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An inexperienced two-legged friend. You, mink and sable, Strip the traps from the trail, so you don't harm your soul.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union: A Depot of Metaphors | 5/18/1970 | See Source »

Not all vanishing Americana is cause for nostalgia. Consider the speed trap, that once ubiquitous feature of Crossroads, U.S.A., now largely and mercifully extinct, the victim of interstate highways and perhaps even some slight evolution in civic if not human nature. One malignant exception to progress, however, is the southeastern...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: American Scene: Ludowici, Ga. | 4/27/1970 | See Source »

TWO large roadside billboards just inside the county lines north and south of town guard the approach to Ludowici. Placed there by Governor Lester Maddox two weeks ago, they warn approaching motorists of "speed traps" and "clip joints" in large black letters on a white background. State Trooper Thomas Randall...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: American Scene: Ludowici, Ga. | 4/27/1970 | See Source »

The town of Ludowici is 56 miles south of Savannah, deep in the heart of Georgia clay country. The county seat of Long County, it boasts a population of 1,600 and all three of the county's newspapers. Once a quiet train stop, it is now a depressing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: American Scene: Ludowici, Ga. | 4/27/1970 | See Source »

It may not be quite as bad as all that, but Ludowici has nevertheless defied the efforts of three Governors, including Maddox, to shut down the speed traps. For years some of the local gas stations also conducted a profitable con game. When an unsuspecting motorist stopped to have his...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: American Scene: Ludowici, Ga. | 4/27/1970 | See Source »

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