Word: oilman
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Whether installing a pay phone in his 72-room Surrey mansion or waxing frugal in Playboy magazine, Oilman Jean Paul Getty has proved time and again that he is equally at home pinching a penny in his native U.S. or in his adopted Britain. Last week Getty, 74, was at it again-this time with some advice for British automobile owners anxious to get more miles for their money. "No cost-conscious motorist," said he, with his own inimitable perspective, "can ever afford to be without a chauffeur-even if he secretly plays the part himself...
Died. Ray Smith, 54, Dallas oilman and devoted sportsman, a railroad fireman's son who built a $75 million fortune by parlaying a two-pump gas station into a rich drilling and trucking operation-and then put fishermen everywhere in his debt with another natural resource, Panama's Pinas Bay, where, starting in 1963, he spent some $2,000,000 to turn an isolated patch of Pacific coastline into the handsome Club de Pesca de Panama, which, with its own amphibious plane service and a 15-boat fleet, opened the world's greatest marlin grounds to thousands...
...confidence). Reagan's newly appointed Regent Allan Grant first suggested the firing, which was formally moved by Laurence J. Kennedy Jr., a lawyer and one of the ten regents appointed by former Governor Pat Brown. When the vote was taken, anti-Kerr ballots included those of Reagan, Oilman Edwin Pauley, Mrs. Norman Chandler and Retailer Edward Carter, who had been chairman during the time of the riots. Among those supporting Kerr were Assembly Speaker Jesse Unruh and Industrialist Norton Simon...
...best that money can buy. At least eight players on the roster reportedly collected six-figure bonuses for signing, and Rookie Halfback Mike Garrett, the 1965 Heisman Trophy winner from Southern California, got $450,000. To Owner Hunt, that is pin money; he is the son of Oilman H. L. Hunt, who is one of the richest men in the U.S. A family friend once telephoned Papa Hunt, so the story goes, to express concern over the money Lamar was pouring into the Chiefs. "How much is he losing?" H. L. asked. "Close to $1,000,000 a year," said...
...still a genuine tough guy - with a record of 51 knockouts and 65 victories in 71 pro fights. "Williams has the essential of a real champion - a punch," said ex-Champion Joe Louis, and the Cat's manager, Oilman Hugh Benbow, predicted: "We're going to knock Clay's brains...