[VAL] More on Beatrice and Thor

["Tom Patterson" <tommyjoe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I did a search on Beatrice financial statements to see if I could find
anything about their results from Airstream operations.  I felt that they had
probably taken a pretty good bath during the time of their ownership, with all
the gasoline difficulties during that period of time.  I found nothing on
financial statements, although I still think they suffered greatly from a
financial standpoint from their Airstream ownership.

What I did find was a little about the Thor acquisition and about Thor today.
Anyone interested in looking at this material can go to:
http://forbes.com/forbes/2004/0329/066_print.html.  I don't know about the
years 1969 through 1979, but it does look as though Airstream was a real
problem to Beatrice towards the end of their ownership.  Thus the "firesale"
unloading of the brand.

-Tom