In 1973 Henkels & McCoy employs 3,800 people and has over 3,000 pieces of
construction equipment... On a sad note, Andrew Lewis, former President
of Henkels & McCoy passes away on February 4... Later this year, Henkels &
McCoy will commemorate 50 years of Performance with a gala celebration at
corporate headquarters in July. Due to a driving rainfall of over four and a
half inches, the outdoor festivities are moved inside where the company's
original founding partners, Jack Henkels and John McCoy are reunited (above
right). Jack Henkels and Anne Henkels cut and serve the first slice of the
50th Anniversary cake to employees and friends ... On August 1 structural
steel is delivered to Henkels & McCoy's Blue Bell site to be used in the
construction of an additional three floors of office space... H&M crews
develop a 42 x 21 x 15 foot Weather Cheater, a tent-like structure which
serves to shelter welding operations during bad weather and enabling work to
continue... H&M installs a $3.1 million waste water treatment plant at
Standard Oil of Ohio's B.P. Oil Corporation Marcus Hook facility in
Pennsylvania. The project also receives a $350,000 grant from the EPA... H&M
installs 220 kV lines in Pennsylvania and Delaware, and 115 kV lines in
Maryland... The Railroad Plow is kept busy in both the West and the East: in
Utah, we plow 12 miles of a rock causeway spanning the Great Salt Lake near
Ogden for Southern Pacific Transportation Company; back East we will plow 1.5
miles for Philadelphia Electric along the Reading Railroad line in the
Nicetown section of Philadelphia; and back to Long Island, for Consolidated
Edison, installing 3.5 miles of 2 circuit 33 kV cable along the Staten
Island Railroad at a depth of 54 inches... New pipeline work includes 5
miles of 6-inch lines and gathering systems for gas storage to and from dry
wells in Green County, Pa. ... H&M breaks ground for new offices and
buildings on a 30-acre site in Rising Sun, Maryland. The new facilities will
replace two previously held properties, long outgrown by an expanding
workforce... The Engineering Division performs electrical engineering design
for Hercules Chemical Company's new plant facility in Philadelphia;
for Detroit Edison and for Massachusetts Electric; and performs corrosion
control engineering services for Philadelphia Electric's gas division.January 10
Former White House aides G. Gordon Liddy and James W. McCord Jr. are
convicted of conspiracy, burglary and wiretapping in the Watergate incident.
Five other men plead guilty.
January 20
President Nixon is inaugurated for his second term.
January 22
George Foreman defeats Joe Frazier in the Heavyweight championship. This
bout is televised on HBO, their very first telecast.
January 27
Representatives of North and South Vietnam, the Viet Cong, and the US sign a
cease-fire agreement in Paris.
February 12
The first POWs are handed over to the United States by Hanoi. Right:
a joyous family reunion for a returning POW.
March 29
First US troops leave Vietnam.
April 4
Ribbon cutting ceremony at the World Trade Center, officially marking the
completion of the complex, though some parts of the sprawling site have been
occupied from as early as 1970. Tower 1 is 1,368 feet high
(completed in 1972); Tower 2 is 1,362 feet. The WTC will be home to 50,000
office workers in Lower Manhattan.
April 8
Pablo Picasso, Spanish artist and Cubist master, dies at age 91.
April 30
White House staffers, H.R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman, and Attorney
General Richard Kleindienst resign over the Watergate scandal. White House
special counsel John Dean is dismissed. Senate Watergate committee begin
nationally televised hearings two weeks later. Attorney General-designate
Elliot Richardson names former solicitor general Archibald Cox as the
Justice Department's special prosecutor for Watergate. In June, John Dean
tells Watergate investigators that he discussed Watergate cover-up with
President Nixon at least 35 times. Dean had privately warned Nixon that
"there is a cancer on the presidency." Right: John Dean (colorized) is sworn
in before giving testimony at the Senate Watergate hearings.
May 7
The Pulitzer Prize is awarded to Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein for their
coverage of the Watergate incident for the Washington Post.
June 9
Horse racing's Triple Crown is won by Secretariat, the first in 25 years.
July 16
The White House confesses that virtually all presidential meetings are taped
with recording equipment.
August 22
Henry Kissinger becomes Secretary of State.
October 10
After pleading nolo contendere on a count of tax-evasion Vice
President Spiro Agnew resigns.
October 17
The OPEC oil embargo begins.
November 17
In a nationally televised speech on the growing Watergate scandal (right), President Richard M. Nixon declares, "I am not a
crook."
December 3
The world gets the first up-close photographs of Jupiter from Pioneer 10.
December 6
Gerald Ford becomes the first un-elected Vice President.
ALSO IN 1973:
Akira Hasegawa and Fred Tappert propose the use of solitary waves to
carry information in optical fibers.
Construction of a new, high-capacity coaxial cable system, called L5, is
completed between Pittsburgh and St. Louis. It has the capacity of carrying
108,000 simultaneous telephone conversations, three times the capacity of
any previous system.
International gasoline and fuel crisis begins as the Organization of Oil
Exporting Countries (OPEC) doubles price of oil. The maximum national speed
limit is cut to 55 mph in the US as an energy conservation measure
"Can you hear me now?" the first cell phone is invented by Martin Cooper
of Motorola.
UPC Barcodes are introduced.
The Endangered Species Act is passed.
What's On TV
Redd Foxx’s Fred G. Sanford says, "Get the door, dummy"
to on-screen son Lamont (Demond Wilson) in the redd-hot Norman Lear sitcom,
Sanford And Son, on Friday nights at 8 on NBC. The mid-season replacement
will run for six seasons. All in the Family, The Waltons, M*A*S*H, Hawaii
Five-0 are also among the season's leading shows.
In Sports
Braves' Hank Aaron hits Ken Brett's fastball for his 700th HR.
Richard Petty wins the Daytona 500, while Singer Marty Robbins makes his
debut.
The designated hitter rule is first used by the American League. The first
DH batter is Ron Blomberg.
OJ Simpson rushes more than 2,000 yards, becoming the first NFL player to
do so in a single season.
Bobby Clarke of the Philadelphia Flyers becomes the Most Value Player in
the NHL.
At the Movies
The Poseidon Adventure, Deliverance, The Getaway, Live and Let
Die, Paper Moon.
Music
Born in the Kingston shantytown, reggae music "catch afire" and
spreads to Europe and the US.
1973 CHART ACTION
1 TIE A YELLOW RIBBON ROUND THE OLE OAK TREE -
Tony Orlando & Dawn (Bell)
2 LET'S GET IT ON - Marvin Gaye (Tamla)
3 MY LOVE - Paul McCartney & Wings (Apple)
4 YOU'RE SO VAIN - Carly Simon (Elektra)
5 CROCODILE ROCK - Elton John (MCA)
6 HALF-BREED - Cher (MCA)
7 KILLING ME SOFTLY WITH HIS SONG - Roberta Flack (Atlantic)
8 BAD, BAD LEROY BROWN - Jim Croce (ABC)
9 KEEP ON TRUCKIN' (pt. 1) - Eddie Kendricks (Tamla)
10 MIDNIGHT TRAIN TO GEORGIA - Gladys Knight & The Pips (Buddah)
11 THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL - Charlie Rich (Epic)
12 TOP OF THE WORLD - Carpenters (A&M)
13 TOUCH ME IN THE MORNING - Diana Ross (Motown)
14 DELTA DAWN - Helen Reddy (Capitol)
15 BROTHER LOUIE - Stories (Kama Sutra)
16 WILL IT GO ROUND IN CIRCLES - Billy Preston (A&M)
17 PLAYGROUND IN MY MIND - Clint Holmes (Epic)
18 THE NIGHT THE LIGHTS WENT OUT IN GEORGIA - Vicki Lawrence (Bell)
19 SUPERSTITION - Stevie Wonder (Tamla)
20 GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD - Elton John (MCA)
