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Dallas launches aerial defense to combat West Nile 

August 17, 2012, 7:11 am by New York Daily News - Health

The last time Dallas used aerial spraying to curb the mosquito population, Texas’ Lyndon Johnson was in the White House, Mission Control in Houston was launching Gemini missions and encephalitis was blamed for more than a dozen deaths.

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