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Newspaper

Southern Illinoisan

Location

Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Aug 15, 1978

Page

10

Propositions 5 6 and 7 fuel California ballot fights

Wallace Turner reports that housecleaned ballot measures Propositions 5 6 and 7 target smoking in public places a school homosexual ban and an expanded capital punishment framework. Briggs a state senator led both drives spending nearly 1 million dollars and introducing a mail petition technique that could reshape California campaigning and legislative access.

Wallace Turner New York Times San Francisco California Clean Indoor Air Committee Jerry Brown John V. Briggs Fullerton Briggs

Defoliant spraying limits near forests set by USDA

The Agriculture Department imposes restrictions on aerial spraying of the herbicide 2,4,5-T near national forests. Limits apply to areas within one quarter mile of year round streams and within one mile of permanent residences as a precaution against environmental and public health risks.

Washington Agriculture Department United States

High wires dazzle crowd at Chicago Daley Center

Spectators gaze skyward with mouths agape as high wire artists perform at the Daley Center Plaza in Chicago Loop. AP Photo captures the urban spectacle under clear skies with onlookers enjoying the show.

Daley Center Plaza Chicago Loop

Texaco Discovers Gas Off New Jersey Coast

Texaco reports a gas strike in the Baltimore Canyon about 100 miles off Atlantic City New Jersey. A Texaco official calls the outlook for further discoveries moderately encouraging but cautions one find does not make a field. Previous wells by Shell and Continental Oil were nonproductive.

New York Texaco Inc Baltimore New Jersey Texaco Robert Palmer Atlantic City N.J. Palmer Shell Continental Oil

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