I recall when, in the Autumn of 1973, gasoline prices rose overnight from twenty-five cents to fifty cents per gallon. There were many international and domestic events happening at the time. A war broke out between Israel and an affiliation of Arab States (with Egypt and Syria at the vanguard). The media blared the unsettling report that the U.S.S.R. had announced that it might send troops unilaterally into the mideast. (That now sounds laughable).
About the time of the hostilities (now referred to as the Yom Kippur War) oil companies hiked the price at the pumps overnight, and vehicles lined up to top off their tanks. The term "Energy Crisis" was christened. Soon, the international strife cooled off, vehicle lines at the pumps diminished, but gasoline prices remained at about forty-five cents per gallon.
The next chapter in the drama of October 1973 came with Nixon's effectuating the firing of the special prosecutor who was investigating the Watergate matter. (That firing sounds quaint now). That event led to a surge in the Democrats' movement to impeach Nixon over Watergate.
As a diversion from the international and political unrest, we had reports of numerous UFO sightings which would continue into November and December.
Oh, what an interesting month October 1973 was.
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