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...declining to overturn the convictions of two men who had been arrested attempting to pick up a trunk full of marijuana last summer, Superior Court Chief Justice G. Joseph Tauro declared, "In my opinion a proper inference may be draw from the evidence that there is a relationship between the use of marijuana and the incidence of crime and antisocial behavior...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Judge Upholds Guilt Of Pair in Pot Trial | 12/20/1967 | See Source »

...since, U.S. airlines have been competing for traffic with an ever proliferating and vastly confusing array of cut-rate fares. As a result, more passengers than ever are crowding aboard planes. But the cheap promotional fares are putting such a squeeze on profit margins that last week four major trunk carriers agreed that the time had come to dump some of the discounts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Airlines: Dumping the Discounts | 11/24/1967 | See Source »

...collection of rare pipes owned by Campus Tobacconist Stephen Zachary Weinstein. Next day, when Green had not returned to his dorm in Philadelphia, a search was begun, and Weinstein reported that the student had never shown up. Last week Green's body was found in a green steamer trunk bobbing in the Delaware River...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Philadelphia: Ye Friendly Tobacconist | 11/10/1967 | See Source »

Hammell, who then left the shop, said that Weinstein told him next day he had killed Green "by choking him and hitting him in the head with a board." Weinstein gave him $50 to help stuff the body into a trunk and load it in a rented car, Hammell told police. Then Weinstein, Hammell and two teenage friends drove into the countryside to find a burial place. Hammell said that the ground was either too muddy or too hard, and they decided to return to Philadelphia and throw the trunk in the river...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Philadelphia: Ye Friendly Tobacconist | 11/10/1967 | See Source »

...older standbys. Communism and world poverty are not the nation's greatest perils, he said. "The greatest threats are from a decline in moral character, personal responsibility, family life and religion-the things on which American life are based." His speeches were mostly well received, even at the Trunk 'n' Tusk Club in Phoenix, where many Arizona elephants cannot forget his refusal to support Barry Goldwater...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Politics: On the Road | 11/3/1967 | See Source »

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