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Show aitf Tiro DESERET NEWS, M M qji Tue - dsy, May 20, r tawi Jiiri-iiit- ifesaijftfiii fujriiacirtri' ffi ii Ti r gfjUggjfglgggj ; WASHINGTON -"(UPI) The Supreme Courts decision 4q pverturn the marijuana .conviction ot Dr. Timothy F. high 4ary, spriest of the psychedelic drug Tcult, appeared today to make two provisions of federal law unenforceable. nar-xoti- The unanimous ruling Announced Monday as the court handed down decisions for the first time since Abe could Fortas resignation force the Justice Department to revise its strategy for prosecution of about 100 pending marijuana cases and probably Will compel the government to ask Congress for new legislation covering narcotics. The Justice Department declined comment on the decision or its possible consequences and the Federal Narcotics Bureau, which bad said it would issue a statement, decided not to. Leary, a former Harvard psychology instructor widely known for his experiments with LSD and other hallucinatory drugs, had been convicted in Laredo, Tex., of transporting imported illegally marijuana and of failing to pay a special tax of $100 an ounce for it. Leary, 47, was given a maximum sentence of In 1966, prison and a His daughter, Susann, was arrestrd with him at the U.S. Mexican border and placed on probation until she reached legal age. The courts opinion, written by Justice John M. Harlan, struck down a provision of the narcotics impor'ation law which makes mere possession the presumptive evidence marijuana was imported illegally and that the prossessor knew it, Harlan said that on the basis of earlier Supreme Court decisions such a crimi 30 ypars in $40,000 fine. Drug Advocate Seeks High Post Federal agents have relied heavily in their prosecution of drug peddlers on the statute making possession of untaxed narcotics a federal offense. Justice Department sources Indicated the decision would hamper enforcement under the importation law. which was In his opinion generally similar to one last session in which the court - WASHINGTON (AP) The foundation headed by Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas has cashed in a $2 million jackrot in elling its stock in a firm which owns three Las Vegas casinos. A foundation official said Monday the holdings were two sold in early March years after Douglas had described the stock as "an irrevocable gift. The Supreme Court justice has drawn fire in Congress over his salary as president of the Albert Parvin Foundation and its ownership ties with plush Las Vegas gambling sources said the aim is to crack down on the price sprial which has sent the cost of planes, ships and other weapons soaring above original es- timates. In the Cheyenne case, the Army hired Lockheed Aircraft Corp. to develop, produce and supply parts for five years for 375 helicopter "gun ships designed to be faster and better armed than types now used in Vietnam. Congress was powerless to control marijuana traffic. We are constrained to add that nothing in what we hold today implies any conrvu-tiona- l disability to Congress to deal with the marijuana traffic by other moans, said the justice. Justice Department sources confirmed the government could be expected to recommend new federal legislation in the area. By Associated Press have voters Cincinnati property approved a tax increase that guaraantees nearly 85,000 public school pupils a full schedule of classes for the rest of the calendar 5.2-mi- 19?0. cried the longof the LSD sC, is the happiest day since the Emancipation ProclaThis, haired geru year. In Denver a record 100,000 voters were expected to turn out today in a school board mation' Of running for California he said: Ill governor, announce details at a press in the next conference couple of weeks in Los Angeles. But he said hell start picking away at state laws on election which could decide the fate of the citys school integration program. The president of the Chicago Teachers Union says he has turned down a peace plan offered by the Board of Education and the union will defi19, the strike city school nitely marijuana." six-poi- system Thursday. and treasurer, Harvey Silbert, disclosed in a telephone interview Monday that 21,791 shares in were sold during the first week of Match at $91.75 each. This would result in a purchase price of just under $2 million. Parvin-Dohrman- DESERET NEWS SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH Editorial OHIct, 34 E. First South Adv.rlliln. ond circulation 141 S. Main St. Salt Laka city, Utah Mils Established Juno 15, 1850. Published cli evening. Entered at the Salt Laka City Post Office os second class matter according to Act of Congress, March 3, 187?. The Deseret News Publishing Company assumes no responsibility for manuscripts and photographs contributed. Photographs and articles may be reprinted only with written pormis-slo- n given In advance. CARRIER DELIVERY RATES S 2 00 One month (dally only) S12 00 Six months (dally only) $24 00 One year (daily only) One month (dally and Sunday) $3 00 S18 00 Six months (daily and Sunday) One year (daily and Sunday) $36.00 MAIL DELIVERY RATES S3 00 mo. Dally (Sunday by carrlar) $2 25 mo. Daily only $3.50 mo. Dolly ond Sunday 6 mo. 3.50 Saturday only has been paid Douglas approximately $85,000 over the last seven years as the Foundations only salaried officer, tax records show. Justice Abe Fortas resigned from the Supreme Court last week amid congressional rumblings of impeachment in the controversy over a $20,000 check from the family foundafinancier tion of convicted Louis E. Wolfson. have called Congressmen for an investigation of Douglas and his foundations stock in Parvin Dohrmann Co., which owns the Stardust, Fremont and Aladdin hotels and 9QI AP Wirt Photo Kitty, Lot's Go Home d African lion Herman, cub, looks a bit shaken but pleased as he is back in arms of master, Delbert Haner Jr. of Portland, Ore. Monday, Herman got lost in a strange neighborhood after someone opened the door of his cage. Police armed with shotguns, rifles and tranquilizers swarmed to the home of a woman, who reported the lion asleep in her yard. 100-poun- casinos. The foundatoins Latin Jet Hijacked BOGOTA, COLOMBIA (AP) A Colombian Boeing 737 plane was hijacked today and forced to fly to Cuba with 34 passengers and 5 crewmen aborad. The Avianca Colombian Airlines plane was on a domestic flight to Pereira, the capital of Risamaralda Province, from Bogota. The hijacking by at least three armed young men occurred a few minutes after the plane took off from Eldorado Airport here. In Miami, Fla., the U.S. Federal Aviation Administra two-engi- tion said there were 54 passengers aboard the flight. The Avianca flight was the 26th commercial plane forced to Cuba this year. The last hijacking was on May 5 when two sky pirates one armed with a gun and one carrying a knife diverted a National Airlines plane carrying 75 persons on a flight from New York to Miami. Imp er Juki takd Batferorf Tetsod I yr. 1 yr. t mo. Church Nawi only stock T UES. & WED. PM. 5-- 9 lion in cutbacks. Five school days would have dropped in June and 14 more next December if the measure had not passed, they said. Nearly 110,000 voters turned out and 57 per cent favored the increase. The Hamilton County Board o! Elections said the turnout was heavy for a special election. Three earlier attempts to raise the levy had failed. The Denver ballot lists only candidates for two seats on the school board, but the campaign has polarized over the issue of crosstown busing to achieve racial integration. 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RETURN PAYMENT The Army asked Lockheed to return $54 million the firm has already received in production progress payments. It, did not ask return of $90 million which the firm has been paid for development. At Burbank, Calif., lock-hee- d Board Chairman Daniel J. Haughton said the order was not justified by the development problems the firm encountered. law. - barred prosecution under federal gambling and gun registration tax laws if the defendants claimed possible Harlan said he did not mean to suggect Douglas Group Cashes In Las Vegas Casino Stock A d m inistration Monday the Army rejected the Lockheed plan, halting its contract for production default of the contractor." It said Lockheed could keep its development contract for the Cheyenne but threatened to terminate this also unless the firm comes up with a satisto overfactory program statutory presumption must be regarded irrational and in violaor arbitrary tion of his 5th Amendment had he registered the rights imported marijuana and paid a tax on it as required by the Cincinnati WASHINGTON (UPI) -The Pentagon has halted production of its $875 million Cheyenne Helicopter project In a new "get tough policy witli defense contractors, ether such cancellations may be In the wind. Lockheed had trouble designing a "rotor system that would be stable. One of 10 test models crashed, killing the pilot. The Army notified Lockheed It was not meeting specifications. Lockheed proposed further developments and a delay in production, which was then scheduled to start In September. nal End School Crisis M O UNTAIN CENTER, Dr. TimoCALIF. 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