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Word: haulers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Under the highballing presidency of Leslie G. Taylor, Denver-based DC International, one of the biggest trucking firms in the U.S., has expanded rapidly, since 1963 has bought a major European road hauler and three in the U.S., and at the same time has consistently reported profit increases. So why is Taylor, who is DC's largest single stock holder (200,000 shares worth $3,400,000), now out of a job? Answer: his board of directors decided that Taylor was doing too much too fast-and was not consulting them enough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transportation: Charges of Reckless Driving | 8/12/1966 | See Source »

...Murderer!" Whenever a truckload of livestock approached Equity gates, the angry farmers massed together, blocked the driveway, sometimes violently rocked the truck. Nearly 20 trucks turned back; other drivers prudently pulled off the highway to wait it all out. But Ivan Mueller, 40, a Cecil, Wis., hauler, drove his Ford truck steadily down State Highway 117. A pistol lay on the seat beside him. He swung into the Equity driveway and stopped a few feet from the gates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Agriculture: Violence off the Streets | 9/18/1964 | See Source »

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