Portrait of George A Hormel II

(Original Caption) Wealthy George A. Hormel II, 26-year-old jazz pianist and heir to a meat packing empire, was jailed here after narcotics officers said they found 13 marijuana cigarettes in his car. His friend, actress Rita Moreno, kicked and slapped officers as they searched her purse in Hormel's Laurel Canyon home. "I don't know anything about it," he said as he sat in City Jail. "I realize that sounds silly, but I don't know how the cigarettes got in my car. I certainly did not put them there. I have never been a user, I am not at present and will never use narcotics of any description."
(Original Caption) Wealthy George A. Hormel II, 26-year-old jazz pianist and heir to a meat packing empire, was jailed here after narcotics officers said they found 13 marijuana cigarettes in his car. His friend, actress Rita Moreno, kicked and slapped officers as they searched her purse in Hormel's Laurel Canyon home. "I don't know anything about it," he said as he sat in City Jail. "I realize that sounds silly, but I don't know how the cigarettes got in my car. I certainly did not put them there. I have never been a user, I am not at present and will never use narcotics of any description."
Portrait of George A Hormel II
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Credit:
Bettmann / Contributor
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515550382
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Bettmann
Date created:
September 19, 1954
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