The Fugitive Teams With Dragnet

THE FUGITIVE TEAMS WITH DRAGNET

The U.S. Customs Bureau reported this week that it has solicited the aid of "Dragnet" star Jack Webb, David Janssen of "The Fugitive," and television personality Dave Garroway to help the Department's public image.

Customs Commissioner Myles Ambrose said that the television stars will explain -- in a series of radio spots - why it's necessary to search people's luggage for hidden dope. Ambrose said that the spot announcements by Webb and the others would explain that intensive searches at the border, sometimes causing long and irritating delays, are being used to strike at the drug crisis which has reached "epidermic proportions in the United States."

The Customs Department said that it expects to search 250 million Americans crossing U.S. borders in the next 12 months.

-Earth News