Canners Prepare for Shortages as Gardeners Grow
Millions plan home gardens to save money and may can produce this year but makers Kerr Glass Co and Ball Corp run around the clock to avert jar and lid shortages. Virginia Knauer urges not to hoard and notes up to 400 million jars with lids could be produced with replacement caps ranging up to 2.85 billion. Public guidance stresses following instructions and adjusting processing steps since lids and equipment vary by brand and region.
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Los Angeles
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Muncie
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Severe thunderstorms sweep Texas with heavy rainfall
Thunderstorms occurred Monday night across Texas with as much as 5 inches of rain reported in Pflugerville north of Austin. Marble hail fell in portions of Austin and Wimberley. Early today a stationary cold front stretched from Paris to Laredo, leaving clear skies west of it with 50s temperatures and overcast skies east of it with 70s readings.
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Ford to attend ship commissioning and festival queen crowning
President Ford will fly to Norfolk for the commissioning of the U.S.S. Nimitz, the Navy’s second nuclear powered aircraft carrier, and will also travel to Winchester to crown his daughter Susan, 17, queen at the Shenandoah Appice Blosson Festival.
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Speeding nets state 7 million in ticket revenue
Texas DPS reports 360000 more speeding tickets in 1974 than 1973 as speed limit changes cut highway speeds. A Texas A&M researcher notes over 60 percent of vehicles exceeded 55 mph by mid 1974. At 20 dollars per ticket, revenue exceeds 7 million while fuel use drops about three percent and travel totals fall 4.7 percent in early 1974.
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