Roanoke Park Supervisor Flags Potential Pot Use
Roanoke VA AP park superintendent Granville Liles says drug use on the Blue Ridge Parkway is not a major problem but suspects some youths visit campgrounds and overlooks to use marijuana. Two Roanokers were arrested in April for planting marijuana seeds in a field on the Parkway, with investigation ongoing.
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Soldier Killed in Belfast Ambush and Bomb Attack
In Belfast early Saturday British corporal Jim Bankier of the Royal Green Jackets was killed in a crossfire as gunmen ambushed troops. A second soldier was wounded in daylight fire. Earlier a dynamite blast at a nearby dance hall wounded 20 as sectarian clashes intensified. Police cordoned the area and recovered a machine gun, two pistols, and three shotguns.
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Curfew Enforced After Chattanooga Civil Unrest
Chattanooga mayor issued a citywide 7 p.m. to 8 a.m. curfew after widespread disorder. Police arrested 148 people, mostly black, following a rock concert disturbance. Two were shot, one in the head, amid ongoing clashes as authorities vowed to extend curfew as needed.
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