Word: gulf
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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That Was Leyte Gulf...
Help from A.A. Du Font's model assault on the bottle problem was detailed by its assistant medical director, Dr. C. Anthony D'Alonzo, in The Drinking Problem (Gulf Publishing; $2.95). The company first looks for certain giveaway signs: "Frequent absenteeism (characteristically on Monday); a gradual and appreciable drop in efficiency; a change in general appearance and dress habits; frequent disappearances from work." Next, Du Pont medics approach the alcoholic sympathetically, tell him that the company views his alcohol problem as an illness, not unlike heart disease. The company then sends the drinker to its own psychiatrists...
...unions of proposed work-rule changes they want in the next railroad agreement to replace the one that expired last week. Preliminary wage sparring has already gone on. The unions pressed for a 36?-an-hour boost, and the industry has counterproposed a 15? wage slash. Despite the wide gulf in wage proposals, however, the big fight will still be over union featherbedding. To eliminate featherbedding, the rail companies asked the rail unions to: ¶ Extend the basic day's mileage pay from 100 miles to 160 miles. The 100-mile rate was established in 1919, when freight trains...
...loss) (loss) Union Pacific 2.17 1.87 Oil company earnings for the third quarter were mixed amidst industry reports of overproduction. Big Standard Oil Co. (of California) reported a decline in nine months' earnings to $2.85 v. $2.97 last year. Despite a third-quarter drop in earnings, Gulf Oil Corp. showed nine months' results of $6.49 per share v. $6.13 per share last year. Other oil earnings: 1958 1959 Sinclair Oil $2.07 $2.28 Atlantic Refining 2.02 2.54 Ohio Oil 1.75 1.95 For industries not hit by the steel strike the third quarter produced some records...
...their park benches in the sunny harbor on Florida's Gulf Coast, residents of St. Petersburg watched for a sign of fall. One day last week it came: the obituary space in the St. Petersburg Times (circ. 100,225) rose from the summer normal of two columns to five...