Word: maryland
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Maryland's Mandel is found guilty of fraud and racketeering
...have no home," said Maryland's Democratic Governor Marvin Mandel. "I have no place to go." That statement was not strictly accurate-Mandel continues to live in the 54-room Governor's mansion in Annapolis-but in a month or so, he will face a serious problem indeed. Last week Mandel, 57, became the first American Governor in 43 years to be convicted of a crime while in office.* Barring a successful appeal, he will have to move out of the mansion and leave office by Oct. 7, the date set for his sentencing (the maximum possible punishment...
...prosecution grew out of the same federal effort to clean up Maryland politics that drove Spiro Agnew, Mandel's predecessor as Governor, from the vice presidency. A total of seven Maryland officials have been convicted in federal prosecutions since 1973. In early August, former Congressman Edward A. Garmatz was indicted for bribe taking; Mandel's trial, ironically enough, was held in downtown Baltimore's new Edward A. Garmatz Federal Court Building...
...Massachusetts, California, Maryland, Pennsylvania and other states, these operators have succeeded in getting laws passed to protect them from being arbitrarily closed by the oil companies. In addition, Congress is now considering legislation that would curb the oil companies' freedom to end leases. Such measures will ensure the survival of a fair percentage of full-service stations. To help fill the need created by the demise of many others, a new type of business is springing up: auto service centers that sell no gas but concentrate instead on providing auto repairs and parts. For example, Sears, Roebuck...
Several other federal cases have nearly foundered because of insufficient laws. The conviction of one man, accused of stealing confidential information from a Federal Energy Administration computer in Maryland, was possible only because the thief had dialed into a system from his office a few miles away in Virginia. He was prosecuted under an interstate wire-fraud statute. In response, Senator Abraham Ribicoff has introduced a bill prohibiting misuse of federal computers or any data-processing machine affecting interstate commerce. The bill would impose stiff punishments: up to 15 years in prison and a $50,000 fine. Says Justice Department...