached a breakthrough in talks on Britain’s EEC bid. A budget formula for first-year payments was agreed, aiming to tie Britain’s annual contribution to import duties and GDP relative to other members. Continued discussions set for June 7 in Luxembourg.
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Britain
Brussels
Belgium
Western
Europe
Jamaica
Guyana
Mauritius
$15 Million Restored For Rat Control Program
The Nixon administration reversed plans to cut the rat control program, restoring $15 million for fiscal 1972 after congressional criticism. The pace of action includes cities like Baltimore Chicago New York and Seattle with extermination and breeding-site destruction plus public education on rats.
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Washington Capiro
Nixon
Ron Coene
Bureau of Community Environmental Management
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Paul S. Sar
Baltimore
Backache relief in twelve hours a pharmacy notice
A brief pharmacy notice announces backache relief products available at Mercer's Pharmacy. It mentions Gentlauket tablets to ease backache and claims passage regulation, suggesting a 12 hour timeline.
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Mercer's
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Woolco Department Stores
Eet
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Uae
Frederick
Hoover
Wootco Department Stores
Frederick Shopping Center
the European Economic Community
New Zealand
Luxembourg
Maurice Schumann
Hans de Koster
Denmark
Ireland
Norway
Sigismund von Graun
Foreign Affairs
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