Nationwide blackout traced to power grid failure
The blackout, blamed on a huge power leak traced to Toronto, left the Northeastern United States and part of Ontario without power. Authorities described how grids interlink across states and provinces and why automatic cutoff devices failed to prevent the collapse.
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Canada
Moses
Wesleyan
Middletown
McCormick
Toronto
Niagara Falls
New York
Massachusetts
Vermont
New Hampshire
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Isolated outages loom in massive New York blackout
The spread of a Western New York leak caused a large power failure plunging Manhattan into darkness. Crews raced to identify the faulty source and restore power to halted generators while residents waited outside booths to learn when service would resume.
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New York
Montclair
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Manhattan
Citywide blackout shrouds New York and neighboring states
A massive blackout left Herald Square stations dark for hours as 5,000 off duty patrolmen joined 7,000 police to guide crowds, rescue workers, and evacuate buildings. Candles spiked to $1 in Times Square while U Thant and others faced candlelit hours.
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New York Times
Newark
N. J
Evening News
New York
Empire State Building
East River
York
Rochester
N.Y
Walpole
Mass
U Thant
United Nations
Trend Toward Togetherness Hurts Nation's Power Grid
New York AP reports that urban concentration compounds problems like power failures and air pollution as 70 percent of Americans live in cities. Dr. Abram Jaffee notes benefits of culture in dense areas but questions when drawbacks outweigh advantages and whether a move back to open spaces could occur.
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Grand Central
Kennedy Airport
Boston
Albany
New York
Abram Jaffee
Columbia University
Bureau of
Applied Social Research
Isa
New York City
Jaffee
Great Lakes
Gulf Coast
Dr. Jaffee
Health Insurance Transition Talk By Woodmen Leader
Edwin J. Faulkner president of Woodmen Accident and Life Co of Lincoln Nebraska will speak at the Cedar Rapids Association of Life Underwriters meeting Friday at noon in the Roosevelt hotel. The program titled Health Insurance in Transition outlines changes in the field and Faulkner brings decades in the industry including roles as a claim auditor and later president of Woodmen companies since 1938.
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Life Underwriters
Roosevelt Hotel
Edwin J. Faulkner
Woodmen Accident and Life Co
Lincoln
Neb
Faulkner
University of Nebraska
Wharton School of Finance and Commercce
Woodmen Central Assurance Co
Woodmen
The
Health Insurance Assn. of America
Health Insurance Council
Engineers Schedule Speech on Desalting
William F Engler of Fairbanks Morse Inc Beloit will speak at a Northeast Town ASME meeting on Desalling by the Vacuum Freezing Vapor-Compression Process The 730 p.m talk follows a 630 p.m buffet luncheon at the Montrose hotel Public attendance is invited Reservations due by noon Nov 16 with listed contacts.
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William F. Engler
Fairbanks Morse Inc
Beloit
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Montrose Hotel
Engler
Jim Johnson
George Lance
Iowa City
Vern Schrimper
Dan Quinn
Keith Wallace
Voltage Regulator Failure Ends Snapshot Satellite Flight
Spokesmen said a voltage regulator failure caused the Snapshot satellite, launched April 3 from Van Nuys, to shut down after nine days in space. The Atomics Energy Commission noted the reactor powering the craft operated until May 1 percent, and the fault triggered a spurious signal during the mission.
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Atomics
International Division
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Denberg Air Base
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