Word: gulf
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...University has failed in an attempt to obtain the site of a Gulf service station across from the Union for a multilevel student parking garage, L. Gard Wiggins, Administrative vice-President, told the CRIMSON yesterday...
Wiggins said that negotiations begun last winter with the Gulf Oil Company fell through because the University could not meet Gulf's demands and still have enough room left for student automobiles...
...Gulf had insisted that its gasoline pumps be exposed to view from the street, and that it be left a large repair area inside the proposed structure. Last spring Wiggins also reported that the company did not want to lose the present building because of its model colonial architecture...
Although the University has been forced to abandon the Gulf project, Wiggins affirmed that officials are still searching for a site near the Square for the proposed garage. Indicating that a more convenient location may soon be available, he denied reports that the University has considered building the structure on land across the river near the Business School...
Hurricane Carla, which smashed into Texas last week, was a whirling doughnut of wind, but like most hurricanes it used water to do its worst damage. Torrential rain raced ahead of the storm, giving Gulf Coast lowlands a preliminary flooding. Then, while the eye of the hurricane was still well offshore, great, white-topped waves cruised out of the sea and crashed across the land. Coastal settlements were washed out; those lying farther inland were flooded by fast-flowing water and picked to pieces by the screaming wind. Buildings that might have been strong enough to stand up to Carla...