Fuel Shortages Across the Nation Amid Cold Spell
Widespread natural gas and fuel oil shortages due to extreme cold forced refineries to limit output while transportation and heating needs rose. Airliners faced jet fuel scarcities, railroads cut freight speeds, and many states reported plants reducing gas use for furnaces. Authorities noted crisis levels unlikely yet, with shifts to fuel oil and stretched deliveries.
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Midwest
Washington, D.C
Air Transport Association
J. F. Kennedy International Airport
New York
American Trucking Association
Wichita
Kan
Bellefontaine
Ohio
Firman Knipp
Dayton Power & Light Co
Israel warns Arabs as raids against Syria escalate
Israel signals it will rout Arab armies if war resumes after strikes on Syria. Lt Gen Elazar warns adversaries that renewed hostilities would be met with swift defeat. Sadat plans a fresh peace push, meeting Tito in Belgrade during a one day visit to Yugoslavia.
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Anwar Sadat
Sadat
Tito
Yugoslavia
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Israel
David Elazar
Tel Aviv
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Nawa
Dail
Muzeirita
Israel Defense Forces
Elazar
Moammar Khadaly
Tripoli
Chicago Board to present new offer to teachers
Chicago teachers strike enters day after Philadelphia rejection as the Chicago Board of Education plans a new proposal after eight hours of private talks. Union president Healey says agreement would still require a vote, delaying end of the walkout. Philadelphia teachers rejected a five year wage plan for a longer day and await a judge’s injunction decision.
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United Press International
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Philadelphia
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Phia
St. Louis
Chicago Board of Education
Chicago Teachers Union
Robert M. Healey
Fillsdelphia School Board
Gift pandas become first class clowns at National Zoo
Ling Ling and Hsing Hsing, China’s gift pandas, have grown from quiet sleepers to playful showoffs during nine months at the National Zoo. A troupe of 77 Chinese acrobats noted their antics, with Ling Ling munching bamboo and Hsing Hsing climbing boxes, while officials say crowds may have influenced their greater activity.
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UPI
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National Zoo
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Hsing
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Haing-Hsing
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United States
Gaullists face uphill fight as French elections near
UPI reports Gaullists led by President Pompidou fear a leftist surge in the National Assembly race. A Socialist Communist coalition gains from 43 percent support, while Gaullists trail at 40 percent amid voter discontent, inflation, and legacy scandals.
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Charles de Gaulle
National Assembly
Popular Front
Georges
Pompidou
Communist Socialist Coalition
Dassault Company
France
Atlantic Alliance
Jacques Chaban-Delmas
Pierre Messmer
North Vietnam Air Strikes Increase While South Sees Very Low Attacks
U S war planes intensify raids on North Vietnam for the eighth day as Communist attacks in the south drop to among the lowest in nine months. South Vietnamese sources report 54 enemy-initiated incidents in the 24 hours to dawn, the lowest since December 24. U S jets and bombers conducted large waves over the coast below the 20th parallel, near the Ban Keral pass, and near the DMZ.
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North Vietnam
Panhandle
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South Vietnam
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Laos
Ban Keral Pass
Demilitarized Zone
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Wilderness push vies with Aiken plan for eastern areas
Washington groups press for 28 new wilderness areas across the east, midwest, and south to protect 471000 acres from logging and development under the Wilderness Act. The Jackson Buckley bill, unlike the Talmadge Aiken proposal, seeks creation of the new wild areas in 32 states with Senate Interior Committee consideration.
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UPI
Midwest
David J. Saylor
Citizens For Eastern Wilderness
Sells
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
James L. Buckley
R-N
Senate Interior Committee
Jack Aon
Sena
Herman E. Talmadge
Dga
George D. Aiken
R-Vi
Senate’ Agriculture Committee
Talmadge
U.S. Forest Service
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Sald
Forest Service
Tackson
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Maine
Michigan
Missouri
New Hampshire
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Strip of film may reveal geologic history of moon
University of Utah scientist says a 675 foot strip from Apollo 17 may disclose the moon’s subsurface structure to about one kilometer, offering new clues to early Earth and planetary history. The lunar sounder data were collected from orbit and imaged via an optical recorder, with potential to map buried ejecta blankets and layering.
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Salt Lake City
UPI
Moon
Earth
University of Utah
Stanley H. Ward
Geological and Geophysical Sciences
Space Center
Houston
Ward
America
Mars
Ronald E. Evans
Utan
Rage and The Wid Bunch headline at four days only
At the Movies CINEMA features a four day double bill with Rage starring George C. Scott as a solitary rebel and The Wid Bunch reuniting William Holden and Ernest Borgnine. It opens with Heat and Is There Sex After Death. Williamstown College repeats The Last Picture Show praised by critics. Shows run 7 and 8:45 p.m.
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TLA
George C. Scott
William Holden
Ernest Borgnine
Williamstown
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