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...ITZHAK PERLMAN: TCHAIKOVSKY CONCERTO IN D AND DVOŘÁK ROMANCE IN F (RCA Victor). Although he and Stravinsky were practically contemporaries, Tchaikovsky worked at the other end of the musical spectrum. His melodies and orchestration are positively voluptuous. And Violinist Perlman knows how to make the most of his emotional appeal. The Dvořák concerto on the rest of the record is a reliable staple of most record libraries...
...Your splendid summary of the 21st century railroad [Jan. 26] glossed over the incompetence and inadequate management of railroad passenger service. If Messrs. Saunders and Perlman would show the same attention to improving the lot of passengers as they obviously have shown to freight, America would enjoy a third service (to air and highway...
Delivering a final report on the New York Central, Alfred E. Perlman, now president and administrative head of the Penn Central, announced that railroad operating earnings in 1967 plunged from $43,554,927 to $1,233,610-a full 97%. Even with subsidiary endeavors counted, the Central's profits went from $60,215,400 to $10,996,000-an 81.7% dropoff...
...million loan to the New Haven Railroad to bail out its money-losing passenger services until the merged roads include the New Haven in their system. But eventual savings from joint operations may reach $100 million a year. And additional revenue sources are being tapped. Last week Perlman announced that a lease agreement had been signed with a British investment group which plans to build an office building over the Grand Central Terminal in New York. The lease for the building will return $3,500,000 a year in rent to the railroad...
...TIME acknowledges that Mr. Perlman labored long and effectively to bring the Central back to its present good health, and that from time to time he did work toward the Pennsy merger. Yet on the basis of intensive research, we remain convinced that he did at various other times evidence reluctance about the get-together with the Pennsy and that he did oppose the inclusion of the New Haven...