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C4 THE SUN, Wednesday, January 9, 1980 188 lawmakers open their drama today pot un. but at least I'd get to be In his Jury hears Davis confession Legislators, as well as others involved in the General Assembly's high-pressure existence, often find themselves so immersed in their narrow world that the reality of life outside tends to slip away. They spend 8 to 12 hours a day together and distinctions between business time and personal time become hopelessly blurred. Legislative lingo clutters their speech. Anecdotes from floor or committee action seem like fascinating cocktail party talk.

Myopia sets in with a vengeance. "You're in a vacuum during the session. I feel particularly trapped in committee meetings," said Delegate Philip C. Jimeno (D, Anne Arundel). "You just lose contact with everybody else and everything going on outside.

It's really an awkward feeling." Many legislators try to break out of this Annapolis syndrome by going home as often as possible. "I made it home every night last session," Mr. Jimeno said. "It was especially important to me because I have a 5-year-old son. Sometimes I'd get home after he went to bed and have to leave before he room and kiss him good night." -r7T.

Frequent contact with offspring can go a long way to providing some measure of emotional stability even for those who can't get home so frequently. "I don't think mommies tend to low; the same kind of touch with reality that some other legislators do," said Bienen (D. Prinre Georges) "I get talis saying, 'Mommy, I need help with my homework' when I'm right in the middle of a committee meeting." "I have to stay down in Annapolis. It's a 65-mile drive home," explained Serfatbr Arthur H. Helton (D, Harford) "But I consciously try to back away from it at times.

It's something you need to do occasionally. I spend a lot of time alone." I A few hearty souls run, and groan away their legislative tensions-by playing basketball twice a week at 7 a.m. "Sometimes it's tough to get up that early," said Delegate Thomas B. Kertian (D, Baltimore county), a veteran of the House hoopsters. "But at least it forces to me to cut short my evenings out." By CHARLES V.

FLOWERS Anne Arundel County Bureau of The Sun Annapolis-A detective who investigated the strangulation death in 1975 of a 16-year-old Randallstown girl yesterday read the murder confession of Charles Davis, to the jury hearing Mr Davis's case. The 31-year-old defendant, who formerly lived in Baltimore, is serving two life sentences for killing two other women after sexually molesting them. Detective Patrolman T. Dennis Fee-ley, of the Anne Arundel Police Department, read Mr. Davis's statement that told of a night of drinking and smoking marijuana before Mr.

Davis angrily strangled Lydia Victoria Norman after she refused to have sex with him. The murder took place in a car at a remote spot near Baltimore-Washington International Airport, the statement said. Judge E. Mackall Childs, of Anne Arundel County Circuit Court, ruled that the statement could be introduced as evidence during a closed pretrial hearing Monday. The press was barred from the hearing, and lawyers and court officials pledged not to talk about it until after the jury was selected yesterday morning.

According to testimony, Lydia's body was found lying face-up, fully clothed, in the Hanover section of the county. Detective Feeley was one of the first officers to arrive. He testified yesterday that Lydia had bruises on her neck and cheek and a scratched knee. Lydia carried two identification cards in her bag, one of an 18-year-old girl and an authentic one listing her as a 16-year-old student at Randallstown High School. A neighbor identified the body as that of Lydia that afternoon at the morgue in Baltimore, the detective said.

The detective said that he and Ronald Clark, his former partner who was then a detective patrolman, eventually began to suspect that Mr. Davis may have been involved because of similarities with the two murders for which he was convicted. Kathleen C. Cook, 24, daughter-in-law of a high-ranking State Police officer, was shot and killed on New Year's Eve, 1975, after she was lured to the parking lot of a dinner club. Mr.

Davis was convicted of murder on April 12, 1978, and given a life sentence plus 15 years. Later that month, he was given a consecutive life sentence for the shooting death of Peggy Ellen Pumpian, 23, daughter of a retired Pikesville businessman. She was found in a car on Interstate 95 August 24, 1976. Mr. Davis confessed to the two killings after being arrested in Nevada September 1, 1977 on other charges.

Detective Feeley said he and Detective Clark brought Mr. Davis from the penitentiary to the Anne Arundel police headquarter in Millersville April 24, 1978. The prisoner was questioned for three days, with one interrogation session taking place at the site of Lydia Norman's death. Mr. Davis denied any involvement.

Detective Feeley said, but "acted nerv ous and agitated" at the desolate scene of the death. In July, 1978, Mr. Davis's wife, who lived in Baltimore, told the officers that Mr. Davis was writing them a letter and wanted to talk to them again. They questioned him again on July 10, 1978.

Detective Feeley said Mr. Davis signed forms saying that he had been advised of his rights, that he wasn't mistreated and that he was writing his confession willingly. Warren B. Duckett, the Anne Arundel county state's attorney who is prosecuting the case, introduced the signed forms into evidence. The confession gave this account of the crime: Mr.

Davis met a friend, Harry Moss, at the Hollywood Palace on U.S. 40 west of Baltimore the night of September 11, 1975. They drank, then "smoked grass" outside. They went back in and drank more, and met two girls, one of them Lydia Norman. The four went to a place on U.S.

29 to drink, then came back to Catonsville to eat at a diner. Mr. Davis took the other girl to her home, then met Mr. Moss near BWI. Mr.

Moss showed him the isolated place to park, and Mr. Davis and Lydia got there about 2:45 a.m. September 12. Mr. Davis said that he and Lydia Norman drank and talked and "we started making out." He tried to talk her into having sex, but she refused.

He then strangled her and dragged her body out of the car and dumped it on the ground, the statement said. County corrections center due ASSKMI1LY, front CI chenhorn (R, Carroll). There are a lot of small things conspiring to "try and make you feel important someone is always waiting to greet you and pin your name tag on" at the various functions held here each year to fete the legislators, said Senator James C. Simpson (D, Southern Maryland). "Lobbyists in particular keep making remarks that tend to feed your ego," agreed Delegate Mark C.

Medairy (D, Baltimore county). "If you don't keep tabs on what's going on, it goes to your head. Then it must be a terrible letdown if you don't get reelected." "And there are temptations here that encourage some individuals to act in a less Responsible way than they would otherwise," he added. Among the pitfalls awaiting legislators who get carried away with the no-holds-barred atmosphere in Annapolis are overindulgence in perquisites-too much partying and abuse of the trappings of office. Delegate Catherine I.

Riley (D, Harford) noted that there seem to be fewer "swingers" in the General Assembly these days. The tiny dance floor at Fran O'Brien's Anthony House is still crowded with legislators on Monday nights, but they have been less obvious in recent years about attempts to form illicit liaisons. A growing number of legislators also disdain the effectiveness of kibbitzing over drinks to advance their pet bills. "They are a more serious group," Ms. Riley said.

"I don't know whether that's good or not There is a real need for humor and the chance to let off steam." A recent wave of legislative reforms and greater press scrutiny has no doubt also contributed to a less lavish approach to office decor. A plush lounge on the fourth floor of the House of Delegates office building, equipped by former House Speaker John Hanson Briscoe with a "playpen" sofa configuration and an entertainment center, complete with stereo and television, has been partially dismantled. Delegate Daniel J. Minnick (D, Baltimore county), chairman of the House protocol and entertainment committee, has claimed it as bis office and installed a desk and some bookcases. The playpen has been reduced to a single, long couch, and Delegate Benjamin Cardin (D, Baltimore), the new speaker, has donated the entertainment center to Crownsville state hospital Prince Georges county legislators are all abuzz about the new furnishings Delegate Timothy Maloney has installed in his office a gold suede sofa and love seat, a back-lighted bookcase and curio shelves, chrome pole lamps and a chrome and glass coffee table atop a Persian rug.

"It's embarrassing," said one of Mr. Maloney's fellow Prince Georges Democrats. "There is even talk that he wants to get the desk out of there." But Mr. Maloney, one of a new breed of full-time legislators who have no other jobs, offered an explanation not usually available to lawmakers of the past who seemed to be living too high on the taxpayers' hog. "I'm in Annapolis every day all year round," he said.

"I figured as long as I have to be here, I might as well be comfortable." "People told me the office would make everyone think, 'Hey, Maloney's goofing But since Maloney's here morning, noon and night, I'm not worried about that," he said. Giving Bibles to schools found illegal Under state law. 75 per cent of the' building costs for the center would be paid by the state, with the county paying the balance. Mr. Kamka said Governor Hughes will seek an amendment of the Community Adult Rehabilitation Centers law.

which provides for such community centers, in the upcoming General Assembly to provide full state financing of the construction costs. He added that planning money is available to Baltimore county and that Mr. Hughes is seeking $9.6 million to expedite community-based corrections throughout the state. While noting that most counties hayT supported the concept of the program al though few have done much about establishing a center -Mr. Kamka cited Anne Arundel county as the lone opponent of the program.

Robert A. Pascal, the county executive, is a staunch opponent of Mr. Kamka 's correctional policies. By taking an affirmative step, Mr. Hutchinson said, "The role I want to play is to do the responsible thing for Baltimore county Ms.

Caplan said the county would like to pattern the center after Montgomery county's community corrections facility, a national model for such programs that is comparable in size to the proposed Baltimore county facility. CKNTKK, from CI the center should be in another part of the county because of parking and transportation problems, Mr. Hutchinson said he would review the plans and evaluate additional sites over the next few weeks. Mr. Medairy said community centers should be smaller in size than the one proposed and he questioned the availability of jobs for inmates in the Towson area, as did Mrs.

Bachur. Both, however, supported the general concept of a community corrections facility. Mr. Hutchinson said his staff had reviewed those considerations and, with the support of Mr. Kamka, concluded that one large facility is more cost-effective and that jobs close to the center would be a problem wherever it is located.

Constance R. Caplan, the county's criminal justice coordinator, said her office had considered a variety of county locations on industrial land and small parcels in western and eastern Baltimore county. She said that, to date, the Towson site is the most feasible. "We didn't want it to be next to a playground, a school or in someone's backyard," she said. "Although we intend to run a good facility, there is no question that there's the possibility of escape." order schools not to participate, Ms.

Heller said. The Gideons are known for "placing" Bibles in hotel and motel rooms. They also "place" them retaining ownership, as they do with the hotel Bibles in jails, bos- Eitals and airplanes, Mr. Henderson said. i those cases, the Bible includes the full Old Testament as well as the New Testament In Bibles that are given away, be said, most of the Old Testament is dropped to produce a "vest pocket edition" that is smaller and costs less.

According to the attorney general's opinion, objections to Gideon Bibles in schools have come from Catholics the King James translation is not in general use in Catholic churches as well as from persons concerned about church-state relations. about a million of the 20 million Bibles his organization distributes each year go to public school students. Still more are distributed in private and parochial schools, he said. Mr. Henderson said the Gideons, founded is 1899, have distributed Bibles to public schools for more than 30 years, reaching every state.

He said the program will continue in states where it has been permitted. However, he said, it is the policy of the organization not to pursue court challenges. "We simply offer this as a service in love," he said. Edward Kercheval, assistant to the school superintendent in Washington county, said school officials there "certainly" will abide by the opinion. If the Gideons tried to resume school distribution, a parent could object to the state Board of Education, which could Hlltl.KSJroinCI were left in elementary schools.

Students were told they could pick up copies if they wanted them. Similar distribution methods were followed in the 13 other counties Allegany, Calvert, Caroline, Cecil, Charles, Dorchester, Frederick, Kent, Queen Amies, Somerset, Talbot, Wicomico and Worcester that participated, according to Ellen Heller, an assistant attorney general. Ms. Heller said the information was based on a survey of school systems conducted by the state Department of Education at the attorney general's request. Together, the 14 counties enroll fewer than 150,000 of the state's 800,000 public school children.

M. A. Henderson, international executive director of the Gideons, whose headquarters are in Nashville, said yesterday i sow. 0,499: Police call malls safe, but some people are wary incl. freight dealer prep.

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