Word: rubbers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...bettors liked Bangaway, an imposing bay trotter who had won most of his races this year, including four stakes. His backers were somewhat worried by the fact that in the field of 18, Bangaway and his rubber-tired sulky had been put in the 18th post position for the first heat-which meant outside in the second tier of starters. There is a sharp turn on the triangular track soon after the start, and it seemed possible that Bangaway might lose ground there or get in a tangle. Nevertheless, the mutuel patrons sent him off an 8-to-5 favorite...
...Corp. last week unveiled a new rear-view mirror, which it whooped up as the first really efficient auto mirror. Automakers who tested it thought so too. The "Wyd-Vue," invented by Am-Ben's President Charles L. Bennett, is a series of five mirrors mounted on rubber cushions in a metal frame, which can be attached to the molding atop the windshield. With a mirror surface of 70 square inches and a 180° arc of vision, a driver can see cars behind to the right & left as well as straight back. Bennett said he had already booked...
...shares of G.M. stock. Du Pont and G.M. together own Kinetic Chemicals, Inc., a maker of refrigerants; G.M. and Standard Oil Co. (N.J.) own Ethyl Corp. (Jersey Standard is not named in the suit). Members of the Du Pont family, as individuals, own 17% of the stock of U.S. Rubber and are alleged to control...
...Clark wanted to eliminate any personal or stock connection between these companies by forcing Du Pont to sell its stock in G.M. and Kinetic Chemicals, forcing G.M. to sell its interests in both Kinetic Chemicals and Ethyl Corp. and the Du Ponts to sell their stock in U.S. Rubber...
...three-way purchasing agreement between G.M., U.S. Rubber and itself, thus freezing out competing suppliers, e.g., G.M. had at one time agreed to buy at least 50% of its rubber products from U.S. Rubber. This, it is charged, was later revised upward, with different G.M. divisions agreeing to take different percentages of U.S. Rubber products...