Three Plumbing Firms Fined 50 000 for Price Fixing
Pittsburgh AP report: Borg-Warner American Standard and Kohler fined 50,000 each after a jury convicted them and six executives of conspiring to fix prices on more than 1 billion dollars of plumbing fixtures. Executives Decker Quinn and Held received prison terms and probation. appeals planned.
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Pittsburgh
Borg-Warner Corp
Chicago
American Standard Corp
New York
Kohler Co
Kohler, Wis
Louis Rosenberg
Seph P. Decker
American Standard
Daniel J. Quinn
Norman R. Held
Kohler
Rosenberg
Decker
Quinn
U.S
Held
Flying Scotsman to Tour United States in Buy British Goods Spin
The Flying Scotsman receives American brass bell and whistle, cow catcher, and a refit as it prepares a four day Boston stop then sails to Texas after starting a Buy British Goods tour in the United States. The engine, famed as the first to clock 100 mph by British reckoning, will travel from Liverpool to Boston via Cunarder, showcasing British exports.
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Doncaster
England
Flying Scotsman
United States
Liverpool
Boston
Mass
Texas
Union Scores N E Airlines On Routings
Union officials urge Massachusetts New Hampshire and Maine senators to oppose Northeast Mohawk and three commuter airlines realignment plan. George Morris Boston Local 515 says about 2000 Northeast employees would be affected as stations close and shifts shift to regional and short hop services. The plan targets November 1 upon CARB approval with Cape & Island Executive and Northern Airways as commuters. Morris says he has sent telegrams seeking intervention to block the proposal and raises concerns over seniority vacations pensions and wages.
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Boston
Transport Workers Union of America
New England
Northeast
Mohawk
George Morris
Northeast Airlines
Morris
Mohawks
Civil Aeronautics Board
Cape & Island Air Lines
Executive Airlines
Northern Airways
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Maine
Mortis
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Jake
Yourself
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Tobs & Large
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Union
N.E. Airlines
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