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...draftsman with Standard Oil of Louisiana in Baton Rouge in 1921. Working up to vice president in charge of manufacturing, he battled Huey Long over expansion of the oil industry in the state, became president of Louisiana Standard. Ten years later, after Louisiana Standard was merged into Esso, he became president of Esso...
...field has been opened in Libya. Already 16 companies have invested $175 million for 84 concessions over the country's 680,000 sq. mi. To date, 61 wells have been drilled, and 13 were producers. The two discovery wells -Zeltan One and Zeltan Two-brought in by Esso Standard (Libya) Inc. in the oil-rich Sirte district are gushing 32,500 bbl. a day between them. The company is planning construction of a 30-in. pipeline to the Mediterranean's Gulf of Sirte with an initial daily capacity of 100,000 bbl., hopes to have oil flowing through...
Show-Place Farm. The idea of a poultry farm in Lebanon first came to Stevenson five years ago when he was an Esso Standard assistant regional manager. To learn Arabic he hired Khalil Ghattas, an agriculture student at the American University of Beirut, who spent the lesson time talking about farming. Stevenson was so impressed with the boy's knowledge that they became partners. Stevenson risked $600 to set up a small chicken business on the Bekaa Valley farm of Khalil's father. Ghattas turned the farm into such a show place that U.S. Point Four officials sent...
...price $4 to $20), tailors individual ones at higher prices, claims 100,000 contented customers. For businessmen who want to be safe and save money at the same time, some trade associations offer speech kits to all (favorite theme for 1960: Businessmen Must Break into Politics). Companies such as Esso Standard Oil and Bemis Bros. Bag have their own manufactured speeches for every occasion. Some even have spaces for timely jokes and names of local officials...
...British army warehouse, began selling eggs and chickens on a big scale. For added income, they got exclusive dealerships for feed and livestock equipment. Though they lost $1,900 in their first year, they were in the black, with gross sales of $140,000 in 1957, and Stevenson quit Esso...