Word: railroader
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...king-size picnic areas and kid-size playgrounds. All signs have 16-in. letters legible at 900 ft.-enough for a 9-sec. reading at 65 m.p.h., the speed limit. All bridges have been built as separate twin structures; in all, overpasses span four major rivers, 38 streams, 41 railroad crossings and 282 other roadways. Result: a saving of nearly 3½ hours' driving time across Ohio...
There were minor emergencies on the trip. Once, for example, a small fire started in their overloaded railroad car through friction cause when the wooden floor dragged on the roadbed...
From Jesters to Letters. On Friday morning the President was out of bed at 5 o'clock, and began clattering around the kitchen at Aksel Nielsen's new guest house, getting breakfast. At 6 a.m., Host Nielsen rang an old railroad bell, summoning the other guests at the ranch-Major General Howard Snyder, the presidential physician, Acting Press Secretary Murray Snyder, and George Allen, jester to Presidents-to Ike's breakfast. As usual, the bill of fare was robust: eggs fried sunny side up, rashers of beef bacon, sausages, and steaming mugs of coffee. At the breakfast...
When he discovered that his seventh-place players were spending their spare time playing the stock market, Casey called a clubhouse meeting. Looking furtively over his shoulder, he whispered that he Was going to give them a great tip on the market. "Buy Pennsylvania Railroad stock," he hissed. Then he roared into the snapper: "Because they're going to declare a dividend when you bums start getting shipped out of here...
...built his empire by a succession of similar moves. A Berlin Stock Exchange member at 21, he fled Hitler's regime in the early '30s, after turning most of his investments into cash. During a brief U.S. visit, he invested $50,000 in depressed Cities Service and railroad bonds; the investment soared and gave him the capital he needed when he landed in the U.S. for good...