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Marcella Duncan 7-22-04.txt 9 A. FOGELSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA. 10 MR. FISHBACK: OKAY. 11 MR. PARKER: THIS IS THAT 20-YEAR PERIOD, FROM 12 THE 1960'S TO THE 1980'S? IB THE WITNESS: YES. 14 MR. PARKER: OKAY. 15 THE WITNESS: THESE FACILITIES DIDN'T EXIST IN 16 THE 60'S. THEY DIDN'T EXIST UNTIL THE LATE '70S, IN THE 17 MID TO LATE '70S. 18 BY MR. FISHBACK: 19 Q. OKAY. 20 A. AND ARE NO LONGER IN EXISTENCE TODAY, AND I 21 CAN'T TELL YOU THE DAY, YOU KNOW, EXACTLY WHEN THEY 22 CLOSED THESE FACILITIES. 23 Q. OKAY. 24 A. ATHENS, GEORGIA; CLEVELAND, TENNESSEE, MANTECA, 25 CALIFORNIA; AND THEN THERE WERE 23 SMALL REGIONAL 0121 1 BRANCHES, WE CALL THEM, THAT WOULD SUPPLY AFTERMARKET 2 CUSTOMERS IN A REGIONAL AREA LIKE A STATE OR A COUPLE 3 STATE AREA. 4 I CAN'T TELL YOU ALL OF THEM. JUST A FEW. 5 SEATTLE; CITY OF INDUSTRY, CALIFORNIA; PHOENIX, ARIZONA; 6 DENVER, COLORADO; HOUSTON, TEXAS; NEBRASKA -- WHERE IS 7 THAT? THERE'S ONE IN NEBRASKA. I DON'T REMEMBER THE 8 TOWN. BELMONT, ILLINOIS; DETROIT AREA; AND I CAN'T 9 REMEMBER WHERE THE REST OF THEM WERE. 10 Q. THE CHURUBUSCO -- WAS ANY ONE OF THOSE 11 DISTRIBUTION CENTERS THAT YOU JUST REFERENCED THE -- SAY 12 CENTRAL DISTRIBUTION OR THE LARGEST ONE IN SOME WAY? 13 A. CHURUBUSCO, INDIANA, WAS THE BASE DISTRIBUTION 14 CENTER AND PACKAGING CENTER. 15 Q. WERE THE OTHERS PACKAGING CENTERS AS WELL OR 16 JUST DISTRIBUTION? 17 A. DISTRIBUTION. 18 Q. SO ALL OF VICTOR'S AFTERMARKET PRODUCTS HAD TO 19 GO THROUGH CHURUBUSCO? 20 A. YES. 21 Q. AND FROM THERE, THEY WERE FANNED OUT ACROSS THE 22 COUNTRY? 23 A. DISBURSED, YES, TO THE OTHER FACILITIES. 24 Q. FOR HOW LONG HAD VICTOR OR DANA, HAD THEY BEEN 25 A NATIONAL PRESENCE? IN OTHER WORDS, PRODUCTS ARE 0122 1 AVAILABLE COAST TO COAST? 2 MR. PARKER: I'LL OBJECT THAT IT LACKS 3 FOUNDATION, CALLS FOR SPECULATION, IT'S VAGUE AND 4 AMBIGUOUS AS PHRASED. 5 THE WITNESS: I DON'T KNOW. 6 BY MR. FISHBACK: 7 Q. IN THE LATE 1960'S WHEN YOU STARTED WITH THE 8 COMPANY, WAS IT YOUR UNDERSTANDING THAT VICTOR DANA HAD A 9 NATIONAL PRESENCE? 10 MR. PARKER: SAME OBJECTIONS. AND SHE JUST 11 STATED THAT SHE DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. 12 BUT IF YOU CAN. 13 THE WITNESS: WE SOLD NATIONALLY OUT OF 14 CHURUBUSCO. THERE WEREN'T OTHER BRANCHES AT THAT TIME. 15 BY MR. FISHBACK: 16 Q. I UNDERSTAND. IS THERE A LOCATION IN THE 17 UNITED STATES THAT YOU KNOW OF THAT -- WHERE YOU COULDN'T 18 GET A DANA OR VICTOR GASKET? 19 MR. PARKER: SAME OBJECTIONS AS BEFORE. Page 51