Word: brockett
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...never even knew they grew anything but Coca-Cola bushes and presidential timber until I heard the song) can catch James Talley, Bob McCarthy and Beverly Rush this weekend at Passim. Shows tonight through Saturday at 8:30 and 10:30 pm. Admission is $3.50. Next week: Jaime Brockett plays folk guitar and Lew London, the "eastern king of western swing," holds court; same days, same time, same place, same admission. In fact, Talley and Brockett are the same person, which explains why they are never seen together...
...Dorsey and his predecessor as chairman, retired E.D. Brockett, were not present.) With only a break for dinner, they listened to John J. McCloy, former World Bank chief. Though he had no direct connection with Gulf, he had been chosen by the directors to head a company self-investigation ordered by the SEC. Helping him were Gulf Directors Nathan W. Pearson, a key financial adviser to the Mellon family (owners of about 20% of Gulfs stock), and Beverley Matthews, a Toronto lawyer. The three formed a special review committee and produced a 298-page report. Slowly, cogently, McCloy reviewed...
...Bahamas Exploration Co. Ltd. in Nassau was transformed from an insignificant subsidiary into a firm that could "launder" Gulfs money and pass it along to politicians. Whiteford insisted that the fund be kept secret from the Mellon family and from the executives that he called the "Boy Scouts"-E.D. Brockett and Bob R. Dorsey. To the directors at last week's meeting, the key question was whether Boy Scout Dorsey had had knowledge of the fund...
Finally, after 16 hours of deliberation, the board announced its decision at 1:15 Wednesday morning: Dorsey's resignation was requested, received and accepted-effective ten hours and 45 minutes later. Dorsey and E.D. Brockett were allowed to complete their terms as directors but will have to give up their seats in April. The resignations of William L. Henry, president of the Gulf Oil Real Estate Development Co., and Fred Deering, senior vice president, also were accepted. Herbert C. Manning, vice president and secretary, lost his job as a Gulf officer, but will be assigned to new duties...
...JAIME BROCKETT--Thurs. Jan. 31 through Sun. Feb. 3 at Passim, call 492-7679 for information...