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August 6, 1978

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Headlines from August 6, 1978

‘Rehabilitation Is Good Business’

By Unknown Author

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Two years ago, Robert Schroeder, a shipping clerk at the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company here, strained his liack on a warehouse loading dock. Doctors said the injury would prevent him from returning to the job he'd held for 19 years, but the company's rehabilitation counselor enrolled him at a business college. Today Mr. Schroeder is a raw materials analyst at 3‐M, earning more thari he did as a warehouseman.

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ON THE ISLE

By Unknown Author

The good sloop Clearwater, which has been spreading its environmentalaction message for a decade now, pulls into the Huntington town dock (New York Avenue, Halesite) today at 2 P.M. to start a 10‐day journey through North Shore waters. A duplicate of a 19th‐century Hudson River sloop, the 106‐footlong ship will spend two days at each of four ports of call, inviting Long Islanders aboard for traditional folk music concerts, three‐hour‐long sails and inspection tours.

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Smog: War Between the States

By Diane Henry

BY one measure, Connecticut has the worst air pollution in the country outside of Los Angeles and it's not really Connecticut's fault, according to a lawsuit that will he filed next week New Vnrk and New Jersey, so the argument goes, have created Connecticut's terrible pollution problem because they spew out hundreds of thousands of tons of pollutants that float over the border and land here.

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Nicolas Ascieu

By Dee Wedemeyer

Paul T. is not speaking to Mike G., David Z. or George D. Mrs. G. and several others walked out of the tenants’ association and formed their own group. Allegations were made. Letters written. Flyers appeared regularly. It was difficult to walk a dog at night without getting the latest word.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 2, 1978, covering August 6, 1978.

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    Album cover for Grease by Soundtrack

    Grease

    Soundtrack

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    12
  2. 2
    Album cover for Some Girls by The Rolling Stones

    Some Girls

    The Rolling Stones

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    Peak
    1
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    7
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    Album cover for Natural High by Commodores

    Natural High

    Commodores

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    Peak
    3
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    11
  4. 4
    Album cover for Double Vision by Foreigner

    Double Vision

    Foreigner

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    8
    Peak
    4
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    5
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    Album cover for Darkness On The Edge Of Town by Bruce Springsteen

    Darkness On The Edge Of Town

    Bruce Springsteen

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    Peak
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    8

Notable Deaths

Pope Paul VI

1978Pope Paul VI (born 1897)[†]

Pope Paul VI was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 21 June 1963 until his death on 6 August 1978. Succeeding John XXIII, he continued the Second Vatican Council, which he closed in 1965, implementing its numerous reforms. He fostered improved ecumenical relations with Eastern Orthodox and Protestant churches, which resulted in many historic meetings and agreements. In January 1964, he flew to Jordan, the first time a reigning pontiff had left Italy in more than a century.

Edward Durell Stone

1978Edward Durell Stone, American architect, designed Radio City Music Hall and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (born 1902)[†]

Edward Durell Stone was an American architect known for the formal, highly decorative buildings he designed in the 1950s and 1960s. His works include the Museum of Modern Art, in New York City; the Parliament House of Pakistan in Islamabad; the Museo de Arte de Ponce in Ponce, Puerto Rico; the United States Embassy in New Delhi, India; The Keller Center at the University of Chicago; the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., the EcoTarium, formerly known as the New England Science Center in Worcester, Massachusetts; and the campus of Windham College now Landmark College in Putney Vermont.

Historical Context for August 6, 1978

In 1978, the world population was approximately 4,292,097,502 people[†]