Serving the High Plains
Serving the High Plains
On this date ...
1973: Southern Union Gas Co. reported critically low pressure of natural gas in the region due to an equipment malfunction from a supplier in El Paso, Texas.
The utility said it expected the low gas pressure to persist for three to four days, exacerbated by windy and cold weather.
The company asked all customers to lower their home thermostats to 64 degrees.
In Tucumcari, the Diamond Shamrock gas station, broom factory, Worley Mills, 7-A Feed Company and Tucumcari Public Schools closed due to the lack of natural gas.
The near-outage also affected Worley Mills plants in Portales and Clovis.
— Tucumcari and Logan were designated as Bicentennial Communities by the National Bicentennial Commission, the first such designations in New Mexico. The nation’s bicentennial was set for July 4, 1976.
— A 51-year-old driver from Girard, Kansas, was hospitalized after his truck hit a bridge two miles west of Montoya. State police believe he fell asleep at the wheel.
— The Tucumcari Safeway store was advertising a fifth of Seagram’s 7 Crown for $4.79, a fifth of Smirnoff vodka for $4.39, a fifth of Bacardi rum for $4.69 and a fifth of Johnny Walker Red for $5.49.
— The Odeon Theatre was showing “The Daring Dobermans” and “The Doberman Gang,” along with “Tarzan in the Valley of Gold.”