The Great Speckled Bird April 26, 1971 Vol. 4 #17 pg. 24

RADAR !  BUSTED

 Acting on a tip from their usual reliable sources, the GBI pulled a vehicle raid New Year’s Eve on several cars in Tifton, Georgia, suspected to be hauling distributional quantities of illegal narcotics. If their tip had any factual foundation to it, the culprits eluded the long arm of the law. However, the GBI was able to arrest Radar, along with some friends and Tifton acquaintances whom they had met at the gig they played that evening at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. The only contraband found was about a quarter ounce of marijuana and a little less than a gram of hashish: the straight press in Atlanta and Tifton also reported some amphetamines, but it seems that was merely a media invention. The GBI were hardly pleased with their find and were almost apologetic to Radar. One agent was reported to have said, “We’re after the trees, not the leaves.”

The ultimate results of all this was but one conviction and sentence. Jimmy Cobb, bass-vocal and leader of Radar, was sentenced to sixty days in Tifton County Jail. This of course, means that Radar will be out of action for this period of time, already having to cancel  their appearance with Spirit and Trapeze this past Sunday. It’s actually a good thing for the other two groups, for with a good wind Radar would have blown them off the stage.

—uncle tom