Cold wave forces factory shutdowns amid energy shortage
A severe cold spell prompts energy cuts and factory shutdowns from Michigan to Georgia. Automakers idle 56,000 workers as gas supplies run short. schools close early to conserve energy. Dalton and Birmingham factories furlough thousands, while New England braces for record lows and ski areas close.
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Walter Stark
Southern Natural Gas Co
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Mississippi
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Florida
Dalton
U.S. Steel
Birmingham
Ala
Pennsylvania
Milton Shapp
New Jersey
Virginia
New England
Newport
Lebanon
N.H
Very Cold Weather Outlook With Snow Flurries Today
A continued very cold day and tonight with moderate wind and variable cloudiness. Light snow or flurries possible. Highs near zero to 5 above, lows around zero to 10 below. Wednesday gentler cold with a few additional flurries. Teens high. Sunset 4 47, sunrise 7 21.
Mt Anthony Union budgets may wait for May vote
Mt Anthony Union School directors recommended delaying the 1977-78 budget vote to May 10 from February 22 at the annual meeting. Finance chief Dimke favored postponement for better revenue figures. Directors discussed Australian ballot versus floor vote, with mixed views on turnout and impact on budget size. See MAU BUDGET on back page.
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Mt. Anthony Union
Finance Committee
Robert J. Dimke
Manfred W. Ehrich Jr
Lionel Nowak
Morrison
Barth Vander Els
Dimke
Vander Els
Nowak
George A. Sleeman
Edwin A. Colvin
R-Shaftsbury
Sleeman
Murdered Bolles spurs anti corruption bill in Arizona
Arizona moves to curb money laundering linked to crime sparked by Don Bolles murder. Attorney General Babbitt outlines a law criminalizing investment of illicit gains in state businesses with confiscation powers, a $25 000 fine and up to 20 years in prison. The push follows Bolles reporting on land fraud and white collar crime and comes after dog track divestment and blind-trust disclosures ordered by Gov. Castro.
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Phoenix
Ariz
UPI
Don Bolles
Arizona
Bruce Babbitt
Bolles
John Adamson
Vermont to issue joint telephone listings in directories
Vermont will be first state to require joint listings in phone directories under a settlement between the Governor's Commission Status of Women and New England Telephone. Two residents with same surname at one address may share a listing at no extra cost during a three month grace period. The Bennington book due in May will be first with the policy change.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
Governor’s Commission
Wame
New England Telephone Co
NET
James Wooster
Wooster
Connie Kite
Commission
Wisconsin
Bennington
Public Service Board
Kite
Vermont Supreme Court
PSB
Dorset Road
Arlington
Dartmouth
Rep. Colvin
Proctor
Mau
AFC
Blount
John Randolph
Anais Nin
Bennington College
Vermont rights fears spark call for probe into religious liberty
A Massachusetts group APRL plans to urge Governor Snelling to investigate alleged religious persecution in Vermont. The independent group cites two pending bills seen as curbing religious freedom, including allowing guardians to retrieve grown children from cults and forcing religious charities to report finances.
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Montpelier
UPI
Richard Snelling
Sta
Alliance For the Preservation of Religious Liberty
Framingham
Mass
Snelling
Vermont
Stephen Kafka
APRL
Kafka
GNP slows as 1976 ends with 3 percent growth
The Commerce Department reports the Gross National Product slowed to 3.0 percent in the fourth quarter of 1976, due to strikes and weak demand. Full-year GNP rose 6.2 percent, ending two downturn years, while economists warn inventories and Ford strikes kept production low. Dr. John Kendrick notes mixed implications.
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Washington
UPI
Commerce Department
John Kendrick
Kendrick
Auto Workers
Ford
Navy launch collision in Barcelona leaves up to 50 missing
UPI reports as many as 50 U.S. sailors and Marines may have died after a U.S. Navy launch collided with a Spanish freighter in Barcelona Harbor. 24 bodies recovered, 26 unaccounted for, officials say casualty figures revised following roll calls aboard Guam and Trenton crews.
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Barcelona
Spain
UPI
U.S
6Th Fleet
Intense reaction to Gilmore execution on Hawaii coast
Inside world reports a strong response to the Gilmore execution with a tanker breaking up off Hawaii. The story highlights public and political reactions, connecting to broader maritime disaster fallout and safety concerns in the region.
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Gilmore
Hawaii
Chamber of Commerce
Stout
Tom Braden
Melvin Maddocks
Russell Baker
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