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Many operators and their representatives were glad it was over. Said Paul Stalknecht, managing director of the New Jersey Motor Truck Association: "The only plus is that immediate attention has been drawn to the industry's problems. But that is a very minor plus. The image of the industry has been damaged because of the irresponsible actions of a very small body." Indeed, the protest may have set back the lobbying efforts of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the American Trucking Associations and other trucking organizations that opposed the strike. "This shutdown has only given truckers a black...
...feisty little carrier with rock-bottom prices has more business than its reservations clerks can handle. At People Express, callers sometimes find themselves talking to President Donald Burr. No wonder Burr is glad to pitch in whereever he can: last month, People flew 357,000 paying customers, a whopping 146% increase over traffic a year...
...comment? It produced a ripples of laughter from the 50-odd members of the crowd, glad for the chance of a momentary respite in the tension...
...healthy exchange, but unfortunately for the industry, 14 states with lower limits exercised the option of maintaining the prior restrictions. The ATA has had its eye on this last vestige of barely intelligent highway management for several years, and despite grievous protestation, it was only too glad to accept the Reagan Administration's offer to override these last recalcitrants and open all of the nation's interstate highways to equal abuse...
...glad to see that the University is not putting itself in the position of subsidizing the untenable position" of non registrants receiving government aid, he said...