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CBS HAS PAID MGM $35 MILLION FOR THE RIGHTS TO SHOW GONE WITH THE WIND 20 times over the next 20 years, the highest fee ever paid for the TV rights to a movie . . . . The Environmental Protection Agency has approved A NATURAL INSECT VIRUS (TRADE NAME: GYPCHEK) TO KILL GYPSY MOTHS. The U.S. Department of Agriculture expects to be distributing the viral pesticide for general use within two years . . . . It had to happen: Last year-official figures show-the U.S. AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY RECALLED MORE CARS THAN IT SOLD (10.4 million recalls vs. 9.3 million sales) . . . . "A DECENTRALIST BOOKSHELF" -a free listing of more than 80 books that span the full range of modern-day populist writings-is available now from the Institute for Liberty and Community, Concord, Vermont 05824 . . . . The Tax Foundation estimates that SPENDING BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL AMOUNT TO $9,960 PER HOUSEHOLD THIS YEAR , which is up from $9,107 in 1977 . . . . In,suburban Prince Georges County, Maryland, a measure was recently adopted that would allow the county council to REFUSE A SEWER HOOKUP TO ANY FIRM THAT USES MORE THAN 50 GALLONS OF WATER PER EMPLOYEE PER DAY (the typical fast food stand uses 153 gallons per person per day) . . . . As of April 1978, THE AVERAGE PRICE OF A NEW HOME IN THE U.S. WAS $61,600, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal . . . . "SAVE A PAPER, WARM A HOME" -an excellent article on newsprint recycling that appeared in the National Wildlife Federation's Conservation News (January 15, 1978)-has been reprinted by the EPA. To get your free copy, request Item No. 675 from: EPA Office of Solid Waste Publications, 26 W. St. Clair St., Cincinnati, Ohio 45268.

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