Word: gulf
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Then, when Israel came up with the same idea following the Six-Day War-and with the canal closed indefinitely-the race was on. Last week, getting the jump on the Egyptians, Israel started construction of a $113 million pipeline project linking the port of Elath on the Gulf of Aqaba to Ashkelon on the Mediterranean. Bulldozers at both ends of the planned, 160-mile line began clearing sand dunes to make way for oil-storage tanks. The 42-in pipeline, which is being built by Israeli, U.S. and French technicians, should be able to transmit 15 million tons...
...late next year with completion scheduled for the end of 1970-a full year after Israel's line is due to go into operation. Under plans drawn up by a British engineering firm, the $150 million line would carry 50 million tons per year from the Gulf of Suez to one of three terminals-Alexandria, Damietta and Port Said. Despite the greater distance involved, the Egyptians will most likely decide on the 190-mile Alexandria route on the theory that it would be more secure from possible Israeli attack...
...Gulf Oil Corp...
...asked of the sub skipper was a slice of roast beef, but the galley was closed. For all his bold self-sufficiency, Vihlen's long journey came to a saddening landfall: though within sight of Miami, he was unable to buck the powerful northward flow of the Gulf Stream and the offshore westerly winds. He and April Fool had to finish the last 25 miles lashed to the side of a Coast Guard cutter-still setting a record for the smallest craft to sail the Atlantic, but leaving the bearded airman-turned-seaman "a little disappointed...
...notable absentee was Paul Mellon, 61, only son of Uncle Andy, who is the single biggest shareholder in the Mellon enterprises - principally Alcoa, Carborundum Co., Koppers Co. and Gulf Oil. His duties as president of the National Gallery and director of the Bollingen Foundation (grants to scholars in the humanities) and the Old Dominion Foundation (education, the arts, mental health and conservation) seemed more imperative than any family reunion...