First skirmish in the Gulf war
In the civil war among the shareholders of Gulf Oil, the leaders of the opposing camps both speak with Southern accents, but there the similarities end. The challenger, Chairman T. Boone Pickens Jr., 55, of Mesa Petroleum in Amarillo, is a dashing, salty Texas oilman who delights in telling earthy jokes. The defender, Gulf Chairman James E. Lee, 61, is a bald, straitlaced native of Mississippi who sometimes leads prayers before gatherings of his board of directors. While Lee has spent his whole career plodding through Gulfs corporate...
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