From Detroit Bureau Chief Edwin Reingold:
The coldest winter in nearly a century dropped temperatures last week to -11° F. in Chicago, -31° F. in Minneapolis and -54° F. in Solon Springs, Wis. Cracked a farmer in Bayfield County, Wis.: "It was so cold that my wheelbarrow wouldn't start." To most Midwesterners, keeping warm was a much more compelling concern than what kind of President Jimmy Carter would make.
Because of a natural-gas shortage, public schools closed in Kansas City, Mo., and may be cut to three days a week in Dayton. Too much demand caused electric voltage to be reduced by 5%...
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