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...executives have been saying for months that profits would be strong again this quarter, but some of the gains were truly spectacular: Shell, up 52% over the 1973 first quarter; Mobil, 66%; Gulf, 76%; Standard of Indiana, 81%; Standard of California, 92%; Texaco, 123%; Continental, 130%; and Occidental, a stunning...
...Motors canceled layoffs of 27,000 workers that had been scheduled to begin this week, in the hope that greater availability of gasoline would halt the deep slump in car sales. Gulf Oil slashed prices of jet fuel, kerosene and heating oils between 1.5? and 5? per gal., while Texaco announced a penny-per-gal. cut on gasoline-welcome signs of a break in the seemingly endless inflationary escalation of oil prices...
...resolution by the United Methodist Church calls on Texaco to discontinue all its Angolan operations that pay concessions to the Portuguese government...
Tufts was the only college in the Boston area to undergo such substantial rescheduling, being heavily dependent on Texaco white fuel which was cut by 25 to 30 per cent during the winter months. The Tufts Medical School, which receives steam heat from Boston Edison, remained open...
...general support, which must be matched by private contributions. This is the first time that the Met, the premier American grand opera house, has received a sizable federal grant, though public subsidies are routine in Europe. After announcing the windfall between acts of The Barber of Seville on the Texaco-sponsored weekly Met broadcast, Chapin asked his nationwide audience of opera lovers to chip in, even if it was only $1. Privately he said: "This does not solve the problem. Our current gross deficit is $7 million...