Record Freeze Sweeps Florida and Southeast States
Siberian cold blankets the Southeast with a record freeze dipping into Florida as cit rus and vegetable growers battle to save crops. Florida Power & Light rotates outages to meet 10.5 million kilowatt demand while citrus groves use heaters and sprinklers. Weather Service records subfreezing lows across the region, with Florida temperatures 20s to 30s and forecasts of continued cold and snow flurries inland.
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Associated Press
Florida
Florida Power & Light Co
Miami
Georgia
National Weather Service
South
Wilmington
N.C
Tallahassee
Fla
Tampa
Key West
Concord
N H
Glens Falls
N.Y
St. Johnsbury
Baltimore
Windsor Locks
Conn
Raleigh
Florida Power & Light
Dave Wolverton
Florida-Georgia
Wolverton
Thompson vetoes parochiaid busing bill in Illinois
Gov. James R. Thompson vetoed a measure requiring state funding for busing most downstate parochial and private school students. The General Assembly faces a noon Wednesday deadline to respond, with a three-fifths vote needed to override. Cost estimates range from 4 to 40 million dollars annually.
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James R. Thompson
General Assembly
House
Senate
Marion city reservoir faces critical water shortage
Marion Illinois faces a drying reservoir with predicted drops of roughly one foot every few weeks. Engineers warn even a heavy rainfall may not replenish the lake, as upstream private lakes are also low, and pumping from Crab Orchard Lake continues at high rates. The council considers a booster pump, dredging, or borrowed equipment while awaiting possible rainfall.
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Cathy A. Monroe
Marion’s City
Glenn Clarida
Baker’s Lake
Teal Lake
Limb Branch Creek
Marion
Clarida
Crab Orchard Lake
Robert ‘‘Dog
Connell
Illinois 37
Crab Orchard
Illinois Emergency Services and Disaster Agency
George A. Williams
Eric Jones
Dale
Jeanie Malone
Washington St
Carbondale council deadlocks on public access TV grant
Carbondale four members deadlocked over submitting a National Telecommunications and Information Administration grant for public access on Channel 7. Mayor Hans Fischer opposed the application while concerns about costs, control, and maintenance prompted questions, with Jan 19 as the deadline and a longer range plan possible.
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Tom Woolf
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Hans Fischer
Fischer
Channel 7
Helen Westberg
Archie Jones
Monty
Council backs public access plan for SIU TV courses
Council members Charles Watkins and Susan Mitchell supported a grant aimed at funding non credit television courses at SIU. Watkins urged a long range approach with a public access program, saying a substantial cable income share could create a unique, exciting, and innovative project.
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Council
Charles Watkins
Susan Mitchell
Cable
Watkins
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Florida Citrus Mutual
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Nantucket
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Wit’s End
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Mike Lawrence
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