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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1971
Page
11
Pfc. John P volunteers for action in Vietnam to avoid heroin at Ft. Bragg and Fayetteville but returns to Ft. Bragg addicted to heroin. He is among about 60,000 American soldiers who faced drug use in combat zones, starting with marijuana then heroin amid loneliness and separation from home.
Federal sky marshal in a motel near Smith Reynolds Airport boarded a Piedmont Airlines 737 in a pilot disguise and captured Bobby Richard White, 26, of Kingsport Tennessee, who attempted to hijack the jet from New York. The bag contained clothes and shoes, and White faces federal hijacking charges.
The U.S. Command announces two new laboratories and treatment centers at Long Binh and Cam Ranh to test for heroin use via FRAT urine analysis, then treat for five to seven days before repatriation. Positive cases receive follow up at U.S. drug centers after arrival. Thieu orders regional anti narcotics campaigns and smuggling crackdowns.
The New York Times asks a federal judge to lift a temporary order stopping its Pentagon papers series arguing mootness since the Washington Post runs a parallel set of stories. The Post says the articles do not risk U S national security and rely on the same study.
President Nixon’s plan to phase out the Indochina war won House rejection of any binding pullout deadline. The House and Senate votes defeated end-the-war amendments while signaling desires for a halt date, with the Nedzi-Whalen 31 December deadline defeated 254 to 158.
In Olath e Kansas District Judge Herbert W. Walton dismissed the rape charge against 22 year old Gerald Silvers and ordered the trial to continue on first degree murder al legation. The case concerns the 1970 disappearance of Silvers niece Lisa from Sunflower Village. A former cellmate testified Silvers admitted killing her.
Convicted mail thief James V. Schaefer promised to testify about a $100 million mail theft ring if granted immunity. He spoke with Senators McClellan and Gurney and reiterated the pledge in public after fellow witness William Ricchiuti invoked the Fifth Amendment multiple times. Cudak named Schaefer as his partner in robberies at JFK Airport and other airports, detailing gang members and fences who handled securities diamonds and furs. The panel heard testimony from several named by Cudak, while others did not appear or sought postponements.
US air cavalrymen clashed with North Vietnamese troops 43 miles east of Saigon as militiamen near the capital uncovered a stockpile of enemy munitions. A week of under fire combat included ambushes, bunkers, mortars, and rocket strikes with several U.S. casualties and ongoing airstrikes by B52 bombers.
A compact ad fragment lists Russell Stover Candies and Key Rexall with over 40 years experience and Rumsey Funeral Home contact 843-5111. The clipped notice reflects small business listings and service references in a local paper.
Temperatures soared toward the 90s with 90 already reached at noon at the Journal-World unofficial station while KU Weather Station showed 88 on Thursday. A slight 20 percent chance of widely scattered showers and thunderstorms persists, with upper 60s to low 70s tonight and highs again in the 90s Saturday.
Ronald Au 35 of Honolulu Hawaii won the 51st annual Jaycee convention in Portland on the 21st ballot to become the new national Jaycees president defeating five other candidates.
TEHRAN Iran AP reports nine persons have been executed for peddling narcotics since a two year old law authorized the executions.
Robert Foster, newly hired director of bands at Kansas University, aims to expand the KU Marching Band from 120 to 150 members next year. A former associate director at Florida, he compares band leadership to coaching a football team and plans more varied performances to meet public expectation.
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