Travelers advised to stay home amid fuel shortages
Across the United States, motorists were urged to stay home as temperatures fell to 22 degrees below zero in Minnesota. Spot checks show many service stations closed or nearing empty, with only a few open and rationing in place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Minnesota
Highway Patrol
Automobile Club of
New York
New Jersey
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
Toll Road
California
Washington, D.C
Milwaukee
Illinois Gasoline Dealers Association
Hawaii
New Year Celebrations Dab Cold Weather and Shortages
Americans welcomed 1974 amid a severe winter storm and gasoline shortages. Revelers gathered from Times Square to Chicago and Seattle for big parties while stores sold liquor briskly. Notable events included a Sammy Davis Jr. hosted bash in Los Angeles and a jailhouse New Year’s Eve show headlined by Red Foxx in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Kansas
Ohio
Texas
Alabama
Notre Dame
Guy Lombardo
Waldorf-Astoria
Century Plaza
Los Angeles
Sammy Davis Jr
Cook County
Chicago
Red Foxx
Ramsey Lewis
Jerry Granger
Foxx
Airport Hilton
Seattle
Wash
New York City
Central Park
Stock market outlook darkens after 1973 losses
A 1973 review shows the Dow Jones closing at 850.86, the S&P 500 at 97.55, and the NYSE index at 51.82 with 2,084 issues traded. Investors faced inflation, energy prices, and political uncertainty, pushing activity to the sidelines as hopes for 1974 varied from cautious optimism to further decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
UPI
New York Stock Exchange
Standard & Poor
Wall Street
Nixon
Britain enters New Year under three day work week amid energy crisis
Millions of British workers observe the New Year holiday as the government enforces a three day work week. Officials warn that after the holiday up to six million may be temporarily out of work to conserve coal and electricity. Only essential stores and firms with generators remain open as miners slow down, heightening fuel worries nationally. In Wisconsin a local contest crowns a joke story about Aristotle Onassis and Jackie Kennedy as the top entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
UPI
Britain
Department of Employment
Edward Heath
Coed Rescued After Trunk Kidnapping Ordeal
Kathy Morris, 20, was found locked in the trunk of a car in a junkyard after being abducted from a South Daytona birthday party. Police issued a nationwide search for a man in his early 20s who robbed and terrorized her and three friends. Morris was reunited with her family and in good health as investigators planned further interviews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daytona Beach
Fla
UPI
Daytona
Kathy Morris
Skylab astronauts greet New Year over 16 datelines
Houston UpI report notes Skylab crew Gerald Carr Edward Gibson and William Pogue exchange Happy New Year 16 times as they orbit Earth crossing the International Date Line repeatedly. They focus on photographing Comet Kohoutek while late January skies offer moonlit viewing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
UPI
Gerald P. Carr
Edward G. Gibson
William R. Pogue
Robert Crippen
Carr
Kohoutek
Earth
Also Mentioned on This Page
Massachusetts
Maine
United States
NASA
Earth Resources Technology Satellite
Times Square
Stock Exchange
Bache & Co
Harry Jacobs
Robert Amster
Rosenkrantz
Ehrenkrantz
Lyon & Ross
Lucien Hooper
W. E. Hutton
Yiar
Burlington
Wis
Aristotle Onassis
Jackie
General Motors
Melvin Cohen
Illinois
Wesley Wise
Kiel
W. R. Anderson
By Barnes
Starbuck
McPeek
Merth
Te Order of the Golden Hag
Harold Davidson
Photography
North Ist
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!