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...necessary things: conserve energy, develop new sources and stockpile oil in case of another embargo or cutback...
...Laird Plan, conceived by former Defense Secretary Melvin Laird, advocates a 50% cut in oil imports, World War 11-type gasoline rationing coupled with increased gas taxes, sharply reduced home heating (68°), a 30% cutback in auto use and a drive to build 300 nuclear power plants...
Newark Mayor Kenneth Gibson recently ordered a 25% cutback in budget requests from all city departments. New York City is contemplating trimming 1,510 jobs as squabbling officials fail to agree on whether the city's deficit this year will be $430 million or $650 million. Last week the city was forced to sell $600 million in short-term notes at a record 9.47% interest-and that despite the fact that interest on the notes is exempt from federal income...
...Catholics have only recently moved away from. The new fasts, for example, have been called by many churchmen, both Catholic and Protestant, for Wednesdays, a traditional Christian fast day once associated with Judas' plot to betray Christ. The goal is not usually a complete fast but a general cutback in the amount of food eaten. The Union of American Hebrew Congregations will launch an antihunger campaign this month that includes, among other things, a recommendation for "un-dinners," complete with programs and speakers but no food. Perhaps curiously, considering their meatless Friday tradition, the nation's Roman Catholic...
...meatmen is just one example of the intricate economics of hunger that nearly all new advocates of fasting recognize. They agree that fasting is of little practical use unless money thus saved is sent to relief agencies or any surpluses created are somehow transferred to the hungry. A cutback in U.S. eating habits, even if sustained, will not automatically put grain on the table in Ethiopia or India. Thus churchmen recommend that Christians also get involved in political action to force increases in Government purchase and shipment of food to hungry countries...