Drug Raid Procedures Revamped in Charleston
Charleston Police Chief John Conroy announced changes to drug raid procedures to avoid raiding innocent homes. Attorney Frank Epstein said the Reynolds may sue the city for damages and seek a court order to change raid practices if a pattern of improper raids is found. The raid on Mr and Mrs Reynolds home was admitted as conducted on the wrong apartment.
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Charleston
S.C
John Conroy
Frank Epstein
John M. Reynolds
Epstein
Reynolds
Conroy
Dawson Gang members sentenced in federal robbery case
Two members of the Dawson Gang, Windell Wayne Sellers and Theo Donald McDaniel, receive 25 year federal prison terms for the Union Bank of McEwen holdup. Dawson and Daw son had earlier received sentences in Mississippi. Frank Brack Wellborn faces trial in Atlanta as the gang’s Southeast robbery probe widens.
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Nashville
L. Clare Morton
Sellers
McDaniel
Mississippi
Billy Ray Dawson
Dawson Gang
Dawson
Super Saleman TV Announcer Sells Cure After Headache
A TV salesman keeps talking until viewers complain of a headache and then offers a cure product. The segment showcases persistent pitching and a final pitch aimed at relief.
Nixon offered Baker Seat on High Tribunal
Senator Howard Baker of Tennessee says former President Nixon offered to nominate him to the Supreme Court in October 1971. Baker recalls Attorney General John Mitchell presenting the offer during two vacancies and says he declined, citing temperament and a lesser fit for a life in the high court.
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Tullahoma
Hugo Black
John Harlan
Mitchell
Baker
Ald Ie
Nickels for Know How Program Endorsed in NC Vote
In Raleigh the Nickels for Know-How program received strong support as North Carolinians voted to continue the nickel per ton assessment on feed and fertilizer for six more years. In incomplete county returns 31,845 favored and 2,210 opposed, funding research at North Carolina State University.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
North Carolina State University
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