07/28/1977
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"Teacher Day, United States of America"
"This program will provide significant economic and national security benefits through accelerated oil and gas displacement effort."
"Unless a Federal program is developed to overcome these financial and institutional barriers, oil and gas consumption will not be substantially reduced and could actually increase in the near-term in ..."
"No other sector of the economy can achieve as great a near-term savings of oil and gas, particularly through conversion of existing facilities to coal, and expanded energy conservation measures."