Word: cab
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...common factor in all the men: "Their sadness ... If we were to stop this business outright, we might be doing something which would.be pretty dangerous." Girls on the streets are a nuisance, he conceded, but he felt it was better than spreading the corruption to "part-time pimping" by cab drivers, elevator operators, hotel porters-the same sort of organized vice that "there is in New York...
...rising union power, six of the biggest U.S. airlines last fall signed a mutual-aid pact to cut losses suffered during strikes (TIME, Nov. 10). Last week the agreement, first of its kind in U.S. industry, got tentative approval from the Civil Aeronautics Board. The united front, said the CAB, "is not adverse to the public interest," so long as passengers from struck lines are routed to all available airlines, not just to pact members...
...reason for Black's confidence in rising sales was delivered to the trucking industry this month. It was a fiber-glass cab, first in the industry, which is designed to cut 1,000 Ibs. to 1,500 Ibs. from the total weight of a tractor-trailer combination, permitting truckers to raise their payload correspondingly...
...fiber-glass cab was the latest example of Black's truck pioneering, which has enabled it in the heavy field (13 tons and up) to outsell G.M., Ford and Chrysler combined. Its whole line runs neck and neck with the only other all-truck company, Mack Trucks...
...save it. Black's first accomplishment was to bring out, in 1937, the first light, fast truck motor that gave the truck industry the kind of power needed for modern, swift intercity traffic. White again turned the industry on its hubcap by tucking the truck motor under the cab seat. This cut 1 ft. off the cab length, substantially increasing the loading space. To answer the industry's need for an easily serviced engine, White made cabs that would tilt forward, exposing the whole engine at workbench height...