Word: truck
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...waged a crusader's war against "regulatory fiefdoms" in the Federal Government that, it claims, aggravate inflation by keeping prices artificially high and limiting competition. Last week, in line with this campaign, the Administration submitted to Congress a Motor Carrier Reform Act, which would largely remove interstate truck and bus transportation from federal regulation. This marked the third phase of a land-air offensive: earlier the Administration had proposed a Railroad Revitalization Act, which would lift the heavy hand of the Interstate Commerce Commission from railroads, and an Aviation Act of 1975, which would allow airlines freer competition...
...Vast simplification of ICC regulations, making it easier for new firms to enter the trucking business. Restrictions on businesses that operate their own truck fleets (private carriers) would be eased; a private carrier, for example, could haul goods for an affiliate of the parent company, rather than the parent company only...
...complimented on your excellent coverage of the recent Cambridge elections, which was on the whole comprehensive, thorough, and fair; the pre-election Dump Truck supplement was particularly noteworthy in these respects. Nonetheless, we do feel compelled to respond for the record to your analyses of the results, published in your November 7 and 8 editions...
Jamming a chaw of Beech-Nut tobacco into his cheek, Larry Csonka jumped into a blue Chevrolet pickup truck and, with his older brother Joe at the wheel, bounced down a deeply rutted, brown dirt road to get a close look at 80 acres of Ohio potato and corn fields up for rent. "It's real good land," Joe said as they surveyed the rolling countryside in the fresh fall air. "It's got good drainage and you can see the good crop growing here." Larry nodded. "We can use the land," he said. "Let's take...
...only the second consecutive good ten-day reporting period, they signaled to auto executives that Detroit was rebounding along with the U.S. economy. "Our business turned the corner with the introduction of the 1976 models," declared Ford President Lee lacocca. Chevrolet General Manager Robert Lund noted that early October truck sales were also significantly higher: 34% above the 1974 figure. "Trucks are always a weather vane for business," he said. "People buy them to make money with them...