Word: maryland
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Then the Republicans launched their first attack. Maryland's Marjorie Holt proposed an across-the-board cut of $21.4 billion. After a few minutes of debate on an almost empty House floor, Democratic leaders thought they could easily block her amendment. Suddenly, Republican Congressmen, who had been waiting in the Speaker's lobby and the Republican cloakroom, poured into the chamber. The Democrats hastily regrouped. Speaker Tip O'Neill wandered around the floor, glowering and muttering at potential Democratic defectors. Majority Leader James Wright of Texas collared three Democrats and persuaded them to vote the leadership line...
...attempt to rectify wrongdoing should bring." Also in a forgiving mood Attorney General Francis Burch dropped 60 of the 61 counts against Carcich and got the court last week to sentence him to 18 months of probation, during which he will spend a year in unspecified work among Maryland prisoners without serving time himself...
Villanova edged Maryland in the last event, the 1600-meter relay, to defeat the Terrapins for the title, 99-98. Host team Pennsylvania finished a surprising third, and Northeastern came in fourth. Harvard trailed far behind with 13 points...
...more ships will be fought behind the closed doors of congressional committees, on which sit passionate Navy supporters. Florida Democrat Charles Bennett, chairman of the seapower subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee, has proclaimed that the shipbuilding program "ought to be about 20% more." Charles Mathias, the Maryland Republican who wields considerable influence on the Senate Appropriations Committee, has declared: "I intend to ensure that this country has a strong Navy in the 1980s and beyond...
...morning of September 21, 1976, Ronni Moffitt and her co-worker and husband, Michael Moffitt, drove Letelier's dust-blue Chevelle out to suburban Maryland to pick Letelier up for work. They had driven his car home the night before because their own car wouldn't start. The three left the Letelier home at 9:15 a.m.--Michael Moffitt in the back seat, his wife and Letelier in the front. Just as they passed the Chilean embassy in downtown Washington a bomb exploded in the car. Both Letelier and Ronni Moffitt died shortly after their arrival at the hospital; Michael...