Energy shortages grip nation from cradle to grave
Ambulance driver John Roache found a dead premature baby on a New Hampshire road when gas ran out and stations were closed. Keene police opened a town service station to save the infant. Across the country schools may face shutdowns to save fuel. Public service cutoffs hit large New Jersey industries to protect homes. In Lancaster, Irvin Zink keeps a 2000 light display alive despite anger and the crisis. Governor Bumpers urged limits on presidential power over fuel. A vinyl shortage cripples Cook Laboratories, forcing layoffs and threatening education aid production.
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Oil price hikes hit motorists as Shell and ARCO raise gasoline
United Press International reports Shell Oil Co and Atlantic Richfield raising wholesale motor fuel prices effective midnight Friday. Shell adds 3.2 cents per gallon to dealers and jobbers while ARCO lifts motor gasoline by 1e cents and distillate by 4.5 cents. Venezuelan crude exports to the U.S. will rise nearly $1 a barrel, with fuel oils also set to increase. Exxon announces December gasoline allocation east of the Rockies at about 8 percent of last year, warning of possible unmanageable shortages without emergency action.
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Gas Rationing Seen as Boost to Black Market Operators
Treasury report on wartime gas control shows black market thrived with counterfeit coupons and stolen stamps. It cites 1944 data: about 5 percent of civilian gas supply lost to crooks, with 1442 counterfeiters arrested in five months and 607 convicted, many jailed.
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Eastern Airlines to cut Northeast shuttle service
Eastern Airlines said it will slash its Northeast shuttle routes Newark to Boston Washington and New York to Montreal with high frequency reserved seat schedules starting January 7. The move includes furloughs of about 360 pilots and grounding at least 16 planes, while New York to Boston and New York to Washington will remain. Aimed at reducing fuel use, the change follows United’s layoffs and marks a broader response to the fuel shortage.
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U.S. oil exports rise amid fuel shortage concerns
Census Bureau figures show October exports of gasoline and distillates up from September and a year earlier, with large shipments to Mexico and Brazil. Total October exports reached 1,772,767 barrels as the nation faced potential gasoline and home heating oil rationing despite higher supply.
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Weekend Low Temps and Rainfall Totals
Mostly cloudy and breezy today with flurries likely and a high in the low 30s. Clearing tonight will be very cold with a zero to 10 above low. Sunshine Sunday gives way to afternoon cloudiness with a high in the 20s and a 60 percent chance of precipitation today. Winds NW 12 to 25 mph. Also for the Lower Hudson Valley forecast: variable clouds with brief snow flurries, high around 40, clearing tonight in the teens, Sunday sun and clouds with a high in the low 40s and a 30 percent chance of precip today and 10 percent tonight, NW winds 12 to 25 mph. Locked forecast shows increasing cloudiness Monday, possible showers Tuesday, clearing Wednesday, and above normal temperatures with highs mid 40s to low 50s north and low to mid 50s south. Overnight lows Monday low 20s north to low 30s south. Tuesday and Wednesday mid to upper 30s north to mid to upper 40s south. Middletown rainfall to date 44.52 inches. last year 48.61 inches. Monticello rainfall to date 51.78 inches. last year 52.67 inches. Newburgh rainfall to date 41.02 inches. last year 44.27 inches.
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