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The Arkansas Senate is to vote Tuesday on a pair of House bills on improving highways but four state Senators are proposing changes that Gov. Mike Huckabee says could kill the measures.

Graduates of truck driver training courses certified by the Professional Truck Driver Institute could get a few extra benefits as they start their jobs.

Eaton Corp. last week introduced a new transmission that company spokesmen say will be the “platform for the firm’s transmission offerings well into the next millennium.”

Drivers for dry van fleets spend less time waiting to load and unload than drivers for refrigerated fleets, according to preliminary results of a new study by the Truckload Carriers Assn.

Members of the Truckload Carriers Assn. Education & Training Committee endorsed establishing a program to offer education and training to executives, mid-level managers, safety personnel, dispatchers, driver recruiters and others.

Emery Worldwide of Redwood City, Calif., has reached an agreement to acquire the air and ocean freight business of Walsh Western International Ltd., its partner in Ireland.

Crouse Cartage Co. said its employees have ratified all but one local union contract with the company.

The National Truck Equipment Association has aggressive goals and among the targets is a complete make over of its annual convention to embrace the entire commercial truck and transportation industry in the new millennium.

Herald Smith Jr. is this year’s recipient of the Past Chairman’s Award, the highest honor bestowed each year by the Truckload Carriers Association.

Membership is up at the Truckload Carriers Association, despite some concerns that a plan to make membership contingent upon joining ATA will drive carriers away.