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THE PONCHATOULA TIMES
Police sell 23 tons of pot, arrest customers
Four men were arrested and 23
tons of police marijuana recovered,
an airplane, an 18-wheel tractor-
trailer rig, $56,600 cash and deeds to
assorted properties in the Gulf South
were all seized in a cooperative effort
by federal and local authorities near
here Sunday, according to Sheriff Ed
Layrisson.
Narcotics agents with the Tangi-
pahoa Parish Sheriff's Office were
contacted by Drug Enforcement
Administration (DEA) agents and
agents with the State Police Criminal
Intelligence Bureau and Hammond
Police were also called in. D.A.
Duncan Kemp was also brought into
the operation, all about two months
ago, agents said•
Friday, the federal police marijuana
was brought to a rural location about
eight miles north of Hammond by
police agents and two men arrived at
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a Hammond motel in a semi-truck,
agents said The two were contacted
by agents and two more men from
out of state arrived Sunday to com-
plete the drug buy from the police
agents, agents allege. The value of
the drugs is estimated at $26 million.
Sunday at about 2:30 p.m. two men
arrived at the Hammond Airport
with the cash and an assortment of
deeds to farms and condominiums
allegedly to be used as security in the
marijuana purchase, DEA agents
said. Arrested at that time were: the
plane pilot, Samuel Burchard, 38,
Rising Fawn, Ga.; and his passenger
Arthur Tommy Nixon, 44, Cullman,
Ala. Both were arrested on charges
• Garden club
FROM PAGE ONE
you have just eaten for Thanks-
giving.
During the same year of 1949 a
giant picnic was planned by the
lllinois Central Railroad and of
course our Community Garden Club
was host. Approximately three
thousand people attended. The
picnic was held at Ponchatoula
Beach There was dancing, swim-
ruing, boat races, and a bathing
beauty contest. Plenty of good food
was enjoyed be all. The club shared
in the proceeds of this event.
Mrs. Barringer, our own Mildred
Glarer, was president of the club at
this time and has held the position
many times since the beginning of
the club.
Along about this time two parks to
care for was getting too much for the
ladies and that is when the Kiwanis
Club asked to take over the Log
Cabin. This was the year of 1950.
Mrs. Ann Edwards was reluctant to
give up the Log Cabin but due to the
fact her health was failing and many
of the ladies were getting older and
not able to take care of so many
of Conspiracy to Possess with the
Intent to [:)z''*,zib ut e Marijuana,
according to agents, The two men
who arrived in the truck were
charged with the same offenses.
They are: Bill B]andon and William
Rhoades. no ages or address given.
Rhoades and B!andon were taken
into federal custody, by DEA and
agents with the U.S. Treasury
Department Sunday, while Nixon
and Burchard were placed in the
Tangipahoa Parish Jail on $20 mil-
lion bonds each. records show.
The police-owned marijuana came
from an undisclosed source through
the DEA office in New Orleans.
according to DEA agents.
projects, the Kiwanis Club took over
the Log Cabin.
It is a place of many activities. They
have done a fine job. The city had
added a swimming pool and a fine
baseball field for the young baseball
fans. There is a lovely place just to sit
and relax and meditate.
The present beautification of the
grounds was the idea of Bernice
Edwards. She and her family have
been very generous in furnishing
magnolia trees which were a favorite
of her mothers. Azaleas and other
blooming plants are dedicated to
Mrs. Edwards memory.
In 1961 Ponchatoula had its cen-
tennial, 100 years. The Centennial
Belles were formed. The ladies wore
bonnets and badges to show they
were boosters of our little city. Some
great events happened during this
celebration. I couldn't possibly name
all who participated but our own
Mayor Collins Bonicard was there in
the middle of the excitement doing
his thing.
For the past 12 years we've been
having the Strawberry Festival here
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Nixon has been investigated by the
Organized Crime Drug Task Force in
Birmingham, Ala., according to
federal agents at the arrest scenes.
Nixon is also thought to have been
the head of the organization making
the deal for the 23 tons of marijuana.
About 20 agents from the various
agencies worked on the case, accord-
ing to deputies• The property deeds
were for properties in Alabama,
Mis,Jvsippi, Tennessee and Florida,
according to officers on the case. The
two men in parish custody are
expected to be transferred to federal
custody.
in our town. We call ourselves the
Strawberry Capitol and to prove it we
have a large beautiful red strawberry
on top of our city ha]]. Thousands of
guests each year come to enjoy this
event.
Our club serves chicken jambalaya
with salad, flied fish, French fries,
and all the trimmings. We have done
well with this project. I will stop here
to say ALL the ladies work very hard
to make it a success.
Our reward for working so hard is a
trip we all take together on a tour
bus. Each Fall we travel to a different
place for a week and we just relax
together, have fun and enjoy each
others company.
The Community Garden Club has
added many fine new members
through the years of their work and
activities. So many need and deserve
to have their names mentioned in
print but I will say to all Community
Garden Club members you have
done a fine outstanding job.
The building we have now. the
charitable organizations you have
helped, the gifts to the city hall,
museum, the fire department, the
police department and the personal
gifts and cards that are sent out each
month will long be remembered by
all.
We are proud as a club to say we
have not asked any help from any-
one. We are still that Community
Garden and Industrial Club which
was started many, years ago.
Auditor says
police jurors
unethical
BATON ROUGE --- Legislative
Auditor Joe Burris on Monday made
public his audit of the Tangipahoa
Parish Police Jury, officially charging
them with violating Louisiana ethics
laws.
The official state audit chromcles
violations of the state bid law, state
laws forbidding the hiring of family
members and jury workers who were
apparently signed to sweetheart con-
tracts to perform the same jobs they
had been doing all along at standard
police jury pay, and ethics violations
which include then-Police Juror
Cade Williams participating in the
official vote to name him to the paid
police jury-appointed position of
Registrar of Voters.
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Also arrested Sunday at
was David Snoddy of Destin,
was arrested in Destin
agents and charged with
to Possess Marijuana with
to Distribute.
Federal police agents from
and the Internal Revenue
were apparently trying to
and his associates police
marijuana to bolster the
police case being made
Nixon. Agents from both
were involved in the
operation" in Tangipahoa
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