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Archive Home > 2007 > May > 19 > A sad day in Les Schwab country

A sad day in Les Schwab country

He built tire empire 'with hard work and common sense'

By Ernestine Bousquet / The Bulletin
May 19, 2007

For six decades, Les Schwab was the man behind a tire company that has been a household name, keeping generations of West Coast families on the road.

On Friday, Schwab's storybook career became part of the annals of history. The founder of the Les Schwab Tire Centers, one of the largest....

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