Cheaper plan revealed for Baltimore transit
Baltimore could spend 231 million dollars over a few years to elec trify commuter trains on a 295 mile network linking suburbs with downtown carrying millions annually. Harry W Miller, a transportation consultant, outlined the plan in a 29 page study for Del Richard W Emory Jr. Miller argues for using unused rail lines to cut costs versus a new subway.
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Richard W. Emory Jr
D-Balt
Maryland
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Emory
Baltimore County
Ted Venetoulis
Harry Hughes
Charles Center
Beltway
Maryland commuter rail plan targets Baltimore routes
Miller outlines a Maryland rail proposal that would electrify tracks and add stations from Sparrows Point to Penn Station and Camden Station. He estimates six daily trains on many routes with a yearly operating deficit around 13 million dollars, based on Philadelphia Reading Railroad patronage.
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Penn Station
B&o
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Miller
Reading Railroad
Philadelphia
Court overturns murder conviction and orders new trial
Maryland Court of Special Appeals overturns a murder conviction from 1974 and orders a new trial. Judge Moylan finds Maryland jury instructions on homicide outdated after a U S Supreme Court ruling. The panel faults Judge Munger's instruction that presumed malice unless provoked, requiring correct guidance on murder, manslaughter, or justifiable homicide.
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Maryland Court of Special Appeals
U.S. Supreme Court
Charles E. Moylan Jr
Maryland
Edward Evans
Baltimore City
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Evans
Vern J. Munger
Supreme Court
Maine
Mullaney
Munger
Federal prosecutors plan another corruption probe
U S attorneys prepare to request installation of a new special grand jury to continue Maryland political corruption investigations in Baltimore The Sun reports the current jury may indict Gov Marvin Mandel and five associates on mail fraud and racketeering charges with a possible new panel sworn before arraignments.
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Maryland agency battles 12 week backlog in jobless claims
The executive director of Maryland's Employment Security Administration outlines a plan to cut disputed claim delays. A Systems Coordination Group will maintain telephone contact with claimants while a court appoints a computer expert to audit data processing.
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James N. Phillips
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Roszel C. Thomson Thomsen
Legal Aid Bureau
Bureau
Thomsen
George Friedman
Friedman
Dennis M. Sweeney
Maryland Legislature Rejects Marijuana Possession Reform
The Legislative Council rejected a bill to reduce penalties for possessing an ounce or less of marijuana, voting 17 to 4 against. Current penalties include up to $1,000 fines and up to one year in jail, while the proposal would permit a fine up to $100.
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Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
Del
Helen Ross
D-Montgomery
Maryland
Seven Texas men among Maryland marijuana smuggling indictments
A federal grand jury indicted seven men including four from Texas for conspiring to smuggle marijuana from Mexico into Maryland for Anne Arundel County sale. The operation valued at about 900000 dollars was uncovered after a juvenile faced with a 41000 dollar payment at Baltimore Washington International Airport. Siderchuck McIver and Jacobson were in custody. others not yet known.
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Manor
Warren MeIver
Felix Hernandez
McAllen
Ralph Siderchuck
Glen Burnie
Frank Jacobson
Donald Best
Miami
Siderchuck
McIver
Jacobson
Prosecutors Subpoena Club Rosters in WSSC Probe
Prosecutors subpoenaed membership rosters from all Montgomery County country clubs and one Howard County club as part of a corruption probe into the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission. The action signals an expanded effort to uncover potential improper influence and gift exchanges related to the agency.
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Howard County Country Club
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Washington Star
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the Star
Montgomery County Grand Jury
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Montgomery County
Navy Oceanographic Office move could save millions
GAO finds relocation of the Naval Oceanographic Office from Suitland Maryland to Bay St Louis Mississippi would save about 25 million dollars annually due to improved efficiency. Relocation cost estimated at 192 million with overestimated moving and operating costs. Maryland lawmakers oppose the move citing job losses and political influence.
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Navy
John C Steams
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Mississiddi
Mandel Plans Quiet Thanksgiving Holiday
Annapolis Gov Marvin Mandel began a long Thanksgiving weekend with his family somewhere in Maryland. Press Secretary Frank A DeFilippo said Mandel stayed within the state and did not go out of state, which would trigger acting governorship rules if he left for 24 hours or more.
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Marvin Mandel
Maryland
Frank A. DeFilippo
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Mandel
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