Drugs in High School Lead to Tragic Death
A 19 year old Minneapolis youth described using cough syrups Dexedrine and barbiturates for kicks. He had been jailed six times for drug use and hospitalized three times after overdoses. In a police interview he said about 30 percent of students at his last high school used such pills and cough syrup, and that the drugs can lift mood but impair speech and judgment.
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Churchill as Honorary American Citizen A British Leader
James F. King profiles Sir Winston Churchill as the first foreigner to gain honorary American citizenship. The piece notes his claim of American traits from his mother Jeannette Jerome and recalls episodes from his youth, wartime Congress appearance, and a Senate denouncement over a Cuban visit. It highlights his American roots through Leonard Jerome and Consuelo Vanderbilt and cites Churchill’s remark on his school years and degrees.
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Miami University
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Tech Faculty Members Read Papers at Folklore Society Meet
Three members of the Texas Tech English department will read papers at the 47th annual Texas Folklore Society meeting in Austin. Everett A. Gillis discusses Laureates of the Western Range, Joseph T. McQuullen presents The Runaway Map, and Grace Wellborn offers King Puck Ireland's Only Monarch. The meeting closes Saturday.
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Everett A. Gillis
Joseph T. McQullen
Grace Wellborn
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