Todos os Santos Bay
Todos os Santos Bay [Port.,=all-saints bay], inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, 25 mi (40 km) long and 20 mi (32 km) wide, E Bahia, Brazil. It receives the Paraguaçu River. Brazil's first oil field (1939) is located N of Salvador, the bay's chief city. Itaparica, a large island at the mouth of the bay, has saltworks and oil fields. The fertile Reconcavo lowland surrounds the bay; subsistence crops, sugarcane, cotton, and tobacco are raised there. Todos os Santos Bay was discovered in 1501 by Amerigo Vespucci.
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Sports innovator Lamar Hunt dies.
Newspaper article from: Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX); 12/14/2006; 700+ words
; ...was in Tyler, where H.L. Hunt had based his East Texas oil business. In January 1938, the Hunts moved to an estate overlooking White Rock Lake. Lamar earned the nickname "Games...competitions. Just 5 years old, Lamar began his long streak of attending...his brother, Nelson Bunker Hunt. "He ...
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Lamar Hunt announces court's order on Minpeco Silver case.
PR Newswire; 10/20/1988; 640 words
; LAMAR HUNT ANNOUNCES COURT'S ORDER ON MINPECO SILVER CASE DALLAS, Oct. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Lamar Hunt of Dallas said today that United States...Silver case which reads in part as follows: Lamar Hunt's motion for a new trial is hereby...
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Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt dead at 74
Newspaper article from: News Sun, The (Waukegan, IL); 12/15/2006; 700+ words
; ...Kansas City Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt died Wednesday night in...Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Lamar Hunt, the soft-spoken...what great leaders do." Hunt's efforts to aid black...meeting Thursday morning. "Lamar said, 'I don't care...
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Pro Football Visionary Lamar Hunt Dies
News Wire article from: AP Online; 12/14/2006; 700+ words
; KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Lamar Hunt, the soft-spoken son...face of pro football. "Lamar Hunt was one of the most...what great leaders do." Hunt's efforts to aid black...meeting Thursday morning. "Lamar said, `I don't care...
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Kansas City Chiefs Owner Lamar Hunt Dies
News Wire article from: AP Online; 12/14/2006; 700+ words
; KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Lamar Hunt, the soft-spoken son...face of pro football. "Lamar Hunt was one of the most...Bud" Adams Jr, one of Hunt's original investors in...survived by his wife, children Lamar Jr., Sharron Munson...
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Lamar Hunt a gentle giant: Lamar Hunt is a towering figure in the history of pro football, but he remains remarkably humble and grounded.
Magazine article from: Football Digest; 2/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...of oilman H.L. Hunt, "who at that time...And so Wilson called Lamar Hunt in 1959 and asked...have survived without Hunt's continual support...the last one. But Lamar would come in with...restaurant. That's just Lamar: a down-to-earth...the field as off--Hunt rem
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Lamar Hunt; Son of Tycoon Invested in Many Sports
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 12/15/2006; ; 700+ words
; Lamar Hunt, 74, founder and owner...was part of what the Hunt clan called the "first...living nearby. The elder Hunt visited them Thursday...at the company, but Lamar's heart was sports...disgruntled with him, because Lamar was gentle down to his...
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HOUSE TO HONOR LAMAR HUNT MAY 21
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 5/18/2007; 700+ words
; ...a resolution honoring Lamar Hunt. Introduced by Rep...Clark & Tavia Hunt, Owner/Chairman of...Chiefs. Accompanying the Hunts will be Mr. Ryan Petkoff...about H.Res. 53 and on Lamar Hunt: Congressman Cleaver...
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LAMAR HUNT ; Creator of the Super Bowl
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 12/15/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...he was at high school, Lamar Hunt was known as "Games...be forever in his debt. Lamar was the youngest son of...brothers, William Herbert Hunt and Nelson Bunker Hunt...Pappy will start one." Lamar Hunt, businessman and...
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APPRECIATION; LAMAR HUNT - 1932-2006; Hunt leaves lasting impression; The late owner of the Kansas City Chiefs was remembered around the NFL for his innovative and gentlemanly ways.(SPORTS)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 12/15/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Craig; Staff Writer Lamar Hunt, pro football pioneer...winner, was drawn to Hunt immediately. When...after meeting with Hunt in Minneapolis...Bell said. "Lamar just convinced me...12 blocks away. So Lamar starts walking, by...
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Lamar Hunt
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Lamar Hunt 1932-2006, American business and sports executive, b. El Dorado, Ark. One of the Hunt brothers—sons of Texas oil magnate H. L. Hunt—Lamar Hunt had significant business interests in...
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Football: The Pros
Book article from: American Decades
...Texans. Oil millionaires Bud Adams and Lamar Hunt had become tired of having their applications...the leadership of league president Hunt, successfully negotiated a five...the class organization of the AFL. Hunt hired the head coach of his team...
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Tennis
Book article from: American Decades
...new fans to the tournament gates. World Championship Tennis (WCT), a professional tour bankrolled by Texas oilman Lamar Hunt, had by 1970 successfully contracted many of the big-name players. The WCT announced for 1971 a "million-dollar...
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Rozelle, Pete
Book article from: Notable Sports Figures
...American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). Upon Rozelle's death in 1996, Lamar Hunt, owner of the Kansas City Chiefs, told USA Today : "I think his greatest achievement was to supervise and organize...
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Schramm, Tex
Book article from: Notable Sports Figures
...the Professional Football Hall of Fame. With Pete Rozelle , commissioner of the National Football League (NFL), and Lamar Hunt, founder of the American Football League (AFL), Schramm engineered the merger of the two rival leagues. He's also...
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