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Several years ago, major companies began to get rid of their excess gasoline by wholesaling it to private-brand operators, who then underpriced the big firms' stations by 2? or 3? per gal. The independents began to grab off 20% of the business in some areas. Last year, to protect their own stations, Gulf introduced its "subregular" Gulftane, and Sun brought out its Blue Sunoco 190, which compete directly with the independents' prices. Other major oil companies also cut prices, financed the local fights by keeping prices high at their stations on superhighways...
Today's issue of the Summer News is the last, gang. No more can you grab up the paper on the way to dinner and read the exciting news. No more can you browse through the classified section or glance at the attractive ads. No more can you admire the fine photographs. But all is not lost; we'll be here next year, same time and place...
...contest that saw Willie Mays cover centerfield like a vacuum cleaner, Maury Wills steal everything except the Scoreboard, the National League win 3-1. But in a losing cause, Rollins handled three hot shots to third flawlessly, and shut off a National League rally with a one-hand grab of Tommy Davis' ripping sixth-inning grounder. At bat, he was the only American Leaguer to reach base twice, scored his team's lone run. Said Rollins: "Maybe after you've been picked for the All-Star team five or six times, you can think...
Rather testily, the machine hypnotizes a pretty girl researcher and induces her to grab two of its exposed wires. Snap, crackle, pop-the girl is electrocuted, but the machine is now able to devise the exact formula for creating a human embryo by parthenogenesis. In four months the embryo grows into a beautiful, submissive-seeming blonde named Andromeda, who behaves like a highly intelligent zombie...
Workman plans to appeal to both conservative Democrats and Republicans with a platform attacking "the welfare state, the diminution of local government and the grab for power in Washington." But Johnston does not seem worried. "I'll cross that bridge when I come to it." he says, "but I think I'll have a good strong bridge to go across. I'm not fearin' it very much...