Word: brockett
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Alcoa President John D. Harper figures that peace would cost his company only 5% of its present tonnage of sales, a loss that would be quickly overcome by such resurgent civilian business as construction and commercial aircraft Oil and steelmen are equally unworried. Says Gulf Oil Chairman E D Brockett: "We could get back to doing a lot of things we should be doing...
...game. Adding to the attendants' frustration, many drivers have taken to driving into station after station for a token gallon of gas while picking up more game chances. "America's service stations stand in danger of becoming one enormous coast-to-coast casino," warns E. D. Brockett, chairman of Gulf Oil Corp., one of the few major oil companies to abstain from the games. "Costs will rise and service will suffer," says Brockett, who foresees the day when motorists will say, "Fill her up, check the oil, and where's the roulette wheel...