It's November 1973.

President Nixon predicts the worst energy crisis since World War II and proposes "Project Independence" to make the country self-sufficient in energy resources by 1980. Nixon proposes reducing highway speed limits, lowering thermostats, and rationing gasoline.

In a televised speech, the President states, "I have no intention whatever of walking away from the job I was elected to do." Nixon also says that he will do everything he can "to see that any doubts as to the integrity of the man who occupies the highest office in this land - to remove those doubts where they exist."

Speed limits in New York State are lowered to 50 mph.

England's Princess Anne, 23, marries Captain Mark Phillips, 25, in a televised ceremony at Westminster Abbey.

An 18-minute segment is missing from one of the Watergate tapes. The segment contains only a hum, no conversation. U.S. District Judge John J. Sirica asks for the immediate custody of all the Watergate tapes.

Senator Edward Kennedy is among the thousands of people who visit the grave of President John F. Kennedy on the 10th anniversary of the assassination of JFK in Dallas.

Marjorie Wallace, 19, is crowned Miss World in London. Miss Wallace was crowned Miss USA at a recent pageant held in Binghamton.

Actor Laurence Harvey, 45, dies in London.

Due to the energy crisis, President Nixon rations home heating oil, cuts back deliveries to gas stations, bans the sale of gas on Sundays, imposes a 50 mph speed limit for autos and a 55 mph speed limit for buses and trucks, prohibits Christmas lights outside homes and businesses, and bans inside and outside commercial lighting when businesses are closed.

During a televised question-and-answer session in Orlando, Florida, President Nixon says, "People have got to know whether or not their President is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook. I've earned everything I've got." Later in the session, Nixon draws laughter when he states that because of the current energy crisis, he refused to allow a back-up aircraft to follow him on the trip to Orlando. "If this one goes down," Nixon says referring to the presidential plane, "they don't have to impeach."

Nixon's secretary Rose Mary Woods testifies that she caused the 18-minute gap in the tape recording when she pressed the wrong button on the tape recorder.

Construction begins on the new First City National Bank in Owego.

Alfred J. Libous is re-elected mayor of Binghamton. Doris Scott and William Bennet are elected to the Town of Owego Council.

Residents in the Town of Newark Valley vote to make it legal to sell alcohol in the town for the first time since Prohibition. However, the Town of Berkshire will remain dry - the sale of liquor was voted down.

WSKG holds its second annual auction to raise money. The four-day auction features items such as a 1974 Pinto, a Twilight Zone script donated by Rod Serling, and a steel engraving from President Nixon; and raises over $19,000.

Montgomery Wards celebrates their Grand Opening at the Oakdale Mall. The store has 85,000 square feet of selling space, a 16-bay auto service center, a cafeteria, and a bake shop.

In response to the energy crisis, the Tioga County Legislature's Building and Grounds Committee directs all county departments to keep their thermostats at 68 degrees.

Patrons at the new Broome County Veteran's Memorial Arena are complaining about paying top dollar for seats that are virtually worthless due to the view being blocked by staging or the plexi-glass hockey screen.

Top tunes in the Southern Tier include "Top of the World" by the Carpenters, "Angie" by the Rolling Stones, "Photograph" by Ringo Starr, and "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" by Elton John.

Friday night TV shows include "Sanford and Son," "The Brady Bunch," "Calucci's Department," "The Odd Couple," "Room 222," "The Girl with Something Extra," "The Dean Martin Comedy Hour," and "The Brian Keith Show."

Movies playing locally include "The Way We Were," "Charley Varrick," "M*A*S*H," "Fantasia," "American Graffetti," "That Darn Cat," and "The Deadly Trackers"


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