September 13, 2000 (vol. 110, iss. 140) • Page Image 7
…The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, September 13, 2000 -'7 Firestone faced controversy, Cvongresstwo decades ago 4 I, M.. WASHI1NGTON (AP) - The similarities are striking -- and scary. The recent congressional hearings on the Firestone tire recall could have been held 22 years ago. In May and( July of 1978, execu- tives from Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. of Akron, Ohio, sat in front of a House subcom- mittee for four days, defending a first-...…