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Show DESERET NEWS, Friday, January 12, 1973 'Eternal' Flame Dies, Fuel Critically Low United Press International been down m the teens the past few days, met with officials of the Federal Office of Emergency Prepardness to discurs the potential fuel shortage. Federal authorities said the fears expressed were anticipatory rather than real what could happen rather than what is happening now. Fuel shortages and cold weather are combining to cut services to schools, factories and transportation companies across the nation. One city has had to snuff out an eternal flame because of diminishing supplies of natural gas. Extrem; cola in northern New England, the northern part of the Midwest and other regions has forced refineries to limit production of jet and diesel fuel to meet the rising demand tals But od dealers took a gloomier approach to the question Herbert Sostek of Gibbs Od Co , m Revere, Mass., said demand is catching up with supply and d this cold weather keeps up there will be a real clamoring for od in seven days. in northern Illinois, Michigan and Minnesota officials agreed on the tightness of the fuel situation. for heating oil in homes and hospi- Jet and diesel fuel come from the same manufacturing techniques used in providing ml to keep people warm and the shortages were considerably diffeient from classical winter problems generally caused by frozen harbors and backed up tank car traffic. In Washington, D C., the Air Transport Association said the companies supplying airliners at J. F. Kennedy International Airport m New York with jet fuel were scraping the bottom of the barrel. Rockford, 111., the state's second largest city, was the hardest hit m the area. Fuel ex ecutive Walter Wdliamson said his company had between 6,090 and 7,000 accounts including but factories, hospitals and public schoois he had no od to supply them. Wdliamson said his fuel shortage also affected plants in northern Illinois and hospitals m Wisconsin. He said the present problem could become critical within a day. Many railroads have ordered speeds reduced for freight trains to conserve diesel oil and the American Trucking Association is considering recommendations for slowdowns or other methods io conserve fuel. On the West Coast depleted shortages of natural gas caused many home owners to shift to fuel od, which created another problem delivery. Fuel companies were unable to find enough trucks to make deliveries. In Wichita, Kan , 30 school buddings were closed because of fuel shortages, but authorities expected service to be normal today. They said the situation had means reached In Bellefontainc, Ohio, an eternal flame burning since Memorial Day 1971 was purposely snuffed out this week because of a natural gas shortage. rather funny to see the 'eternal flame burning when customers are m need of gas, said Firman Kmpp an official at Dayton Pow'er and Light. 'Its Representatives of fuel oil companies in New England, where the temperature has crisis proportions. Help! Help? 49 Get $365,700 Push in Airport Damages Just The Button Forty-ninfamdies living near Los LOS ANGELES (AP) Angeles International Airport have been awarded $365,700 for damages caused by jet airline noise. e LAKE CITY, Fla. (AP) -a button, a stranded motorist can summon a fireman, a policeman, an ambulance or a' tow truck for aid along the North Florida leg of Interstate 75. A call box system was activated Wednesday along 40 mdes of the heaviiy traveled route linking Florida with the Midwest. The test area is between Interstate 10 and the Georgia border. With the touch of Superior Court jury deliberated for 13 days before decidseven other famdies were not entitled to any paythat ing ment from the city because their homes were too far from the airport to be greatly affected. A trial originally brought by The ruling ended a some 100 famdies w'ho said the noise damaged and devalued their property and harmed their health. h During the course of the court proceedings, the city agreed to buy 39 of the homes and Superior Court Judge William H. Levit' ruled that six of the properties were too far from the runways to suffer any loss of value from noise. Sgt. T. A. Pace of the Florida Highway Patrol said 164 emergency boxes were installed, half on the northbound side and half on the side of Stdl to be. tned on Feb, 14 are the claims of 11 famdies that airport noise, fumes and vibrations hae caused them serious personal injury and annoyance. 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