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...audience and went home in cabs. Waiters at Manhattan restaurants served patrons by candlelight. Buses were delayed only slightly by darkened traffic lights. Garbage trucks whined as usual on their nightly rounds. Mayor Abraham Beame, assuming, like many citizens, that a fuse had blown, ad-libbed a quip during a campaign speech at the Co-op City Traditional Synagogue in The Bronx. "See," he said. "This is what you get for not paying your bills...
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...which is now part of the Administration's fleet. Kissinger spent a good deal of time in the rear of the plane talking off the record to reporters, even as the jet rocketed down the runway. He would return two or three times during a trip to chat, quip, tell jokes and stories about foreign leaders or spin out grand stratagems while nibbling peanuts or candy. Vance is more reserved and is still feeling his way. He rarely comes back to chat, but he invites the press forward for regular news conferences...
...major target for saving natural gas and oil will be home insulation. "Your home is your castle," runs one current Washington quip, "but your attic belongs to the Government." At present, as much as 40% of house heat escapes through poorly fitting windows, too thin walls and faulty flues. Schlesinger plans a mandatory program that will force homeowners to insulate whether they want to or not. Enforcement will be through state commissions and local utilities. One proposal: order public utilities to insulate homes and spread out the cost through higher billing to all customers. For added energy saving in homes...
...sure enough...," Fish continued with a chuckle, not finishing the self-deprecating quip...