Johnny Pot Sows Seeds Like Hippie Appleseed Tale
Cleveland AP reports a modern day Johnny Pot sought by FBI Drug Abuse Control for scattering marijuana seeds in northeastern Ohio and other states. Described as six feet, 140 pounds with a brown Van Dyke beard, he travels on foot and accepts rides from long haul drivers. He plants seeds in vacant fields and uses a mail pouch, sharing maps with accomplices.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Johnny Pot
Federal Bureau of Drug Abuse Control
Ohio
van Dyke
Johnny
Will
Cept
Cleveland
Johnny Appleseed
John Chapman
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Junta in Firm Control in Panama After Coup
Panama’s junta tightened grip as deposed President Arnulfo Arias failed to spark resistance. National Guard patrolled the capital while Arias and about 80 supporters remained at Canal Zone transit point under guard. Col. Jose M. Pinilla, 49, leads from the guarded palace with Col. Bolivar Urrutia nearby.
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Panama
Arnulfo Arias
National Guard
Arias
U.S
Canal One
Canal Company
U.S. State Department
Dean Rusk
Jose M. Pinilla
Bolivar Urrutia
Junta
Apollo 7 Crew Hosts Live TV Tour From Space
Apollo 7 astronauts Walter Schirra Donn Eisele and Walter Cunningham battled colds as they guided viewers through a 1 ½ hour live television tour of the spaceship. They showed the guidance station, food storage, exercise device and cockpit, with Harriet Eisele watching in mission control. The crew promised another similar program Wednesday within range of Corpus Christi and Merritt Island stations.
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Schirra
Donn F. Eisele
Walter Cunningham
Apollo
Cunningham
Donald K. Slayton
Astronaut Office
Paul Haney
Manned Spacecraft Center
United States
Corpus Christi
Tex
Merritt Island
Fla
Cape Kennedy
Harriet Eisele
Harry D. Hamilton
Gnadenhutten
Ohio
New Jersey Bombards Hon Mat Island in Vietnam Action
The battleship New Jersey, the world’s only active battleship, targeted Hon Mat Island off the South Vietnamese coast with 16 inch shells piercing reinforced concrete. B52s and other aircraft bombed four provincial capitals as Gen Minh and government spokesmen jeered and pursued defections with leaflets.
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South Vietnam
America
Air Force
Nguyen van Minh
Soft Coal Miners Win New Contract and Raises
The United Mine Workers announce a pattern setting contract giving soft coal miners a $7 per day wage raise over three years. Immediate $3 daily increase retroactive to Oct 1, then $2 next Oct 1 and $2 on Oct 1, 1970. The agreement covers about 80,000 miners in 22 states plus 10,000 more in four firms.
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George Judy
Bituminous Coal Operators _ Association
Judy
Industry Association
Boyle
Guards Fire Into Massed Prisoners at Cummins Farm
At Cummins Prison Farm Arkansas guards fired eight shotgun blasts into a group of 75 inmates when they refused to work unless policy changes. 24 were wounded, one with eye injury. The superintendent defended the act as a reasonable measure. Gov. Rockefeller called for a full investigation.
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Cummins Prison Farm
Ark
Victor C. Urban
Winthrop Rockefeller
Urban
Herman Good
Natchez, Miss
Little Rock
Gary Haydis
Haydis
Tucker Prison Farm
Cummins
Philippines Urges World Court in Sabah Dispute
Philippine Foreign Secretary Narciso Ramos urged Malaysia to submit Sabah claims to the World Court at the U.N. General Assembly. He cited 1873 Sultan of Sulu signing and a 1963 transfer to Britain, insisting peaceful arbitration and readiness to accept the court’s ruling.
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United Nations, N.Y
Philippines
Malaysia
Borneo
Sabah
World Court
Narciso Ramos
U.N. General Assembly
Abdul Rahman
Kuala Lumpur
Ramos
Sulu
Sultanate of
Philippine
Ing
Tun Abdul Razak
Tokyo
Razak
Ferdinand E. Marcos
Rahman
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Washington
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Kansas
Idaho
Ann Landers
Eterna
Valley News
Dmz
Khe Sanh
Rangers
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LURP
Long Ranger
Apollo TV
Happy Trip
Haney
Slayton
Outer Space
Eisle
Battlewagon
Red Island
Minh
Saigon
Namese
Guam
Okina
Thailand
Quang Ngai
Pleiku
Central Highlands
Tay Ninh
Can Tho
Mekong Delta
North Vietnam
North
W. A
Tony” Boyle
United Mine Workers Union
Ft. Gordon
Augusta
Usastc
U.S. Army School Training Center
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