The Capital from Annapolis, Maryland • Page 12

THE CAPITAL G. Liiitfcieurn Height Is in dire neea or sires: iignts. VaridaiJsrn snd thefts are on the increase in trsis munitv and the street lights are too sparsely scattered to be of "any effect. It is "very dark along our section of Ar.ck; rid. There is a utility pole In iroai of our (louse aid we would welcome a street light being installed tei'e.

no.v A. Let there be ligfetl A iigsiisg evaluation of your area was taken and in approximately 3(5 to 98 days your area will be all bright and shiny with a new street lamp, says J. Ltevd Rush ol the county's Bureau of Cctaauiaity and Indas trial Affairs. Q. I am now 64 years old and understand I can get rtdiicTiun How do I receive tbrougfe A.

Maryland State Tax Reform legation allows tax credits for citizens 65 years of age or over. The applicant must he the owner of his dwelling and his gross income srust net exceed $5,000 per year. This will give a tax credit of 50 per cent of the assessed value of the property, not to exceed Your tax bill has a stating this. Q. Almost a year ago the water department made a survey in the Briarciiff-on-the-Severn" section of Arnold and indicated they were going to renew the water main.

'There is yen- little pressure and we feei, as a result our home burned to the ground because the Ore department could not get enough water from the hydrant. Will the water pressure be boosted soon? A. Plans and design are 10G per tent complete for the Briarcliff area water system, the county department of public works says. Bids for the work will be let as soon as right-of-way can be obtained. Q.

Our house has been robbed three times since October 1366. Please get us some lighting protection to illuminate the area. Or does it have to get worse here before such a request is honored? In. 196fi I wrote to public works and several county officials asking that a street light be put at the end of our road. I was told it would be done, but we still have no light.

Gitr road Hwy.) is very dark and there are no lights in our area. Please help lis and our neighbors to get a light A. rfae light be installed in the next 30 to 90 days, according to the Baltimore Gas Electric Co. Q. Children playing in the Lynbrook community off Hammonds Lane have no 'Children At Play' signs warning motorists to slow down.

We once had them. Can you get them back for us? A. These signs are no longer used because they are deemed "ineffective nationally and do not redace speeds nor induce caution," says the county traffic division. Many traffic people have now concluded that special caution signs give parents and children a false sense of security. Q.

A large garbage-trash container for a school is located across the- street from our retirement home in Hiilsmere. It is an eyesore and not-the healthiest thing to have near your home. When the school empties trash into it some is spilled on the ground. Police have investigated and seen dogs and cats eating garbage spilled school but got no satisfaction, we no longer invite guests to our home because we are ashamed of the mess from the container. When you investigate you might find the area clean, but it's particularly bad on weekends.

And there is a large commercial propane tank six feet from the trash container. This tank is also an eyesore and it would be nice if the school moved it We don't want to move from here, but the mess is unbearable. A. The trash-garbage container has been moved, as yon requested, says Edward P. Oviatt, headmaster of the school.

He said the container was not placed in front of yonr home with any malicious intent School officials have been somewhat in a quandry as to where to place the thing: Oviatt adds that gas company officials have reassured him the propane tank is completely safe where it is. But this summer the school plans to move it to a place away from yonr home. A county sanitation inspector checked the container apparently after it had been moved, because he said it was not in sight of your entrance. But if you have some further ccTT.p'.sint or feel that the caunty investigated at the wrong time, county vritu Industrial Affairs and inform them what was missed. Hope yon can start having visitors again.

Q. Why not remove the benches on the State House grounds? are a menace to the beauty of the area and people. At times they draw an undesirable gathering --noisy and unsightly. The benches can-not be enjoyed as a rsuiei place to proper'v rest, is ihey were intended to be. The benches were previously removed from the grounds years ago because they drew undesirables.

They should never have been replaced they are worse than before. "in my opinion. If they remain there two guards or policemen should be en duty on the circle at airtimes. Consideration should aiso be given to the park proposed at the foot af Main h't. where Ihe sas station is There formerly was park there, with trees, bsnches and grass.

So manv loafers, undesirables and L-oufale- makers congregated there. That is why the city rented it as a gas station. The area would iook nice as a grass plot, but without benches, or the city is. in my opinion. again in f-r soc attracted by benches.

Havr you pvrr hcpn in It is filled wish benches, populated by numerous "senior ritiTPns who have retired If it mase-yon teel say better, the park at "the foot Main St. will fee a landscaped parking lot wiihoni benches, we learned frnrn Mayor Roger W. Mover. He adtred. "1 don't think benches draw nndesirsbles possibly to fnrae.

hni not tfi other gronps. Maybe s-orne ff'trii vouths Ne-csufe hair lone." He pointed oat that the benches at the City Deck have bcoii .1 success and he faopes thai more are throughout Annapolis to provide peaceini places t- relax. He continued. "In the Maryland Ave. area we 1 hrirht then A I fiv.n'i -think you can hiame benches for whether or not ihty are gfxx! i-r had." If yonli notice 3S night there is a policeman on toot in ihat area.

Charles N. Davij. -i x- .1,. h.s hid official reports oNiut misconduct of oaths im: "I'vf. heard ninwrs rovrdy hztj never s-een them uisre.

if they are people shmild report them and hdp cor- a AT ibe State rn-'it-e tbe fit ir install cew shrub- wJ there KT? be employed arxi I thought once rstired irorr 5he mer.t yco not again SACX federal err.pbyira^t. Am y. hut yrat are There are ffmitatjow; oti make stratiaih-. but they AetiM learned from soda! se- retirecs ess rnske is governed timr NE V. If lift If To Break Ground for New Home rsin or Su'rdsv 3 bright dav Mpfn- se-'errrs Tor the new horr? oj me Severna Park Meihodist scheduieci to fae built on a opposite ChartweH.

After a number of years The ccr.trsct awanl- ed- ic William H. Sands Con- srruc-tiori company of Towson. i fr ''h I 15 Ends Tratnijrg nation of the efforts of Dr. A. minister church, the board of oiik-iai board, ihe building committee, the crusade "tee and the congregation: The wi 4 p.m.

the lot at 1801 fieid Rd. in Severna Park. Good Results Smiling at the results of the successful fund drive of the American Field Service in Severca Park are. from left, Mrs. Jay Reed, faculty advisor: Meredith Nye, student chapter president, and Jack K.

Sun, president of the A4ult AFS Chapter. A total of S1I38 was collected recently in the community by Seventa Park High School AFS to continue stu-dest exchange program. ir.g is finally taking shape, said Ralp.M.B. publicity' dlrect'or. Addressing the group expgct ed to gather for the ceremony will be Dr.

Lewis F. Ransom, superintendent of tiie Baltimore Southeast District. PLANS for the $360,000 siruc- tun? bv A. Her.sc! Fink, a leading church archi- Army Private Michael W. Weidmann.

24, son of Mr. and' Mrs: Frank R. Weidmann. .82 Cc-riduit has cuiiipleted eight of -advanced infantry trainmg at Ft. D'ix, N.J.

received specialized instruction in small unit tactics and in firing such as the M-14 rifle, the M-GG machine gun and the 3.5-inch rocket launcher. Club Hosts Pascal-Weidemeyer Debate BY. J. THOMAS WASON Staff Writer Maryland's new constitution, characterked as a document "that protects government from the people," was alternately defended and damned during- debate. i Speaking before the Fifth Dis- itrict Republican Club meeting recently at the Coachman ilnn were former Democratic jcounty delegates to the Consti- jtutional Convention C.

Maurice jWeidemeyer, who made the statement, and jRobert A. Pascal. i I "We have produced a docu- that I can't recommend in iall provisions." Weidemeyer jsaid and went on to outline his TAKING AIM at the proposal ito lower the voting age to 19. iWeidemeyer said that for over a hundred years the state has seen fit to protect the interests people under 21. and that it a rather anomalous situation jtnat when he-can't protect his! interests, he should decide i Also incurring his ire was the i provision to lower the residence for voting to six "He should be able to Tread, write and say Anne Arun-; before he can vote," Weid-j jemeyer said.

i Changes in the number of natures required to bring a pro- iposal to referendum was point-j i ed out by Weidemeyer as being less than a good thing. He said it was difficult to get the cur- required three per cent those who voted in tbe last gubernatorial election to sign a i petition for a referendum raising the requirement to five per cent. ON the issue of lotteries, banned under the new constitution, Weidemeyer said the legislature. may have occasion to feel I ''and it may not be in the very; distant future" that the state i will have to adopt a lottery, if that he did not think that an issue state was in danger of being jer pointed out the illegal gambUng in Baltimore City out of business. Following i 's speech, Pascal spoke in of the constitution.

He prefaced his remarks by saying "there's a lot I don't like in here (the new constitution) personally." He went on to say that he thought much of the criticism of i it under the old." the document amounted to "nit-j picking." Pascal said, in an-' Pascal defended the provision swer to Weidemeyer's charges, of the new constitution to that the 21-year-old voting age tend the enfranchisement to requirement was arbitrary pie living on federal reserva-j controlled by people under thelconsideration. age of 21. 1 i He warned that government; ON the size of the legislature, i was going to get andi in respect to the redistricting; bigger" and that the new thchstuutiOn Wa5 designed to deal' state had to comply with the.with the increased demands that! Supreme Court decision. will be made on the si-ate. Pas-l- eal said that the iramers of "The figure of million new constitution "sat down with! came, I believe, out of the; the idea that we weren't going comptrollers office." a a change things for the sake ofi said, and even if it is an accu--change." rate reflection of the cost of i new court houses that "if they Weidemeyer concluded by say-i need a new court house under ing that "we've lived with the; the new constitution thev need old one (constitution) a hundred; that Weidemey-l years" and we know what it can as bearing to as.

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