Word: railroader
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...background of the terrorist picture there are the forced labor camps. Why kill opponents when work can be got out of them? Like the Soviet Communists, the Chinese believe in the theory of "reform through labor." Millions, including many with "suspended death sentences," have been trucked to railroad and water conservation projects all over China and to lumber camps in Manchuria...
...California's Castle Air Force Base a World War II bomber veteran expresses the spirit of change as he tells of his new B-52, SAC's "Long Rifle." Says he: "Brother, this is the plane to end them all. It takes four railroad tank cars of fuel, flies at altitudes in excess of nine miles. It's as light as a feather to control, and yet it has a rudder four stories high, and it weighs 390,000 Ibs. at takeoff. I've got the power of 30 diesel locomotives out there on the wings...
...Clyde J. Fitzpatrick, 47, operating vice president of the Illinois Central Railroad, was asked to become president of the Chicago & North Western, succeeding Paul E. Feucht (TIME, Feb. 20). A tough, self-educated railroader, Fitzpatrick has spent his entire career with the Illinois Central, which he joined as a telegraph operator at the age of 16, moved up until he became the youngest (45) vice president in Illinois Central history...
...Gale B. ("Gus") Aydelott, 41, moved from executive vice president to president of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad, succeeding Wilson McCarthy, who died two weeks ago at the age of 71. A lifelong railroader, Aydelott signed on as a track laborer for the Rio Grande in 1936, shortly after graduating from the University of Illinois with a degree in transportation. He moved up fast, learned his business as an assistant gang foreman, track inspector, engineering assistant and trainmaster. He changed to a white collar in 1943, was made vice president and general manager in 1954, executive vice president last...
Morning Line. In Boston, William L. Coilty and Ralph K. Stuart each filed suit for $5,000 against the New Haven Railroad, charged that they suffered "mental anguish, constant anxiety and financial loss" when the Narragansett Special arrived too late for them to bet the daily double at the track...