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Click here to write a Letter to the Editor.I read your July 1 editorial [“Sustain the Fight for Freedom”] and with the cartoon’s reference to truckers as Minutemen, I thought the comments were right on track (p. 8).

LAS VEGAS — Retaining drivers within their first three months of hire is the key to stopping an industrywide revolving door, speakers at the International Truck Show said, leading some to contradict the belief that there’s a driver shortage.

Members of the Truckload Carriers Association approved a deal to re-affiliate with American Trucking Associations, ending a split over membership requirements and dues between two of trucking’s most influential trade associations.

Transport Topics Publishing Group has picked up seven awards, including two national ones, in the editorial and graphics excellence competition for 2001 judged by the American Society of Business Publication Editors.

Mineta Allocates $56.3 Million for State Highway Work • Will the Fed Slash Interest Rates Again? • New Truck/Rail Tunnels Eyed For Windsor-Detroit • Consumer Optimism Falls in July, Survey Finds • And more...

Lacking enough engines from Caterpillar Inc. to fill its orders, International Truck and Engine Corp. is looking to rival engine maker Cummins Inc., an official with the truck maker said during a conference call last week.

LAS VEGAS — Sales representatives manning booths for Class 8 truck manufacturers here said they think truck sales may take only a mild decline come Oct. 1 when they must begin selling trucks with engines that meet federal guidelines for new emissions standards.

Wholesale prices rose 0.1% in June, the first increase in three months, the Labor Department reported Thursday.

There was no Department of Transportation or Environmental Protection Agency when Larry Strawhorn joined American Trucking Associations in 1965 as an automotive engineer, fresh from two and a half years as a test engineer for Mack Trucks.

Blumenfeld to Head CSX Intermodal • Manitoba to Require Reflective Tape on Large Trucks • Oil Price Falls From Seven-Week High • Mayflower Wins $50 Million Contract • And more...