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When times are flush, the life of a trucker can be good-not easy, but good...
...terms heard most frequently on truckers' CB is "smokey bear"-the highway patrolman. The air waves virtually stutter with cries of "Breaker, break!" (the standard shortwave request to cut in on a channel) when a smokey sets up his radar. "You better get green stamps [cash] ready," warns a gruff voice on the Indiana toll road. One trooper even ticketed a trucker for urinating by the roadside. That cop's handle is now Fly Inspector. A more common offense is riding overweight, which can result hi a fine of several hundred dollars. Some gutsy drivers sneak around weigh...
...There ain't no way I can make money if I do everything legal," confesses CB Trucker Bill Hostetter, who revs his big van out of Peoria...
Aggravator is by far the best-known woman, burning up the CB waves with nonstop chatter. "She's built like a gorilla," says one trucker. "And her husband Earthquake ain't never said a word on the air." In many cases, CB pals never meet or learn each other's real names...
...second thoughts. Leaders of the moderate Christian Democrat Party, stung because they had been unexpectedly suppressed when the Socialists and Communists were banned, advised their members to serve the junta only as "technicians." The new government, however, appeared to have general support from the middle and upper classes. The truckers, whose 45-day strike was partly responsible for instigating the coup, were on the road again. "Those trucks started up out of pure joy," said one trucker. Copper mines, plagued by work stoppages under Allende, were generally operating smoothly as the junta gave priority to economic recovery...