Judge calls drug war a failure and urges legalization
U S District Judge Robert W. Sweet argued that illicit drugs should be legalized, taxed, and dispensed by the state. He linked prohibition to poverty and crime and said jailings fail to curb drug use while prisons and trials strain the system.
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New York
Cosmopolitan Club
U.S
Robert W. Sweet
Drug Policy Foundation
Washington
Sweet
George Shultz
Baltimore
Kurt Schmoke
Milton Friedman
William F. Buckley
Southam
Manhattan
al Capone
Dutch Schultz
Weather line goes to the moon for forecasts
New York based American Express launched a 1-900 WEATHER line on August 1 providing forecasts for 600 locations worldwide. Moon weather draws more calls than all but New York City, with 264 degrees on the sunlit side and minus 272 on the dark side. Forty five seconds of data costs 75 cents a minute.
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New York
American Express
New York City
Jess Bander
North Pole
London
Chicago
Boston
Bander
Fund-raiser flop costs Cosmosphere in Wichita
An October charity event at the Epic Center in Wichita aimed at supporting the Kansas Cosmosphere ran a $20,000 shortfall after about 1,200 attendees paid $35 each. The "mini-museum" show cost roughly $45,000 to stage and drew $25,000 in receipts while boosting local awareness for a $7.5 million campaign that has raised about $4 million to date.
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Hutchinson, Kan
Wichita
Kansas Cosmosphere
Space Museum
Mike Stephenson
The
Epic Center
Eva Holder
Hutchinson
Wright Brothers
Holder
Daily Crossword clues mix yields varied puzzle theme
A dense set of crossword clues and answers spans across and down entries. The list includes references to persons like Moreno and Hayworth, locations such as Beverly Hills, and terms from aviation, publishing, and chemistry.
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Loohcs Loohcs
the Daily Crossword
Melvin Kenworthy
Swift
Lamb Norman Town
Amy Plata
Beverly Hills Drive
Abbr
ESG
Moreno and Hayworth
Young Or Old Follower
Tower
Stan
Way
Sparks
Residence
Tripoli
Tal
Anirin
Iglols
Sa Tel
Pio
Bleirit
Lutyy
Antoinette
JON
Sen
Frank and
Ernest
Garfield
HMA AG
Beetle Bailey
Huh, Sens
Calvin and Hobbes
Santa
Dence
Alan
Gidiap
Joel
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