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Energy
The worst power failure thus far in U.S. history blacks out most of seven states and Ontario November 9, affecting 30 million people in an 80,000-square-mile area. New York's power fails at 5:27 in the afternoon, Brooklyn regains it at 2 the next morning, Queens at 4:20 in the morning, Manhattan at 6:58. Telephone companies maintain service and New York has a record 62 million phone calls in one day, nearly double the city's weekly average. Con Edison assures the public that no blackouts will recur (but see 1977).