Word: goldberg
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...taxi drivers, who say their gross earnings have decreased 10 per cent since Yellow Cab owner Arthur Goldberg forced them to begin paying for their own gas a week ago, will meet with the Cambridge City Council in a special hearing Monday evening, Mayor Francis H. Duehay '55 announced last night...
...According to our calculations, that should be enough to pay for the gasoline," Goldberg said after the meeting. Before last week, Goldberg pumped gas free on his lot for the cabbies...
...Goldberg said the old policy was discontinued after the Gibbs Oil Co. cut his allotment 55 per cent...
Asked why Yellow Cab didn't simply reimburse cabbies for all money spent for gas instead of limiting them to 10 per cent of the fares collected, Goldberg said he was afraid drivers would waste gas "taking their wives and girlfriends to parties" or idling their engines at taxi stands...
...Goldberg called the figures "guesswork," but told reporters they would have to wait six weeks before he would open his books for their inspection. "I will certainly allow journalists to examine my records at that point, but it is too early now to get any firm idea," Goldberg said...