Panel tells Goldstein to stop interfering in legislature
ANNAPOLIS AP A legislative review committee urged State Comptroller Louis L. Goldstein to keep out of legislative affairs voting seven to one to oppose a proposed rule requiring service stations to post gasoline prices in large figures on pumps. The advisory move, prompted by fears of overreach, followed Goldstein’s delay in acting on the regulation and signals to other agencies to respect legislative prerogatives.
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Goldstein
Annapolis
Louis L. Goldstein
AELR
Comptroller
Del
Lawrence Wiser
D Montgomery
Robert Stroble
Rbalto. County
Appeals court suspends right to change of venue in Baltimore civil cases
The Maryland Court of Appeals ruled 6-1 that the constitutional right to automatic venue change in civil trials is unenforceable in Baltimore while the city maintains a multiple court system. The decision cites equal protection concerns and signals support for unifying the city's courts, though discretionary venue changes remain available.
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Annapolis
Maryland Court of Appeals
Baltimore City
U.S
Court of Appeals
Baltimore
J. Dudley Digges
Gulliver
Supreme Court
High risk cancer agent found in Baltimore air
Baltimore air contained a high level of dimethyl nitrosamine, a potent cancer causing agent, according to August tests by Energy Resources Corp. in Cambridge. Results announced at a Las Vegas conference and by the Public Interest Research Group show Baltimore's level three times higher than the only other area, Belle, West Virginia.
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Baltimore
Massachusetts
Energy Resources Corp
Cambridge
Mass
Las Vegas
Washington
Public Interest Research Group
Ralph Nader
Philadelphia
Wilmington
Del
Waltham, Mass
Belle, W.va
David Fine
Thermo Electron Corp
Samuel Epstein
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland
Richard Rosen
Energy Resources
Fairfield
FMC Chemical Corp
Rosen
Mississippi River
New Orleans
Environmental Protection Agency
Baltimore Board of Trade trains wiretap detector
The Baltimore Board of Estimates approved funding for Ronald A. Brown Jr. to attend an electronic countersurveillance course in Cockeysville and authorized 1303 for a countermeasure kit to detect surveillance gear. Separate experts warn of dimethyl nitrosamines DMN as potent carcinogens linked to emissions from local industry.
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Baltimore
Board of Estimates
Ronald A. Brown Jr
Cockeysville
Brown
Maryland Agencies Push Back Against Regulations Overreach
Maryland House of Delegates approved a bill similar to Goldstein's regulation in 1975. The Senate referred it to the Legislative Council and it sits with the Senate Economic Affairs Committee. The committee plans a proposal for the Maryland Register to protest executive agencies acting by regulation when the legislature has not acted affirmatively.
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Goldstein
House of Delegates
Legislative Council
Senate
Senate Economic Affairs Committee
Maryland Register
Maryland SAT average falls sharply in 1975 drop
Maryland high school students saw a 16 point fall in verbal and 14 point fall in math on the SAT from 1974 to 1975. The state slimmed to two points above the national verbal average and one point below on math, with 27,000 test takers in 1975.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Lutheran Hospital threatens emergency room shutdown
Baltimore AP reports Lutheran Hospital warns its emergency room will close on February 28 unless state aid arrives. Administrator John P. McDaniel cites a $300,000 five year deficit and seeks state funding to cover medically indigent patients. Other area hospitals warn of domino effects from Lutheran’s closure. The subcommittee considers a $2.5 million interim grant and broader medical assistance expansion for higher income brackets.
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Baltimore
Lutheran Hospital
John P. McDaniel
Lutheran
Bon Secours
Provident
Maryland General Hospitals
del. Larry Young
D-Balt
Maryland
McDaniel
Young
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