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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1978
Page
6
The federal government recalls 14.1 million Carnation Breakfast Bars and Slender Diet Meal Bars due to potential wire fragments. Some may still be on shelves, but all have been pulled from warehouses. FDA had not yet confirmed the company report.
The Agriculture Department ends its three grade plan for ice cream quality after public comments show mixed support. The three grades would have rated flavor body texture and color, with labeling rules shifting ingredient details to the FDA. The 1979 labeling regulation takes effect July 1 1979.
Louis Harris reports a major U S public opinion shift on producing the neutron bomb. Since July last year women oppose 54 to 23 percent while men support 48 to 40 percent. regional and age differences also shape views with the South leaning pro and younger voters more opposed. Worries rise about wider nuclear use and moral issues, yet some see strategic defense benefits for Western Europe and NATO. President Carter opposed production but may cancel if SALT talks progress.
A University of Illinois survey of over 8,000 respondents shows 54 percent favor ratifying the federal Equal Rights Amendment among those who had reached a decision. The study also lists housing, government citizen relations, job opportunities and transportation as top state problems and notes tax attitudes on cigarette, liquor, corporate income, and income taxes.
Chicago Attorney General William J. Scott refuses to comment on a Sun-Times report that he sought Fifth Amendment protection before a grand jury probing campaign finances. He says the plea rests on alleged due-process violations, not self-incrimination, calling the federal probe a 235 day saga of leaks and distorted reporting.
Ten Illinois labor leaders representing about 400000 union members endorsed Republican Gov. James R. Thompson for a second term. Louis F. Peick, president of Teamsters Joint Council 25, joined the list of endorsers. Thompson said he was very proud and that the labor support could draw voters who normally back the Democratic ticket.
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