Word: stationed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Classics' coach, John Harvey, secured his team's invitation to the British protectorate and naval station through personal contacts and the Gibraltar Basketball Federation's eagerness to host an American team...
...Jersey were asking 71.9? per gal. for unleaded, and in New York City 88.9? per gal. for unleaded was posted on at least one pump. In Chicago a gallon of Amoco premium unleaded has been going for 96.9? per gal., up 5? in a month. Says a philosophical Mobil station manager in Manhattan: "Customers get upset, but they pay anyway. They grumble, but what can they...
...Exxon's price to its dealers throughout the U.S. varies by as little as tenths of a cent a gallon for the same grade of gas. But the wholesale price can differ drastically from company to company. In Houston, for example, Exxon sells unleaded gasoline to its service stations for 56.9? per gal. and Phillips for 65.1?, while Shell charges 61.8? for its premium unleaded. The oil companies have no control over the price at the pump. That is set by the individual franchise dealers, which is why the same brand of gas can vary widely from station...
Fully 62% of all U.S. service stations are now self-service operations, but the minority of dealers who offer full service tack on a few cents a gallon for pumping the gas, checking the tires and wiping the windshield. Many station owners still try to hold prices down in order to achieve high volume. "Rocky" Minetti, who manages an Esso station in Pittsburgh, maintained his price of 64.9? per gal. for unleaded right up to the end of last week, while ether stations in his area were charging...
...justified by the rising costs that the firms must pay for oil. Since early November, Exxon has boosted its wholesale price for regular gas by 4.3%, to 47.9? per gal.; Mobil has lifted its price 10% to 51.9? per gal. and Amoco 11.4% to 50.6? per gal. The service station dealers then normally pass these wholesale increases on to their retail customers. The station owners commonly add 10? or more to the wholesale price in order to maintain their own margins. For many stations, these margins are not enough to keep abreast of inflation. Others can only offset a relatively...