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Extended heavy demand for steam heat because of the cold spell has forced B & G to "cycle" heating in some part of the University, cutting down steam in some buildings and shifting it to others periodically, Joyce said...
...occurring, largely because of tightened supplies of unleaded gas, which must be used in newer car models produced to meet federal antipollution laws. Unleaded gas requires about 10% more crude to produce than ordinary fuel, and the industry lacks the sophisticated refinery capacity needed to keep up with runaway demand...
...supplies diminish, more and more oil firms are limiting deliveries of both leaded and unleaded to dealers. Two weeks ago Texaco joined American Petrofina and Phillips Petroleum in allocating supplies, and last week Chevron sought Government permission to take similar steps. Says Texaco Vice President Annon Card: "If demand keeps going up, we'll have even greater problems as we get closer to the peak driving season...
Equally troubling is the report's demand that local stations continue to go begging to corporations and the general public. Already, the administrators of many stations spend most of their time passing the hat, and controversial programming is often shelved for fear of offending donors. Says Jay Iselin, president of New York's WNET (Channel 13): "It's humiliating to spend most of your time getting up the dough rather than becoming involved in programming...
...Opponents of nuclear power cry, "No nukes," while proponents answer that it is "safer than sex." Liberated homosexuals chant, "Gay pride"; their detractors plead, "Save our children." Blacks employ "black is beautiful" for self-encouragement and "black power" as a statement to the established order. And the elderly now demand "gray power." Proposition 13, though a California event, has become a rallying call everywhere among rebels hoping to achieve tax reductions...