Word: sell
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...miles away on the stately Ohio, young Evans haunted the piers where poultry was loaded aboard packet boats for Pittsburgh. If a chicken escaped, kids were allowed to track and keep it. "You could get a small white leghorn, feed it on grain for two weeks and then sell it for a dollar. That was big money when people were making ten cents an hour." For play, kids tossed their chickens out of barn lofts to see how far they could fly. From that recollection came the great flying chicken contest...
Along a major turnpike in south Florida, most stations would not sell gas to anyone with more than half a tankful, and then limited sales to about $3 at 90? per gallon-barely enough to reach the next turnpike station. In eight counties, including Miami's Bade, an odd-even plan was announced for sales. In a state depending heavily on tourism, Florida energy officials used their 5% emergency supplies to ease the shortage. About 50,000 extra gallons were allocated to the gas station at Orlando's Disney World and 25,000 to nearby Sea World. Insisted...
...Governors of New Jersey and Connecticut also instituted alternate-day gas-buying plans. Connecticut Governor Ella Grasso ordered stations to sell no less than $4 worth of gas to owners of four-cylinder cars and $6 at a time to those driving higher powered vehicles-all in an effort to reduce tank topping. She asked every mayor or selectman in the state's 169 cities and towns to appoint a coordinator to work out gas station schedules so that some will always be open...
...Manager Bruce Weir was laboring over his books at 6:15 a.m. "I saw a fellow pull up to the pump in a late model Chevy Malibu and I went out and knocked at the window and I said, 'I'm sorry, sir, we don't sell gas till 7.' I started back and got two steps from the door when I felt a big bang on my left leg. I grabbed my leg. Below me was a bottle of Heineken's, half full. Now I walk backwards...
Varsity Liquor and the Wine Cellar also sell alcoholic substances, but you can get a better beer selection at Broadway Market on Broadway or Martignetti's on Soldiers Field Road...