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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1971
Page
4
Washington AP reports a new heroin detection test used on all GIs leaving Vietnam. Described as 100 times more sensitive than prior methods, it detects heroin up to five days after a dose. WRL officials say the rapid tech screens over 2500 urine samples daily and supports broader drug-detection efforts.
Eleven Boy Scouts of Troop 99 received Life Scout, First Class and merit badges at the Scout Court of Honor held Monday night at the Scout House. Lawrence Dawson and Dick Eddington presented the awards.
AP Special Correspondent William L. Ryan reports that recent developments in Communist China provoked adverse reactions in Russia. The article notes heightened tensions and suggests changes in regional diplomacy amid unclear specifics.
GREAT BEND Kan AP Leonard Francis Sprague pleaded guilty in district court here to kidnapping and assault charges. He was accused of the Aug 28 1970 kidnapping of Hesman J Gearhardt Jr 8 Hoisington Kan and assaulting Richard J Farmer 12 Hoisington. Judge Herbert Rohieder sentenced Sprague to 15 years to life on kidnapping and a three year minimum on assault. An original murder charge was reduced to aggravated assault. Sprague was ordered sent to the Kansas Reception and Diagnostic Center in Topeka. Farmer was struck on the head and dumped in a privy at the Cheyenne Bottoms Game Refuge near Great Bend.
In Moscow hostile episodes against President Tito drew attention as Yugoslav emigres, once foes of Tito, found public platforms. The City Telegram notes a rising chorus of criticism and concern over the perceived threats to Tito’s leadership amid international posts and press exposure.
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