Highlights
Mack Trucks is a leading truck manufacturing company across the country and world. It's headquarters are in Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania and also has a manufacturing plant in Macungie, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. The company, a subsidiary of Volvo, produces vocational trucks, heavy-duty off-road truck. The long-time popular symbol of Mack Trucks is the bulldog.
Mack Trucks is a leading truck manufacturing company across the country and world. It's headquarters are in Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania and also has a manufacturing plant in Macungie, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. The company, a subsidiary of Volvo, produces vocational trucks, heavy-duty off-road truck. The long-time popular symbol of Mack Trucks is the bulldog.
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Remaining Turkey Day rivalries still a feast for fans
Two years ago on Thanksgiving, Easton and Phillipsburg wore throwback uniforms for their 100th anniversary game. But the truth is, no frills are needed to bring back the nostalgia on this day. In a time when so many things have changed, and not always...Tags: Thanksgiving, Philadelphia Eagles, Bethlehem Steel, Labor Day
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Velodrome cycles from boom to bust
Of The Morning CallThe Valley Preferred Cycling Center -- a world-renowned track perhaps better known in the bicycling world by its former name, the Lehigh County Velodrome, or simply as ''T-town'' -- is facing its own race for stability. A string of money-losing years,...Tags: Sales, Marty Nothstein, Baseball, Cycling, Lance Armstrong
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Mack Trucks sales continue to slide in weak economy
Mack Trucks deliveries continue to slump because of an economy that has seen housing construction sink and weakened the shipping industry, according to the latest report released by the company Tuesday. Mack, a subsidiary of Volvo Group, reported 1,408...Tags: North Carolina, Virginia, Sales, California, Heavy Engineering
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Volvo to lay off 100 at Hagerstown facility
The Associated PressSwedish truck and bus maker Volvo AB today said it will lay off 1,000 staff at its powertrain unit in Sweden and the United States as the global financial crisis continues to weigh on the demand for heavy vehicles. Volvo spokesman Marten Wikfors said the...Tags: Volvo AB, Heavy Engineering, Financial Markets, Employees, Unemployment
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Century of success
Of The Morning CallWhen you mention the words Lehigh University and wrestling, people around the country take notice. Despite an undergraduate enrollment of less than 5,000, the university's wrestling program has become as synonymous with success as the university's...Tags: Maryland, Schools, Freestyle Wrestling, Bethlehem Steel, Awards and Prizes
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Mack, LCTI look to build on mutual arrangement
Of The Morning CallMack Trucks mechanics and technicians will have to go back to high school for training. The Allentown-based truck manufacturer moved its training program to the Lehigh Career and Technical Institute in Schnecksville, setting up shop in a 5,000 square-...Tags: North Carolina, Automotive Equipment, Schools, Hybrid Vehicles, Vehicles
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Even in sweet victory, a sense of reserve
and Tim Darragh Of The Morning CallClyde Bosket Sr. was in Washington, D.C., on that hot August day in 1963 when Martin Luther King Jr. revealed his dream to the world, speaking memorably about blacks ''languishing in the corners of American society.'' ''This sweltering summer of the...Tags: Minority Groups, University of Chicago, Bethlehem Steel, Barack Obama, Pennsylvania
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With sweetest victory, blacks' joy is unbounded
Of The Morning CallClyde Bosket Sr. was in Washington, D.C., on that hot August day in 1963 when Martin Luther King Jr. revealed his dream to the world, speaking memorably about blacks ''languishing in the corners of American society.'' ''This sweltering summer of the...Tags: Illinois, Minority Groups, University of Chicago, Bethlehem Steel, Barack Obama
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Kimock has fond memories of the Yankees
With the Phillies going to the World Series, lots of folks throughout the region are rekindling memories of their favorite Fall Classics.
Lifelong Whitehall resident Johnny Kimock has a special memory that's 65 years old this month.
He was a special...Tags: Service Electric Inc., Baseball, Minority Groups, New York Yankees, Contracts
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America on Wheels wowed visitors
When I wrote several weeks ago about what I thought were the area's 10 best attractions to show visitors, I was motivated by a visit from my brother-in-law, Jack. He lives in Portland, Ore. He returned last month with another visitor from the Pacific...Tags: Baseball, Coca-Cola Company, Major League Baseball, Libraries and Museums, Cedar Crest College
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Quote of the Week: Dennis R. Slagle
''There is not much [ Pennsylvania] could have done to tip the scales. To be fair, we didn't give them the opportunity. We felt it would be futile.'' DENNIS R. SLAGLE, Mack Trucks CEO, on decision to move the company's headquarters from Allentown to...Tags: North Carolina, Pennsylvania
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Will Mack Boulevard need a new name?
I toured Allentown's America on Wheels Museum Tuesday morning, following up on my list of the area's 10 best attractions. Volunteer Dave Reese, who gave me an excellent tour -- more about this another time -- showed me one exhibit in which you sit in a...Tags: North Carolina, Northampton (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), Government, Charlie Dent, Political Candidates
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