Mandel trial delayed three months in Maryland
A 66 year old federal judge from the District of Columbia was named to preside over the political corruption case of Gov. Marvin Mandel and five co defendants. The trial, set for June 1, is now expected to start in early September after Judge John H. Pratt was chosen to replace Judge Herbert Murray who was disqualified. Pratt indicated the first meeting with lawyers would be next week and the trial would begin around the first two weeks of September. The governor and five associates were indicted on numerous charges of participating in racketeering and related offenses.
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Baltimore
District of Columbia
Marvin Mandel
John H. Pratt
Maryland
Herbert Murray
Clement Haynsworth
4Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Pratt
Mandel
Bhey
Pratt serves in federal court amid landmark desegregation and corruption cases
The article traces Judge Pratt's career from 1968 appointment by President Johnson to preside over Maryland deputy marshal union litigation, NAACP desegregation suits, Hoffa pardon limits, and Liddy contempt, noting his Harvard training and New Jersey roots. It also references Mandel and six co-defendants facing federal racketeering related to mail fraud bribery and prohibited activities tied to Marlboro Race Track legislation.
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Mandel
General Assembly
Marlboro Race Track
Pratt
District Court
Lyndon B. Johnson
U.S
Maryland
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
James K. Hoffa
Teamsters
G. Gordon Liddy
Liddy
Harvard University
Harvard Law School
Portsmouth
N J
District of Columbia
Unger escape case widens with arrest of his brother
In Pennsylvania and Maryland authorities call off the search for Merle Unger after a separate arrest of his 19 year old brother David Unger in Greencastle, while another inmate Robert E Miller is recaptured in Georgia. A sister, Barbara Rexroth, faces charges of aiding in the escape. Unger is accused of killing Hagerstown Policeman Donald Kline during a Dec 13 holdup in Hagers Town.
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Chambersburg
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Merle Unger
Hagerstown
Unger
James Buchanan State Forest
Ft. Loudon
Washington County
Shade Gap
Donald Kline
Carroll County
Robert E. Miller
Barbara Rexroth
Miller
Greencastle
David P. Unger
Ungel
Franklin County
David Unger
Hagerstown Morning Herald
Savannah
Francis Ford
Georgia City
Baltimore children face high cholesterol risk study says
Johns Hopkins pediatric lipid clinic finds about 20 000 Baltimore youths under 18 have cholesterol levels linking to heart disease. Of 2 500 East Baltimore and 5 000 Columbia residents studied, averages align, with 73 percent reducing cholesterol through diet alone and 65 children dropping about 20 percent after Lipid Clinic treatment.
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Baltimore
Johns Hopkins University
Peter 0. Kwiterovich
Helen B. Taussig
Hopkins
Kwiterovich
Columbia
Kviterovich
Catherine A. Neill
State Income Tax Revenues Hit All-Time High
ANNAPOLIS AP State and local income tax revenues reached a record $163 million in April. Comptroller Louis L. Goldstein noted net revenues of $131.4 million for state and local deposits, up 4.39 percent from April 1975. For the first ten months of Fiscal 19% net receipts totaled sue million, an 11 percent rise over the prior year.
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Annapolis
Louis L. Goldstein
Goldstein
Iocal
Baltimore City Council opposes floating prison ship plan
City lawmakers unanimously adopt a resolution against docking the 600-foot USNS Darby in the Canton area as a floating jail. East Baltimore leaders urge against turning the harbor into a penal facility, while Gov Mandel supports the idea and the Navy has agreed to lend the ship. Moving and renovation costs are projected at about $1.013 million.
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Baltimore
East Baltimore
Darby
Canton
Dominic Mimi" DiPietro
Barbara Mikulski
Marvin Mandel
Mandel
Navy
Virginia
Maryland
Watson sentenced to life plus 95 years in police slaying
Calvert County Circuit Court judge Perry Bowen imposes life plus 95 years on Charles Watson after jurors convict him of accessory after the fact of murder rape kidnapping and several handgun counts related to the slaying of State Police Sgt Wallace Mowbray Watson not guilty of first degree murder The sentence runs consecutively and comes within one year of the maximum as the court emphasizes lawfulness while two other defendants previously admitted to shooting the trooper
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Prince Frederick
Calvert County
Charles Watson
Perry Bowen
Watson
Bowen
Wallace Mowbray
Glen Burnie
Mowbray
Kent Island
Mike Combs
Richard Patterson
Toddli
John Glenn
Venetoulis Flies to California for Cable Feasibility Dinner
Towson Maryland official Ted Venetoulis flew to California at a cable lobby's expense to address a conference in Sacramento and attend a fundraising dinner for Governor Edmund Brown Jr in San Francisco. He previously led a Maryland cable firm and helped Brown's Maryland primary campaign.
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Towson
Baltimore County
Ted Venetoulis
California
Edmund G. Brown Jr
San Francisco
Venetoulis
California Community Television Association
Sacramento
Maryland
Brown Tonight
Brown
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