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...White is a smart fellow, and a son of the Old Sod to boot, so he knows that nobody can really cancel St. Paddy's Day. The parade may go by the boards (so much the better, say some of the old-timers--who invariably get stuck in the unenviable position of following the mounted police and their prolific mounts); but in the taverns, they will know how to be after celebrating...

Author: By Francis J. Connolly, | Title: When Irish Hearts Are Happy ... | 3/17/1978 | See Source »

Utilities with coal shortages have also been helped by shipments from nonunion mines, which furnish about half the nation's coal. Thanks to outside coal, Ohio Edison, the state's most important utility, was able to cancel 400 megawatts of power it was purchasing from other power companies. Barring some unexpected development, the company will not have to impose any mandatory cutbacks on industry for 15 to 30 days. That means homes will stay warm and well-lighted and factories will keep humming...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Coal Miners Decide | 3/13/1978 | See Source »

Clamshell staged the sit-in to demand that Boston Edison cancel plans for construction of a nuclear power plant at Plymouth, Mass., and rescind the $23 million rate increase announced Tuesday, Garrison said Wednesday...

Author: By Joan Feigenbaum, | Title: Judge Drops Charges Against Boston Clamshell Protesters | 3/3/1978 | See Source »

High overhead forced the company to cancel a champagne ball it planned to hold December 9, Johnson said, adding that "under no circumstances" would the company cancel next Friday's dance...

Author: By Alfred E. Jean, | Title: Party Company | 2/18/1978 | See Source »

...Ella Yates, who is black: "I don't believe in squelching the Ku Klux Klan, the Nazis or any racist who wants to talk. The only way to deal with hateful ideas is openly." The A.L.A.'s 130-member governing council seemed to agree: it rejected a bid to cancel A.L.A. sponsorship of the film or to limit its distribution (some 250 copies have been sold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Hateful Ideas | 2/13/1978 | See Source »

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