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50 years ago this week: Dec. 14

The 1973 oil crisis was at the front of everybody’s minds 50 years ago this week, with speculation about the impacts of the nationwide fuel shortage on daily life — and on Christmas festivities — appearing in 19 separate stories in the Addison Independent.

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