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...recent weekend, the desperate highway patrol put in a new system that was reminiscent of an oldtime cattle drive. During the peak travel hours, 45 "pace cars," each with a large sign reading "It's 55" bolted to its roof, straddled traffic lanes on an assigned section of the highways. The patrol cars drove at a steady speed of 55 m.p.h., forcing cars to stay in line behind them. One patrolman would escort a caravan for a distance and then turn the cars over to the next officer...
Today Meany is fighting President Ford's economic program with the same bull-like intransigence that carried him to the peak of the labor movement. He has written every member of the House and Senate to plug the counterproposals of the AFL-CIO. The federation's six lobbyists in Washington are putting special pressure on Oregon's Al Ullman, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, which is writing the key legislation. Every Monday, lobbyists from 30 or so of the federation's affiliated unions sit down with AFL-CIO representatives to coordinate their onslaught...
Photochemical oxidant pollution is most frequent with brisk southern winds and sunny days in the late spring and summer, while carbon monoxide pollution occurs most frequently in stagnant weather during peak traffic hours, he added...
Actual Cost. One rate-reform concept that is gaining favor is "peak load" pricing. The price of power for all customers, big and small, would reflect the actual cost of generation at any given time of day. Rates would be highest at peak-load times-they vary widely from region to region-when less efficient stand-by equipment must be used to meet demand. Rates would drop late at night and on weekends, when demand is low. Advocates are persuaded that this system would reduce the need of utility companies to spend on costly new capacity and would offer customers...
...plans to experiment with other measures to discourage consumption. It wants higher rates but intends to increase them much faster for corporate customers than for residential users. Wisconsin Electric managers also polled residential customers to see how many would approve of having their water heaters turned off automatically during peak consumption periods. Fully half of the customers said that they would not mind...