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...last week T.P. & W.'s President John Russel Coulter, 52, who took over soon after McNear's death, reported some good news-about the best in the little railroad's unhappy career. From a $3,600,000 deficit four years ago, he had pulled T.P. & W.'s net up to $742,000 in 1951, paid out $825,000 in dividends and more than, $2,000,000 in income, inheritance and other taxes. At the news, McNear estate executors decided that their job was done. They voted to turn over the railroad to estate trustees...
When Russ Coulter became president, the T.P. & W. "not only had grass over the rails but, thanks to the spring floods, water as well." Headquarters was a rented office in Peoria's dingy Union Station; customers were practically nonexistent. Equipment was run down and morale was low. Russ Coulter, a Colby College graduate and a veteran railroader from the St. Louis-San Francisco ("Frisco") Railway Co., perked things up. Soon firemen were out on the tracks, voluntarily working at laborers' wages to put the roadbed in shape...
...News, apparently deluged by a flood of letters which it did not print, began to get weary of the whole issue. A letter from one Harris L. Coulter '54 March 15 argued. "The Lower Court and Little Bahemia letters were funny, but that should have been the end of it. I hope this letter will...
Scooped. In Clinton, Mass., Reporter William Coulter, on a routine assignment at the local draft board, asked if there was any news, got orders to report for his pre-induction physical...
...supporting cast--a non-Brattle Theatre group--is almost uniformly spirited, talented, and versatile. Especially impressive performers include a very pretty young lady named Kay Coulter; Patricia Bybell and Bill Shirley, both excellent singers; and dancers Vera Lee and Peter Hamilton. Robert Fletcher's costumes and Miles Morgan's lighting are excellent, although Robert O'Hearn's set seem a little hasty. On the whole, "It's About Time" is a revue with lots of gusto and good, low, comedy. It, and Miss Gingold, deserve the hearty welcome that they are bound...