Court halts demolition of old Queen City Station Hotel
Baltimore Circuit Court granted a temporary injunction to stop demolition of Cumberland’s Queen City Station Hotel. Preservationists allege ongoing negotiations to buy and restore the 99 year old National Register site. bond, barricades, and other requirements are cited. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad owns the property and seeks dissolution of the order.
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Cumberland
Baltimore
Queen City Station
Charles D. Harris
Allegany County
Howard Fetters
Baltimore Court
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Maryland
General Assembly
COURT
Queen City
Baltimore and Ohio
Nader Sees Weakened Consumer Bill Advances
House Speaker Carl Albert seeks a full briefing on a committee approved consumer protection bill amid Nader's charges of weakening. The bill creates an independent consumer agency, elevates the Office of Consumer Affairs, and forms a 15 member consumer advisory council. Virginia Knauer lauds the measure as balanced and strong.
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Washington
Ralph Nader
House
Carl Albert
Albert
Government Operations Committee
Chet Holifield
D-Calif
Oklahoma
Bckfield
Virginia Knauer
Benjamin
Nixon
Nader
Orga
Nized Labor
White House
Office of Consumer Affairs
Labor backs no fault insurance in Maryland debate
Maryland labor leaders endorsed no fault auto insurance as a needed reform though limited in scope. Charles Della of the AFL-CIO and AERT J. Mattes of the United Auto Workers urged lawmakers to offer Maryland citizens the best possible no fault plan, while opponents warned of attorney opposition and called for further study.
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Annapolis
Maryland
Charles Della
Maryland District of Columbia
Afl-Cio
Legislative Council
Della
Aert J. Mattes
United Auto Workers
Mattes
Del
Alan M. Resnick
D-Balto
William Bricker
Drs
Maryland Black Faculty Oppose New Admissions Plan
A group of black faculty and staff at the University of Maryland College Park oppose the regents adoption of tighter admissions policies. They warn the predictive index based on grades and national tests will discriminate against minorities rural students and blue collar dependents.
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College Park
CAPA
University of Maryland
Board of Regents
Meany Calls Poff Racist as Supreme Court Talk Surfaces
George Meany of the AFL CIO labels Rep Richard Poff a racist based on his 1954 signing of the Southern Manifesto and civil rights record. Meany said the labor group might oppose a Nixon Supreme Court nomination amid past rejections of Southern nominees.
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New York
Aescio
George Meany
Richard Poff
Rva
Labor Organization
Poff
U.S. Supreme Court
Meany
David Frost
Nixon
High Court
Supreme Court
NAACP
Clarence Mitchell
Afl-Cio
Senate
Clement F. Naynsworth
G. Harrold Carswell
Frost
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