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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1973
Page
1
CG&E officials say area has ample electrical power but urge restraint this winter. They note a national energy shortage and a local natural gas shortage, with 3 million kilowatts capacity and a peak summer use of 2.4 million. winter load expected near 2 million. Coal supplies power 90 percent of needs with fuel oil at peak times.
Fire Chief Victor Auvil and Fire Prevention Supervisor Robert Corliss warn that gasoline hoarding amid shortages could trigger deadly fires. They advise storing gasoline in metal containers no more than 24 gallons in garages or basements and avoiding use as a cleaning agent. A recent incident left a Middletown woman severely burned from gasoline fumes ignited by a stove pilot light.
Assistant Watergate prosecutor Jill Volner tours Rose Mary Woods’s White House office and questions how Woods managed dictation when she may have caused the hum that obscured part of the June 20 1972 tape. Senate committee delays further hearings as Jaworski widens ITT probe. Woods testifies on Oct 1 recording mishap.
Gov John Gilligan will ask the legislature to grant authority to reduce state speed limits and pursue energy saving steps ordered by President Nixon. His press secretary says current power is administrative and cannot lower limits without legislative action. The emergency federal bill could compel lower speeds and Sunday gas station closures.
Partly cloudy skies and overnight lows in the 30s forecast for Middletown tonight. Sunny skies and highs in the 30s expected Thursday. Yesterday's high 63 and low 53. Rainfall measured at 0.75 inches. Extended outlook calls for fair weather Friday and Saturday with a chance of showers Sunday. Highs Friday in the 40s, lows through Sunday in the low 30s.
Vice President-designate Gerald Ford says he is just darned happy to win 92 to 3 Senate approval and expects a wide House margin. The Senate debate was brief and largely laudatory, with a few senators opposing Ford over Vietnam policy and civil rights.
A Cabinet level energy panel leaning toward rationing. Treasury Secretary Shultz wavers on a fuel tax as talks continue. Officials expect a 30 percent gasoline cutback over the coming months to boost supplies of other fuels.
A source says wholesale distribution of all petroleum fuels and crude oil will come under government control, with propane gas and middle distillates already subject to controls. Direct consumer rationing remains less certain but increasingly likely as a tax alternative fades. Melvin R. Laird told lawmakers he found no sentiment in favor of a tax.
The plan limits heating with middle distillate fuels to reduce indoor temps. Homeowners using gas electricity wood or other fuels are urged to cut use but not required. End users must lower ambient temperature or take equivalent fuel saving actions. Dealers will deduct six degrees worth of fuel from refills after initial full tank.
The House voted to keep clocks one hour ahead year round, with the Senate expected to follow. The measure would run through October 1975 while a Department of Transportation study examines effects, and could cut electricity and heating demand by up to three percent in northern areas.
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