Five Hippie Types Arraigned In Grady County Drug Raid
Five residents of two dwellings in Grady County faced arraignment before Justice of the Peace Fred Pearce after a raid yielded a large marijuana plant and seed seizure. Officers estimated the value at several thousand dollars and sent evidence to the State Crime Lab. A second raid near the Grady Decatur line uncovered about 100 more plants with arrests anticipated.
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George Lassiter
Cairo
Grady County
Justice of the Peace
Fred Pearce
Lane Waldrop
Decatur County
E. W. Phillips
James Anthony Mattingly
Oliver W. McCarroll Jr
William Mizelle Tracy
Paul True Albert
Jane Lee Duncan
Route 1
Tallahassee
Meridian - Hadley Ferry
Deerwood Plantation
J. W. Reid
Thomasville
Reid
Jane Duncan
Waldrop
State Crime Lab
Atlanta
Superior Court
Grady - Decatur
Nixon weighs lifting meat import quotas to ease prices
President Nixon said he is studying a temporary lift of meat import quotas to expand U S meat supply and slow rising food prices. He noted the move would not have an immediate effect but could help in coming months as the Cost of Living Council debates expanding price controls.
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Washington
Nixon
Newsmen
U.S
Cost of Living Council
White House
The
Price Commission
Donald Rumsfeld
Nixon calls education bill vague in decisive remarks
President Nixon said he would decide today whether to sign or veto a 21.3 billion education bill amid criticism that antibusing provisions are vague. He warned that a veto could jeopardize restoring key education programs and highlighted the desegregation halt compromise as a major issue.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Oval Office
Melvin R. Laird
Communist Party
Leonid Brezhnev
United States
U.S
Soviet Union
Supreme Court
Pentagon
John V. Lavelle
North Vietnam
Lavelle
Miami
Chicago
White House
Democratic National Committee
Flood Threat Looms as Agnes Packs More Rain
Western Pennsylvania and New York endure extensive floods as Agnes stalls. National Guard aids evacuations in Harrisburg Elmira and other towns while rivers rise toward flood stages. Deaths total 36 with many missing as officials warn of continuing heavy rain and possible further flooding.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Allegheny
Monongahela
Pennsylvania
Agnes
New York
National Guard
Harrisburg
Elmira
National Weather Service
William Long
Pittsburgh
Milton Shapp
Seaboard
Virginia
Albany
N.Y
State Transportation Department
Wilkes-Barre
Clearfield County
Philadelphia
New York State
Chemung
Corning
Commerce
Peter G. Peterson
New York City
Joseph Sartori
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Olean
Salamanca
Teen Receives Florida Electric Chair Sentence
Rudolph Valentine Lee, 18, was sentenced to death by the electric chair in Jacksonville after a first degree murder conviction. Judge Frank H. Elmore imposed the automatic penalty as no mercy recommendation was made.
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Jacksonville, Fla
Jacksonville
Florida
Rudolph Valentine Lee
Frank H. Elmore
First Baptist Church Hosts Mini Concert by Three Generations
The Music Ministry at First Baptist Church plans a Sunday 7 p.m. mini concert featuring three generations of one family. See page 2 for the full story and pictures.
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First Baptist Church
McGovern Plans Southern Swing Amid Nomination Push
George McGovern majors in a six state southern swing to win over Dixie leaders and energize fall campaign while aides insist he will clinch the Democratic nomination by early July. Delegates total 1 302 5 with about 200 needed, Humphrey campaigns pause amid storm delays.
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Washington
George McGovern
South
Nixon
Frank Mankiewicz
South Dakota
McGovern
Dixie
Oklahoma City
San Antonio
Tex
Little Rock
Ark
Atlanta
Columbia
S.C
Richmond
Associated Press
Pound Floats Free as Britain Drops Pound Rate
London acts to float the pound, causing market confusion and a rush to the dollar. Gold prices jump, Swiss and German markets react, and officials say the move is temporary to curb a run on sterling.
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London
U.S
Frankfurt
Switzerland
Zurich
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Abby A Markets
Anderson Oe
Heloise
Women's News
Humphrey
New Jersey
St. Michael's
California
Philip Wilkins
Sacramento
Valery Giscard d'Estaing
Paris
London Stock Exchange
International Is
Smithsonian
Bank of England
Economist
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