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*Bladen County Hospital approved a pest control contract with McDuffie Pest Control of Elizabethtown.
*North Carolina Highway Patrolman R.B. Starling arrested three men on marijuana charges. They were placed in Bladen County Jail with bond set at $500 each.
*The average Border Belt tobacco price was $81.42 per pound. Bladen growers were expecting prices $10 higher….and expressed their disappointment in the local media.