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* 10 YEARS *

IN 1970, THE FOLLOWING HISTORICAL EVENTS OCCURRED:
PRESIDENT
VICE PRESIDENT
BEST PICTURE: MII)NIGHT COWBOY
BEST AC"ESS: MAGGIE SMITli - PRIME 0F MISS JEAN BR0I)IE
BEST ACTOR: JOHN WAYNE -TRUE GRIT
WORLD SERIES: BALTIMORE A,L, (4)
CINCINNATI N.L. (i)
DIED: BILLIE BURKE (ACTRESS) 1886-1970
R]fiT8:Dc!€#Ei)C£§35!£!78USHING (U.S, PRELATE oF
CHARLES DEGAULLE (PRESIDENT/FRANCE & STATESMAN)
1890-1970
JANIS JOPLIN (SINGER) 1943-1970
FRANCES PARKINSON KEYES (WRITER) 1885-1970
SONNY [CHARLES] LISTON (BOXED) 1932(?)-1970

AS THE SIXTIES ENDED, A NEW 80-MILLION-POUND-PER-YEAR HIGH-
DENSITY POLYETHYLENE PLANT WENT 0N STREAM AT ORANGE. TEXAS,. BRITISH
AMERICAN OIL COMPANY, LTD. [69 PERCENT OWNED BY GULF] CHANGED ITS
NAME TO GULF OIL CANAI)A, AND--AS A PRELul)E TO THE CLIMATE OF THE
SEVENTIES--THE BOLIVIAN GOVERNMENT NATIONALIZEI) GULF'S BOLIVIAN
OIL AND GAS FIELDsj AND SEIZED ALL FACILITIES.
DURING GULF'S 70TH YEAR, THREE NEW REFINERIES WERE COMPLETED:
ALLIANCE, NEAR NEW ORLEANS,. POINT TuPPER, NOVA SCOTIAj AND EDMONTONj
ALBERTA. THE FOLLOWING YEARt 1972j SAW THREE MORE IN ITALYj SPAIN
AND 0KINAWA,

JANUARY 5 -UNITED MINE WORKER'S 0FFICIALj JOSEPH A, YABLONSKI+
WIFE AND DAUGHTER FOUNI) SLAIN.
12 -THE 3l-MONTH OLD CIVIL WAR IN BIAFRA ENDED.
FEBRUARY 6 - UAR FROGMEN SANK ISRAELI SUPPLY SHIP IN EIALT HARBOR,
9 -steve cominski -EMPLoyED By GULF OIL cO.
-Amos Joyner -EMPLoyED By GULF OIL cO.