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...growing probability of acute fuel shortages caused by the Arabs' total embargo of oil shipments to the U.S. It is now estimated that the U.S. will have 2,000,000 to 3,000,000 bbl. less than the 17 million bbl. a day that it normally burns. The grim prospects for the months ahead: power brownouts, chilly homes and offices, shuttered schools and factories. The loss in production could range to billions of dollars (see story next page) and bring a rise in the unemployment rate, wiping out last month's encouraging .3% drop to 4.5%. At normal...
...that's grim. Yes, that's very grim...
...front of the Wailing Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem last week, Jewish youths linked their arms for the traditional dances and songs of the joyous holiday of Simhath Torah. Yet the festivities, watched by curious Arabs, could not mask the grim mood of Jerusalem and Israel. The city and the nation are gripped by a cold fury, reported TIME Correspondent Marsh Clark: "It is an icy resolve that has stilled the passing joke. Like the coming of the khamsin, the cruel desert wind that afflicts the spirit of all those in its path, the Arab attack has plunged...
...blacks move in, whites move out. Schools where black children attend are usually grim slum-buildings with little done to improve them. Relations between blacks and police can only be described as hostile, and not a week goes by without yet another incident pointing to the almost inevitable conclusion that Britain is moving inexorably towards a Watts-type explosion...
...North London estimated that 70 per cent of its black pupils were incorrectly assigned, while a survey of the whole of London showed that 28 per cent of black children--compared to 7 per cent of white children -- were misplaced. Many in Britain's black communities have interpreted these grim statistics as a plot to keep blacks out of Britain's colleges...