Energy conservation efforts show mixed results in Lawrence area
City officials note early data is inconclusive as gasoline use drops from October to November while electric bills rise. Douglas County reports lower electricity use but higher natural gas due to a dome repair. KU plans further reductions with bulb removals and thermostat controls, while district and county offices monitor bills to gauge savings.
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Ethan Smith
Smith
Lawrence
Bill Womack
Douglas County
Energy office orders lighting cuts in commercial buildings
Washington AP The government plans mandatory lighting reductions in commercial and industrial buildings once Congress grants authority. Energy chief William Simon also blocks high level exports, shifts fuel controls, and urges agencies to cut driving by 20 percent in the first quarter.
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Washington
William E. Simon
Congress
Simon
Federal Energy Office
U. S
Energy
White House
United States
Kissinger to Meet North Vietnamese Adviser in Paris
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and North Vietnamese adviser Le Duc Tho will meet in Paris on December 20 to discuss matters of mutual interest amid ongoing fighting in Vietnam. Kissinger, en route to the Middle East, had just received the Nobel Peace Prize in London, which Tho refused to accept.
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Henry A. Kissinger
le Duc Tho
Paris
White House
Kissinger
Middle East
London
Southeast Asia
Gerald L. Warren
Geneva
U.N
Kurt Waldheim
Snow Possible After Brief Mild Interlude
The National Weather Service forecasts a 30 percent chance of snow Friday with a chance of rain Saturday. Little or no precipitation is expected Sunday and Monday. Lows drop to the low 20s tonight with highs in the 30s Friday, then highs mostly in the 40s and lows in the 20s Saturday through Monday.
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National Weather Service
Kansas
Power Crunch Rips Britain
Prime Minister Edward Heath declared a 24 day work week across Britain to save energy. He urged households with electric heating to limit heat to one room and ordered TVs off early at night. Heath blamed coal miners and power workers for the crisis and warned of rising unemployment.
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London
Edward Heath
Heath
House of Commons
Jayhawks Depart For Liberty Bowl In Cold Memphian Weather
Kansas University football leaves KU campus in 32 degree wind chill for the Liberty Bowl in Memphis. Few fans brave the cold as 5,000 expected, 12 supporters watched. All America QB Dave Jaynes totes golf clubs for Hawaii Hula Bowl. Jaynes predicts victory.
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Memphis
Tenn
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Stratford
Kansas City
Don Fambrough
Jayhawk
Jayhawks
Dave Jaynes
Hawaii
Jaynes
Tennessee
Craig Walters
Stratford Rd
North Carolina State
Craig
Journal-World Photo
Tape experts debunk Rose Mary Woods dust up theory
Technical experts say neither the lamp nor the typewriter on Rose Mary Woods desk likely caused the 18 minute gap in a Nixon tape. They note the tape recorder might have produced the buzz and that recovering any speech would be improbable. A third grand jury will hear Watergate evidence starting Jan. 7.
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Nixon
U.S
John J. Sirica
Rose Mary) Woods
White House
Miss Woods
H.R. Haldeman
Rose Mary Woods
J. Fred Buzhardt
Sirica
Buzhardt
Kansas Traffic Deaths Logging Snapshot
A Topeka AP report shows 24 hour road fatalities ending 9 am Thursday at four. It tallies 10 deaths in December and 583 for 1973, compared with 630 in the same period of 1972.
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Topeka
Kan
Independent truckers protest disrupts routes with scattered violence
Independent drivers halted during a two day protest against high fuel prices and lower speed limits. Violence included bricks and bullets striking trucks, fires, and tainted roadblocks across Pennsylvania Ohio Nevada and Maryland. No injuries reported though shots and property damage were noted. union drivers stayed largely on the sidelines.
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