Word: currey
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...impetus for the proposed merger came from Fred Currey, a Dallas entrepreneur who bought Greyhound Lines from the Phoenix-based Greyhound Corp. in March. Soon after the purchase, Currey, who had been chief executive of Trailways during the 1970s, began negotiations to acquire his old firm as well. He hopes that the Interstate Commerce Commission will approve the merger on the ground that struggling Trailways might otherwise go out of business. To help gain support for the deal, Currey pledged last week that Greyhound would not abandon some 400 towns, including Albany, Ga., and Fort Polk, La., that...