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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1978
Page
10
Maria Elaine Pitchford, a former psychology student, was acquitted of performing an abortion on herself by reason of insanity in Kentucky. The jury deliberated briefly, and her fiancé testified against her to gain immunity. Pitchford sobbed as she expressed disbelief at the verdict.
Earth tremors reported in southeast Missouri and western Tennessee rattled a few houses but caused no damage. A National Weather Service spokeswoman in St Louis said the tremors were very light and police in Pemiscot County Missouri and Dyer County Tennessee confirmed calls from residents with no damage reported.
California state Senate killed a bid to ratify a constitutional amendment giving Washington, D C votes in Congress. The upper house refused to suspend rules to take up the ratification measure before adjournment Friday.
The Coast Guard announces new policy ending sex based training and career restrictions. All women graduates of the Coast Guard Academy will be assigned to sea duty for their initial tours as commissioned officers, joining men. Previously, only 24 of 707 female officers served at sea.
Pennsylvania will require annual exhaust pollution inspections for over three million cars in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh metro areas as part of a consent decree signed by Judge Louis C. Bechtle. The program aims to cut smog and carbon monoxide by 25 percent by 1987, with start by mid 1980s, under the Federal Clean Air Act of 1970 after EPA pressure.
Ralph Nader asserts the Chevrolet Vega faces potential fuel tank explosion risk similar to Ford Pinto and Mercury Bobcat. He says the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is reviewing the Vega while General Motors declines comment. Ford previously recalled 1.5 million Pinto and 30,000 Bobcat sedans for fuel tank fixes.
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