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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Mar 07, 1979

Page

13

Drugstore heroin rising as Dilaudid abuse spreads

Federal agents warn Dilaudid, a powerful morphine derivative, is increasingly supplied to addicts as heroin availability declines. Scattered cases show pills sold on streets at high prices while prescriptions or fake cures fuel thefts and doctor shopping. Overdose deaths fell from 1,762 in 1975 76 to 609 in 1977 78 amid heroin supply shifts.

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Queen Elizabeth II Receives Gems on Arab Tour

Queen Elizabeth II returns from an 18 day tour of seven nations amid gifts from oil rich rulers in the Persian Gulf valued by some reports at up to six million dollars. Palace says gifts are the queen personal property and not subject to customs duties. Gift pieces include sapphires diamonds pearls and gold items.

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Short-Term Borrowing Linked to Cleveland Finance Woes

A Library of Congress study finds Cleveland’s cash flow problems from 1970 to 1976 were driven by declining population and tax base, plus slow per capita income growth, with short-term borrowing rising 40.6 percent from 61.6 million to 86.7 million.

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