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United Press International
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Choppers were loaded in secret
staging areas with the pesticide malathion today to spray
infested fruits and vegetables growing in a fashionable,
15square-mile area of 40,000 homes.
Some residents frightened by the possible health
hazards of the spraying fled their bouses or sealed them
selves inside. Others threatened acts of civil disobedience.
One tactic, they said, would be to block refueling trucks for
the helicopters.
Opponents of the spraying lost two court battles Monday
— in the California Supreme Court and in a county court —
to stop the aerial spraying of the Mediterranean fruit fly,
which could devastate California’s vast fruit and vegetable
crops.
Federal authorities planned to start their attack on the
pest shortly after midnight. The first spray was to cover a 15
square-mile area in the fashionable neighborhoods of Palo
Alto, Mountain View, Los Altos and Los Altos Hills, where
there are 40,000 homes.
Federal planners said the first flights, undertaken in the
dark, would cover a smaller zone because pilots and crews
were tired and needed more time to familiarize themselves
with the terrain. A few practice flights were launched
Monday night.
The way was cleared for the aerial attack by Santa Clara
County Superior Court Judge Bruce F. Allen, who found
no evidence that malathion was dangerous to residents’
health, and by the California Supreme Court, which ruled
against attorneys who sought at least a one-day delay in the
spraying so they could present arguments showing the
pesticide was dangerous.
About 70 San Jose residents took refuge in American Red
Cross shelters. Innkeepers in Santa Cruz, 25 miles west of
San Jose on the coast, reported that most of their rooms
were booked in anticipation of the spraying.
Allen’s ruling and the Supreme Court’s decision came
after the Agriculture Department expanded the quaran
tine to include all of Santa Clara, San Mateo and Alameda
counties.
Harvey Ford, deputy administrator for plant protection
and quarantine for the federal agency, said the fruit fly’s
larvae had been discovered in a 2,500-square-inile area.
The area to be sprayed in the next several weeks covers
109 square miles with more than 300,000 homes.
Judge Allen, after listening to arguments from opp.
nents at an all-day hearing, said, T would not stopforors LO
minute to forbid the spraying if I thought it could makeoi prepa
single person ill." Russit
But Jean Mahoney said she planned to leave herPiincide
Alto home for the spraying because of her l5-year#2iJif 0
daughter. m ■ “If
“I don’t want to take any chances with her, Mi Capt.
Mahoney said. “She’s my only child, and 1 just don't uj which
to expose her to this kind of risk. !
Gov. Edmund C. Brown Jr. permitted the sprayprr worth
ram after the federal government threatened toquaranli to ma
the entire state of California unless there was an aerialtt Tv
started against the fruit fly. Engla
The state tried a sterilization ground attack againsttl,join tl
pest, but, when more larvae was discovered, it was del--Wat si
mined that aerial spraying was the only alternative. 1 year «
California Highway Patrol is already manning roadblock ^
to confiscate fruits and vegetables carried by motorists W
After losing two court appeals Monday, attorneys fort!
protesters said they would not file any other appeals,
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United Press International
WASHINGTON — A Cleveland congressman has
introduced a resolution to establish a committee that
would address the growing controversy over animal
rights — the treatment oflivestock and poultry pro
duced for food.
But Agriculture Secretary John Block plays down
the importance of the issue.
“I don’t think that the animal rights issue is a very
big or important issue, ’ Block said in a long-distance
interview with a group of radio broadcasters.
The resolution introduced late last week by Bep.
Ronald Mottl, D-Ohio, would establish a 16-
member Farm Animal Husbandry Committee to
address the issue of treatment of animals on farms.
“I hope that by the creation of the Animal Husban
dry Committee, a meaningful dialogue will be estab
lished between all farm interests and those indi
viduals and groups concerned with the growing use
of the new farming techniques,” Mottl said.
Animal rights activists criticize modern livestock
production techniques, including confinement of
animals in small spaces so some of them never ven
ture outdoors.
They also criticize a resulting need to add more
antibiotics to livestock feed to prevent spread of
disease in such close quarters.
Producers counter that animal welfare activists
unrealistically attribute human qualities to animals.
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large farm, hut he does not usr s.unr <>t tin v imxlennd Hi
techniques. In fact, his litters are Ixim outdoors Issue
woods rather than indoors. Spei
“I can’t take it (animal rights) very seriously, |l
Block said. But, he acknowledged, if it becomes ill;
larger issue, he would have to pay more attenfa K
He also said it should be handled, if necessary, os jjLA
a state level at a time when the government is tryiMjA*
to reduce rather than expand federal regulation ^
The proposed 16-member Farm Animal Husbat
dry Committee would be made of up small fanue!'.
agribusiness interests, consumers, animal welfare W;
advocates and scientific and medical experts. |or a
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thorough review of all aspects of intensive livestoci—i jai
production, including modern farming practices W
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cultural products produced and ultimate cost' only
consumers. Distr
Poultry and livestock producers have turned to Ui
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environmental modifications they undergo whei
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PINEVILLE, Mo. —A southwest Missouri resort owner cleaninjHL.
out his attic came across an 1871 bond worth more than $3.5 million elay
Monday, enough to bankrupt his home county if he were willing - devi
and able — to cash it in. If
McDonald County, whose budget for the year isn t even halftli(/rite
amount due on the 110-year-old bond, argues that the bond ith
already cashed years ago and is worthless now. adei
George Foster found the musty paper document last month in thf nd t
attic of his Ginger Blue Lodge and Resort. He presented the bondti ;r jpt
the county’s administrative court July 2 and was refused payment, on
McDonald County Clerk Lou Harmon recommended to the court erha
that the bond not be cashed. ; Mi
“It has not been appropriated in the budget,” he said. slevi
Foster said he does not want the money. n tb
“The main thing is that I want to stop this thing. My bond is; U
accumulating $1,100 in interest every day,’ he said. oulc
Foster said he has suggested the county pass a law to avoid future snt
disasters with bonds. He recommended the county place a call date linii
with simple interest on its bonds. le c<
The county clerk argues that Foster’s bond was one of a batch of$10# le 1
bonds carrying 10 percent annual interest issued in 1871 and cashedir he
1877 when a pair of investors sued the county for payment. iarc
But Foster said, according to records, the bond was never cashed Ge
“The bond has never been marked that it was paid,” Foster said. “Itisa rop<
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