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...most disasterous and harrowing winters which ski areas have yet encountered. This year they must deal with another problem which could even be worse than the weather has been in the past: The energy shortage may be a saving grace for President Nixon, but it has already put ski resort operators in a state of panic. They recognize that even though Nixon made no mention of fuel cutbacks to the ski industry in either of his two energy messages, they may be among the non-essential users who will be severely hampered by the shortage. The first casualty...
Harvard will not change its academic calendar because of the energy crisis "except as a final resort," Stephen S.J. Hall, vice president for Administration, said yesterday...
...approach to the energy problem. Interior Secretary Rogers Morton has said that there is a good chance that gasoline rationing will be in force by January. Treasury Secretary George Shultz, a free-market advocate who is an Implacable foe of all controls, vigorously opposes rationing except as a "last resort," arguing that people are overreacting to the crisis. Shultz prefers to pile on taxes to curb consumption. One certainty: a fuel tax would add substantially to already oppressive living costs...
...more than 200 clubs, which conduct a variety of meets, outings and contests. They gather at such airstrips as Sugarbush Soaring's field at Warren, Vt., built in 1966 by a former ski-lodge owner, John Macone. He calls it the nation's first "soaring resort." Pilots circle over the beautiful Mad River valley at leisurely air speeds of 45 m.p.h. to 55 m.p.h...
Diversion from institutions should be the goal of the system, and "institutionalization should be the last resort," he said...