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T IT XRnX XK IX ZX4A TX R X
-i_ today
A wildcat work stoppage/by rmy o the
nation's truckers h's been nunctunted by
violence. Pennsylvania and Ohio officials report
at least ten separate shooting incidents in
whichwore fire(, at p<''in trucks. io injuries
hnve boen roe-orted.
There c lso h'vc been . enorts of severed
li o-.- and obj oets hurled through rrindshiel:s.
Work stoppages are scattered making it
difficult to determine how many drivers are
tein- part.
In Texas this morning trucks were reported
rollins- as usual.
Tn A rkansas hunr reds of tran tor-trailer
rigs are standing dn&h idle. At a Little Wock
truck center at least 50 to 60 trucks have
been pr. ked. And at West Iiemphis 2CC to 2C
trucks are parked.
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Truckers], script, December 13, 1973, 12:00 p.m.; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1910896/m1/1/?q=%22Business%2C+Economics+and+Finance+-+Medicine+-+Hospitals%22: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.