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...insatiable appetite for electricity. By 1979, the nation's utilities must increase their generating capacity from 300 million kilowatts to more than one billion. They must build at least 250 large new power plants. Meanwhile, they confront rising revulsion against the pollution caused by such plants. Says Lee White, the outgoing chairman of the Federal Power Commission: "The major problem that the industry faces is the sharply increased concern of the U.S. over environmental considerations...
Four years ago, a massive power failure plunged the Northeast into stygian blackness. Last month disaster loomed again when the million-kilowatt generator at Con Ed's Ravenswood plant short-circuited. Since two smaller generators were temporarily out of order, New York suffered a "brownout" that dimmed lights and made air conditioners wheeze. Last week Luce sighed with relief when "Big Allis" (named for the Allis-Chalmers generator) came back on the line. But relief can only be temporary for Con Ed. It must currently generate 7,350,000 kw. at peak load, and 10.9 million within a decade...
...Hudson River to a huge reservoir atop the mountain, then release it downhill to run hydroelectric generators during peak periods. Groups opposing the project because it would deface the scenic river gorge won a court delay. Since 1965, Con Ed has tried to appease such critics by investing $15 million in plans to bury the Storm King powerhouse and create a park along the river front. Now New York City is also protesting that the project threatens its underground water aqueduct. Even with a go-ahead, Storm King could not be built before...
...point out that such abuses have been sharply curtailed since the Internal Revenue Service established an advisory panel of experts 1½ years ago to help assess the fair market value of donated art. In 1968, the panel reviewed 500 donations and disallowed 25% of their claimed $20 million value. So far, not one donor has officially challenged their decisions...
...General Assembly of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), meeting last week in Seattle, similarly denounced reparations but requested that the church redeploy funds to make more than $30 million available to fight poverty and racial discrimination. Earlier, the General Synod of the United Church of Christ created a new Commission for Racial Justice and guaranteed it a minimum...