Call it Megan's Law. After Missouri officials declined to bring charges against Lori Drew for her role in the suicide of Megan Meier, legislators passed a cyber-bullying law. Now that law is being used to go after at least seven cases of obnoxious online behavior, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.
Leland James, headed Freightliner and built one of the first Freightlinersâ¦. none of the trucks at the time suited him, so he made his own! 1941: the shovel nose cabover appeared. 1942: The company, Freightliner Inc. was now official. 1948: 40 of these trucks were manufactured in Oregon and this was the same year that Freightliner produced the cab of these trucks, in aluminum.
Amidst the postwar boom, Portlandâs Hyster Company became the first private carrier to order a Freightliner in 1950. Business grew quickly as word spread of Freightlinerâs ability to make trucks to customersâ specifications. Production volumes grew from 116 vehicles in 1950, to 931 in 1960, and 6,206 in 1970.