Word: oilman
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Still, there was no doubt that these were Nixon people; many had quietly financed Republican candidates in the past. One wag dubbed the shindig "the Republocrat Convention." As Connally greeted Fort Worth Oilman W.A. Moncrief, he said to Nixon: "This man is a big giver, Mr. President, and he never asks for anything in return...
...Thatcher explains, "that some extreme advocates of equality would be happy even if all the children were in bad schools so long as they were all equally bad. I believe there is still a place for select schools of excellence." Mrs. Thatcher herself is the wife of a wealthy oilman, so she is among the 7% of British parents who can afford to send their children to expensive private schools (her 18-year-old twins went to Harrow and St. Paul's). "No one would demand that everyone live in the same kind of house," says Mrs. Thatcher...
...lengths, the Hollywood Express by three, the American Handicap by four. All told, Ack Ack won seven of eight starts and a total of $393,000 in the year. Explaining that "he didn't have anything more to prove," Whittingham and Ack Ack's new owners, Oilman E.E. ("Buddy") Fogelson and his wife, Actress Greer Garson, decided to retire their prize to Kentucky, where his value as a stud is an estimated...
...theory, Oilman John McCandish King should be a pauper. He has lost his $170,000-a-year job as chairman of King Resources, a mineral exploration firm. That company has been forced into bankruptcy, and creditors are seeking to have Colorado Corp., a holding company that is 90% owned by King, declared bankrupt also. The Internal Revenue Service has slapped liens on his property for $5,300,000 in back taxes. Creditors, former investors, and tax authorities are suing him in at least six states to collect what is left of his personal fortune, which was once estimated...
...well-known contributors. Insurance Millionaire W. Clement Stone, Chicago's-and perhaps the country's-foremost political philanthropist, has said that he gave Nixon more than $500,000 for his preconvention and election campaign. Others who contributed more than generously included John Hay Whitney, Colorado Oilman John M. King, and John Olin of the Illinois chemical family...