Word: owners
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Certainly dogs (and cats) are being overbred by puppy and kitten "mills" to be peddled to pet shops and on to the public. Add to that the irresponsible owner who thinks it is just great to have a litter of unwanted puppies or kittens so that the children can see the "miracle of birth." They ought to take the kids out to the animal shelters so that they could also see the miracle of death as thousands of homeless strays are killed every day in this country...
They are all company men. Owner-operators are excluded from competing--this is an American Trucking Association event. The companies sponsor the roadeos in the interest of driving safety. No one can enter who hasn't worked fulltime for a trucking company for the last 12 months and had an accident-free record in that time. If a driver wins his class here, he and his family will be sent by his company to the National Truck Roadeo in Minneapolis this fall. Massachusetts's only national champion, Mel Thompson, is out this year because he smashed up his rig several...
...April, Freelandia lost its DC-8. Moss contends that he returned it to the owner because it was a lemon, but others say that it was repossessed. Moss now admits that he lied when he claimed he was not into Freelandia for the money. The FAA is challenging Freelandia's certification as an air club allowed to woo passengers by charging low fares. In the courts, Moss's lawyers so far have battled the FAA to a standoff, and he has managed to lease a Convair 880 to replace the DC-8. Though there have been no Freelandia...
Boys Town has been making big changes so fast that expenditures now outrun donations. So the twice-yearly mail solicitations that had been suspended after disclosure of the huge endowment have been reinstated. "Boys Town is recovering the sense of mission lost when Father Flanagan died," says Warren Buffett, owner of the Sun papers...
Last week the fella from Houston turned up in Washington, this time with an even bigger bundle in hand. Allbritton signed an agreement to pay $25 million for a 37% interest in Washington Star Communications Inc., owner of the Washington Star-News plus three television stations, three radio stations and a syndication service. If stockholders and the Federal Communications Commission approve the deal, Allbritton will become chairman of both Star Communications and the paper...