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- From: foy@aero.org (Richard Foy)
- Subject: Re: Cars, Cities and Choices
- Message-ID: <1992Jul28.165248.5328@aero.org>
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- Organization: The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA
- References: <1992Jul27.145214.23048@s1.gov> <JMC.92Jul27094125@SAIL.Stanford.EDU> <1992Jul27.181145.26274@s1.gov>
- Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 16:52:48 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul27.181145.26274@s1.gov> lip@s1.gov (Loren I. Petrich) writes:
- #In article <JMC.92Jul27094125@SAIL.Stanford.EDU# jmc@cs.Stanford.EDU writes:
- ##In article <1992Jul27.145214.23048@s1.gov# lip@s1.gov (Loren I. Petrich) writes:
- #
- #: I think that the name was the _National_ City Lines. The
- #: GM-led consortium included Firestone Tire and Mack Truck. Firestone
- #: Tire's excuse is rather obvious :-), most rail vehicles run on steel
- #: wheels without rubber tires. However, there is less excuse for GM and
- #: Mack Truck, which could have gotten into the trolley business without
- #: too much trouble.
- #
- #:I suspect this is a tale that has grown in the telling. Where is
- #:the evidence. Also did GM take over Adelaide too?
- #
- # I've seen this mentioned in several places, but I guess I
- #should try to find a primary source for this. The GM-led consortium
- #was found guilty of antitrust-law violantions and it was fined $5000.
- #
- #:He who refuses to do arithmetic is doomed to talk nonsense.
- #
- # Same to you, buster.
- #
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- I have seen a legal citation to this case. Unfortunately I don't remember
- enough about it to add more. Yes the fine was, as I remeber $5000.
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