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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1971
Page
5
A former heroin user recounts a brutal descent into methamphetamine and heroin starting in high school, the pull of drug circles, and a brutal withdrawal collapse ending in recovery. She details manipulation by dealers, stealing to support the habit, hepatitis, hospital treatment, and finally returning home to her parents.
Smithsonian releases a five volume work by Dr. G Arthur Cooper of the National Museum detailing his half billion year West Texas brachiopods. The Glass Mountains near Del Paso yielded seven million specimens and 1100 species many new to science.
The Lubbock Regional Airport control tower is named national winner in the airport control tower category by the FAA. Other recipients include Chicago air route traffic control center and the Fairbanks Barrow flight service station in Alaska. The award honors staff who maintained operations after the May 11 tornado despite loss of all telephone communications.
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