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By Compiled From Wire Service Dispatches With Analysis From Monitor Correspondents Around The World; Edited By Laurent Belsie

March 23, 1983

The nation's heating bill this season was $2.3 billion below normal thanks to the warmest winter in 29 years. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said the average house oil-heating bill fell $124 from the previous season; the average gas bill rose $4.