December Energy Usage Down Amid Holidays and Mild Winter
Energy use declined in December due to a mild start to winter and holiday reduced work weeks. The Edison Electric Institute and other bodies reported mixed results with weather variables complicating analysis. Week ending Dec 27 1973 showed higher usage than 1972, while Dec 29 results fell 1.5 percent from 1972 levels.
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Associated Press
Unity
Imtkstry
Otea
Delmarva Power and Light Co
Washington
Edison Electric Imimue
Batwauide Camumpnon
UN Diplomatic Corps Faces Energy Crunch in New York
The United Nations diplomatic corps, with over 142 missions and many consulates in New York, reports energy strain as ambassadors recount gas shortages and long lines. Despite energy measures at the UN, diplomats note reduced lighting and careful thermostat use as conservation steps.
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United Nations
4.Y
U.N
New York City
Manhattan
Medoune Fall
New York
United States
Middle East
Spain
Don Jaime de Pintes
Delaware offers aid to spur carpool use
Delaware will provide technical assistance to businesses to promote carpooling as a fuel conservation measure. Officials urged flexible starting times to boost mass transit ridership, noting current peak bus use around 7:30 a.m. Doubling bus usage could save an estimated 10,000 gallons of fuel.
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Dover
Del
Delaware
Davison
Gerald T. Haugh
DART
Consolidation Law May Reshape Penn Central Leadership
Penn Central president William H. Moore resigned citing new federal consolidation law. Jervis Langdon Jr. is named likely successor as trustees prepare to merge with six other bankrupt lines under a government plan. J. Bruce Addington retires for health reasons. Blanchette may become Langdon’s trustee. A separate Bangkok statue tale notes a plaster disguise cracking in 1955.
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Philadelphia
Penn Central
America
William H. Moore
Art
Oficer
Moore
Potomac
Jervis Langdon Jr
Penn Central Transportation Co
J. Bruce Addington
Berwyn
Addington
Langdon
Robert M. Blanchette
Oe Langdon
Blanchette
Delmarva Warned About Salt Water Intrusion
The Delmarva Peninsula faces potential salt water intrusion as fresh water supplies remain abundant yet vulnerable. A USGS study warns that overwithdrawal or disturbance of sedimentary bottoms could raise intrusion risks while projecting 1.5 billion gallons daily usable by 2010. The region holds about 1.5 billion gallons per day of perennial supply from 10 major aquifers.
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Washington
Delmarva Peninsula
U.S. Geological Survey
Congress
Atlantic Ocean
Chesapeake and Delaware Bays
Comet Kohoutek Fails To Meet Expectations
Skylab observers report Kohoutek is dimmer than expected and not brighter than a star. Astronomers say Kohoutek may be on its first inner solar system approach and data from Skylab provides new insights into comet composition and behavior.
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Kohoutek
Rapally
Skylab 3
Actremmas
Bet Tuty
Skylab
Capricenna
Comet Watchers Needed Plane
A dozen observers from White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico prepared at 6 45 pm MST to train instruments on a comet from an altitude of 140 miles. Officials said ultraviolet spectrum lines normally screened by Earth's atmosphere would be studied from the airborne platform.
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White Sands Missile Range
N.M
Humphrey Hospitalized in Washington Clinical Update
Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey was hospitalized in Washington after feeling unwell. Dr. Edgar Berman cited three or four days of tests to assess possible impact of x ray therapy on his general condition. Berman expressed cautious optimism that the tumor may be destroyed, noting prior treatments and persistent bladder issues.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota Democrat
Edgar Berman
Minneapolis Tribune
Berman
the Tribune
Humphrey
Lyndon B. Johnson
Senate
Muriel
Aide
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