Serving the High Plains
Serving the High Plains
On this date ...
1973: President Richard Nixon said it is “the simple truth” he is innocent of guilt in the Watergate break-in of Democratic headquarters.
He suggested Senate investigators help solve the country’s problems instead of trying to blame him for the scandal.
Nixon asked the public to join him in demanding the U.S. Senate end its hearings on Watergate and turn the matter over “to the courts where the questions of guilt or innocence belong.”
Nixon’s remarks were made during a half-hour television address from the Oval Office. He declined to answer any specific questions of wrongdoing raised during 37 days of Watergate testimony, which has sent his popularity to an all-time low.
— The Center Street United Methodist Church recently completed construction on its new addition. The addition is the new sanctuary. The old one will be torn down to provide a parking lot for members.
— The Tucumcari chapter of Altrusa International initiated new members: Evelyn O’Quinn, Jessica Brazil and Pauline Jesseph.
— A man stole $370 during a burglary at the Orbit Lounge in Tucumcari. Three other thefts or burglaries were reported in town during the same period.
— The Odeon Theatre was showing a new Burt Reynolds action film, “White Lightning.”