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For those few members of the media not covering the Clinton impeachment proceedings, truck safety is the issue du jour, courtesy of Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.).

Citizens for Reliable and Safe Highways is using a new tactic in its attacks on trucking.

The Fedex Pilots Association will soon elect new officers, and that could radically alter the union's direction just as contract talks with Federal Express Corp. officials are closer to conclusion.

Diesel prices have dropped below $1 a gallon for the first time since at least 1994, when the Energy Information Administration began compiling diesel price information.

CRASH last week gave reporters its third annual list of truck-involved fatalities by state. Texas had the worst record in 1997, with 454 deaths according to CRASH.

Daymark Logistics set up a program it says will give medium-sized companies the benefits of specialized “demand” chains that have been available only to large firms.

ANR Advance Transportation rejected a proposal by the Teamsters union to end a week-long strike.

Xtra Corp. terminated merger discussions with Apollo Management and Interpool Inc. and said it intends to remain an independent company.

Landair Transport acquired assets of Laker Express, a dry van truckload carrier.