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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...
...remains to be seen whether the switch will pay off. At congressional hearings, some experts had estimated that year-round D.S.T. (the present law mandates it to April 30, 1975) might save as much as 2% of the energy, particularly electricity, consumed daily in the U.S. A Department of Transportation official estimated that the time change could mean fewer traffic accidents. He explained that accidents in the evening are often caused by the fact that at that time many drivers' reactions are slowed-some are tired out from the day's labor, others have had too many after...
Question: With the Miami Dolphins playing in the Orange Bowl, the world's best thoroughbreds running at Hialeah, and big-time college sports crowding the calendar, what is Florida's biggest spectator sport? Answer: Dog racing. The turnstiles spin merrily year-round at one or more of the state's 17 tracks (there are only 23 others in the rest of the U.S.). Despite the dearth of glamour and the shortage of champions that stand out from the pack, huge numbers of gamblers want to wager on the greyhounds that futilely chase an ersatz rabbit around...
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...
...Commerce committees of both the House and the Senate swiftly approved a bill to put the U.S. on year-round Daylight Saving Time, as President Nixon requested in his emergency message two weeks ago. The measure is expected to get final approval soon after Congress returns from Thanksgiving recess and will probably take effect in early January. Moving the clock ahead one hour is expected to diminish energy...