New Year Festivities Amid Fireworks and Drunken-Driving Worries
New Year scenes across the United States featured glitter and gunfire in Times Square and Detroit, with celebrations tempered by concerns over drunken driving. Officials urged caution as communities prepared for 1983, while safety incentives and warnings circulated, and a nurse noted increased bartender responsibility.
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New York
Times Square
Detroit
Orlando
Fla
Antitrust suit pressures EPC in Burlington merger bid
The Texas attorney general filed a federal antitrust suit to block Burlington Northern Inc. from acquiring more than 50 percent of El Paso Co. EPC, parent of Odessa based FE Paso Products. EPC leaders say the move strengthens their opposition as EPC seeks to halt the partial tender and proration date while asserting the merger would reduce competition and enable price fixing.
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Mark White
el Paso Co
el Paso
EPC
FE Paso Products Co
John McFall
White
Burlington Northern Inc
Burlington
Seattle
Travis H. Petty
J. Virgil Waggoner
el Paso Products Co
Odessa
U.S
Texas
Gas glut eases Odessa heating supply despite cold snap
Odessa gas supplier Dual Fuel Center reports abundant supply as December demand doubles but remains average for the season. Texas Electric Service Company notes no power shortages despite frigid temperatures, with statewide plants supplying Odessa's electricity and cooling across the region. Forecasters predict a warming trend today as skies clear and highs reach the low 40s.
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Arizona
Odessa
David Blackman
Dual Fuel Center
Blackman
Gerald Gotcher
Texas Electric Service Company
Jim Adair
National Weather Service
Midland
Adair
Price drop at the pumps to continue into '83
The 1982 gasoline price fell 11 cents per gallon, the first yearly decline in over a decade and the largest on record. Wholesale cuts by Mobil Exxon Texaco and others likely to pass to consumers. tax increase on April 1 may pause the trend. The national average ended 1982 at $1.22 per gallon, down 8 percent from 1981.
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New York
Mobil Corp
Exxon Corp
Texaco Inc
Standard Oil Co
California
Lundberg
Reagan
Commerce Department
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