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McCartney arrested
TOKYO?Former Beatle Paul McCartney was
arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle a half-pound
of marijuana through customs Wednesday as he
arrived at Tokyo International Airport for a Japanese
concert tour, authorities said. The two-week tour by his
group "Wings' was cancelled as a result.
The officials quoted the 37-year-old rock star, who
was led away in handcuffs, as saying he had "brought
some hemp for my smoking." Japanese authorities use
the term "hemp" for marijuana.
McCartney flew to Tokyo with his wife. Linda, four
children and members of his singing group to begin an
11-concert tour, his first in Japan since he visited with
The Beatles 14 years ago. at the height of that British
rock group's worldwide success.
Customs officers said they found 219 grams?7.7
ounces?of mariiuana in a niMstir hnp in nn#? of Mr
Cartney's suitcases as he passed through the checkpoint
at the airport at Narita, 40 miles east of Tokyo.
The Clear Light Society, which is campaigning to
legalize marijuana smoking in Japan, called for the
immediate release of the 37-year-old ex-Beatle.
Switch 'impossible'
LONDON?Lord Killanin, president of the International
Olympic Committee, said it was "virtually
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Moscow.
Speaking on a BBC-TV program, Killanin said it was
"Moscow or nowhere" and explained it would cost the
IOC millions of dollars if it broke its contract with the
Russians.
However, Olympic officials from Canada and the
United States said a switch from Moscow was still a
possibility, and would be discussed at an IOC meeting
in Lake Placid in early February.
There has been sympathy to switch the site of the
Summer Olympics from Moscow to protest Soviet
military presence in Afghanistan.
Professionals rob plane
ROME?Police interrogated an Italian bank courier
yesterday in their search for information leading to the
daring thieves who stole $2.5 million from a Swissair
jetliner at Rome's Leonardo da Vinci airport. Police
were convinced it was an "inside job."
In Rome, police said, "Only highly trained
professionals after a long and meticulous preparation
could pull off a thing like that! It's just incredible."
An Italian radio announcer said, "Italian ingenuity
does it again."
The robbery went off with such clockwork precision,
pplice were positive the thieves knew minute details of
airport and bank procedures.
Inmate writes book
KAMLOOPS, British Columbia?A man who told a
judge he stole two cartons of cigarettes because he
thought jail would be a good place to write a book was
released after the judge read the manuscript and
decided he liked it.
After Judge Gordon Gilmour of Kamloops provincial
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decided to withdraw a charge of petty theft
against Daniel Dube, 31.
Dube first appeared in court Dec. 18, refused a
lawyer, and pleaded guilty. When the prosecution
opposed bail, Dube said he didn't mind staying in jail.
Before the trial started Tuesday, Gilmour was told >
that Dube had a document he wanted only the judge to i
see.
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Marijuana opinions differ
WASHINGTON?People who smoke marijuana are
endangering theip brain, lungs and reproductive and f
immune systems, says a Columbia University medical
professor. But a Harvard professor argues frequent
marijuana use does not seriously damage the mind or
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Dr. Gabriel G. Nahas, professor of anesthesiology at ij
the Columbia University College of Physicians and
Surgeons, said a( least five groups of people should be
warned against using marijuana: people with lung or
heart disorders, adolescents, women of child-bearing
age, epileptics, and people with a tendency toward
schizophrenia and mental illness.
But Dr. Lester Grinspoon, associate professor of
psvchiatry at Harvard Medical School, said. "The
chronic use of marijuana does not do serious damage
to the body or mind."
In prepared testimony, he said marijuana is
"markedly safe" compared with alcohol and drugs. He
also discounted researchers who say it permanently
alters the mind or personality.
The Senate will likely vote this year on an overall
proposal to revise the federal criminal code, part of
which contains a section softening the penalties for the
possession of small amounts of marijuana.
Presley possible addict
MEMPHIS, Tenn.?Prescriptions issued in Elvis
Presley's name indicate the entertainer was at least
drug dependent and possibly a narcotics addict, a
Memphis physician told the Tennessee Board of
Medical Examiners.
"There is a substantial number of different families
of drugs, all of which adds up to a horrendous number,"
said Dr. Eugene J. Sciotta. He testified Wednesday
about a list of prescriptions written for Presley
by Dr. George Nichopoulos.
"The numbers...seem to escalate," Sciotta said. "It
would appear he was drug dependent. If he got
everything prescribed here...he was narcotics addict."
Sciotta was called as a state witness in a hearing on
charges that Nichopoulos, Presley's physician for 11
years, illegally prescribed excessive amounts of drugs
for 16 patients including the late singer.
If found guilty by the medical board, Nichopoulos
could lose his license to practice medicine.
Sciotta, like Nichopoulos, a specialist in internal
medicine, was critical of his colleague's use of amphetamines
and sedatives, such as Quaalude, in
treating patients.
Escapee chauffered VIPs
RALKIG1I, N.C\?.James Lee Walton says he j
chauffeured Ronald Reagan last fall in Washington. He
even got his autograph.
Walton, 57, escaped from prison 13 years ago while
serving a sentence for murder. On Wednesday, he
turned himself in to Wake County Sheriff John Baker.
He was known in Washington as Wilbert Lee Walton,
taking a brother's name after his escape.
During his 13 years on the run, Walton worked as a
cook, as a maintenance supervisor in John Mitchell's
Justice Department, as a chauffeur for National
Academy of Sciences President Philip Handler and as
a free-lance chauffeur for widely-known people j!
ranging from federal judge David Bazelov to Frank
Sinatra, he said. !
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Roach execution ordered
COLUMBIA?The state Supreme Court yesterday
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two confessed murders in South Carolina whose cases
the U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear.
A clerk in the high court said documents calling for
Roach. 19, to be electrocuted were sent to the state
Corrections Department this morning.
Normal procedures call for the execution to be
| carried out on the fourth Friday after the papers are
received by the Corrections Department, Feb. 8 in this
case. But due to appeals, no execution is expected on
that date.
Roach, of Seneca, and Joseph C. Shaw. 24. of
Crestwood, Ky., pleaded guilty in December 1977 to
murder and other charges in the deaths of two
Columbia teen agers. Both were sentenced to die.
The U.S. Supreme Court denied Shaw's appeal first,
and an execution date of Dec. 14 was set. A federal
appeals judge stayed the execution just 18 hours before
it was to have been carried out.
Roach's appeal before the U.S. Supreme Court was a
wide-ranging document alleging that the death penalty
would be cruel and inhuman punishment for the youth,
whom his attorneys describe as "emotionally immature."
They also argued that Roach met a number of other
mitigating circumstances which made the death
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Call for 'living will'
COLUMBIA?Stating that the elderly have "so much
to fear in life, they should not have to fear death," Rep.
Harriet Keyserling helped pursuade a House committee
to keep alive a bill that she says provides for
death with dignity.
On an 11-8 vote, the Judiciary Committee agreed
Tuesday to send the so-called "Living Will" measure to
the full House despite a subcommittee's unanimous
recommendation that it be killed.
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and in advance for the withholding or termination of
life-support systems if he becomes terminally ill. The
person could provide for this only through a "living
will"?a document whose wording is stipulated in the
legislation.
Rep. Keyserling noted that the measure is backed by
several senior citizens groups. "These are the people
who are facing something that many of you...probably
don't even think about," the Beaufort County
Democrat said.
Noting that the elderly are vulnerable to crime and
the effects of inflation, she urged the rommittp#* nnf in
add death to the list of things they fear. She said the
elderly who support the bill only want to be assured of a
peaceful death.
Dean's body found
SPARTAN Hl'RG?Sheriff's officers said Wednesday
a body found near Interstate 85 Tuesday night has been
identified as that of Dr. Ralph A. Greene, dean of
administration at Greenvile Technical College since
Jan. l.
Spartanburg Countv Sheriff's Cant May Rnes ?aiH
an autopsy Wednesday indicated Greene, 38, had been
shot in the head twice with bullets fired from a large
caliber pistol.
His body was found on a rural road about two miles
from the interstate and 15 miles south of Spartanburg.
Ross said that the only identification on the body
were the man's initials engraved on a bracelet. An
hour after the body was found by county policeman
Bryant Millwood, officers discovered an abandoned
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