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That simple plaint was shared by millions of Americans last week. It was the first week of year-round Daylight Saving Time, and millions of people set their clocks ahead an hour only to find themselves getting up in what did indeed seem like the middle of the night...
...reaction among farmers was exemplified in a cartoon by E.A. Harris, which showed a startled rooster rather lamely explaining to a quizzical hen"Nobody told me about Daylight Saving!" Attendance at some churches in New York City was off. Explained the Rev. Frank Walinski of St. Peter's Lutheran Church: "If you want a personal opinion, it's hard as hell to get up in the morning." In Baltimore, most of the prominently placed public clocks were not turned ahead immediately; because their lights had been turned off to conserve energy, the clocks were unreadable in the morning...
...move, it is the "okey-doke." In the jive patter that Simpson sometimes favors, that is the split-second change of direction that makes him unique. "My game is to juke the tough guys," he says. "I put the okeydoke on them, just bounce around and look for daylight. No one is going to get me to put my head in Dick Butkus...
Other changes in Americans' daily lives - present and future - will result from Government action on federal, state and city levels. In Washington, the Senate followed the House in voting year-round Daylight Saving Time, effective in late December or early January, and it approved a ten-year, $20 billion program for energy research and development, exclusive of funds to be spent on nuclear research. More states lowered speed limits; freeway-laced California went down to 55 m.p.h., and so did Florida. In Los Angeles, the Department of Water and Power announced a contingency plan to limit businesses...
...those of us who have been handcuffed in broad daylight while we were reporting, or chucked into jails for short or long periods, the fears are far more acute...