Energy Crisis Softened By Coal Supply
In the South the coal surplus eases energy drought fears as TVA and Southern Company rely on coal for about 60 percent of fuel for power. Officials say minimal residential impact is likely, with peaks in winter heating needing oil reserves. Nuclear power may supplement future supply. Louisiana faces immediate shortages, prompting legislative action and a push for sea-bottom leases while Middle South Utilities assures winter power.
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The
Tennessee Valley Authority
Southern Company
Erners
Jim Wallace
Southern Co
Alabama Power Co
Georgia Power Co
Gulf Power Co
Florida
Mississippi Power Co
Wallace
TVA
Ia Special Task Force
Louisiana
Arkansas Power & Light
Louisiana Power & Light
Mississippi Power & Light
New Orleans Public Service Inc
U.S. Interior Department
Middle South Utilities
Militant Protestants Fight Plan in Northern Ireland
Hardline Protestants in Northern Ireland vow to wreck a proposed Council of Ireland aimed at linking the Protestant north with the Catholic south. They accuse leader Brian Faulkner of jeopardizing ties to Britain, while Paisley and Craig plan nightly rallies to mobilize opposition.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Council of Ireland
Irish Republic
Brian Faulkner
Protestant Unionist Party
Britain
London
John Taylor
Faulkner
Ireland
Ian Paisley
William Craig
End Energy Controls Party Calls to End Energy Controls
Rocky Mount North Carolina AP executive committee of the North Carolina American Party adopted a resolution opposing government energy controls. The open letter to President Nixon and NC congressmen argues taxes rationing and price controls worsen problems and condemns long bus rides for children as wasteful and unconstitutional.
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Rocky Mount, N.C
North Carolina American Party
Nixon
North Carolina
Congress
Man Burned Twice in Tragic Florida Accident
Alan McDonald, 23, seriously burned in a campfire accident on an Everglades hunting trip near Miami. He previously suffered severe burns at age 10, and has undergone skin grafts and facial restoration. Companions helped him to the road where a passing trooper called for help.
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Miami
Alan McDonald
McDonald
Jackson Memorial Hospital
Florida
Bonnie McDonald
Alan
Most Stations Close as Gasless Day Passes in Carolinas
The Associated Press reports motorists in North and South Carolina faced a gasless Sunday as most service stations closed for a second consecutive day. Patrol spokesmen said few if any motorists were stranded, though a Clayton rescue squad requested its gas supply be replenished after a simulated plane crash. In South Carolina, Darlington Raceway President Barney Wallace defended the Rebel 500 schedule for April 7 1974, while Carolina Motor Club executives warned of potential travel industry damage if restrictions persist.
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Highway Patrol
North Carolina
South Carolina
Kalamazoo
North Carolina Highway Patrol
Raleigh
Clayton
N.C
Darlington Raceway
Barney Wallace
Wallace
Charlotte
Carolina Motor Club
Carolinas
T.E. Pickard Jr
Congress
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High Point Enterprise
Atlanta, Ga
South
Tennessee
Winfield Dunn
Alabama
Georgia
Kentucky
Mississippi
Virginia
Associated Press
Thomas Industries
Timmy Sales, Inc
Jamestown
Duke Power & Mels
FBI
Piedmont Hearing Aid Centers
N. Main Street
Sheraton Hotel
Mt. Airy
Winston-Salem
N. Wilkesboro
Martinsville
Riz
LENY
Ates
Guarantee Garpet Cleaning CO
High Point
Greensboro
Burlington
North Main St. Hugh Point, N.C
Diamond Solitaire
Amony
Jewelers
South Main
Nager, Norrea
Boston
Aste Kroger Couron
Avondale
Peg
Von
Kroger Couron
Kroger
Raya Cans
State&l
Holeee
JETER
California
Anes
KRAFT
Luck’s
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