Word: york
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...York's voters had discovered, such was the force of Rockefeller's ergful personality, such the warmth of his smile and the enthusiasm of his full-Nelson handshake that the Capitol Hill Club Republicans were entranced. At evening's end there was no question whatever in their minds about his being a formidable presidential rival to Club Member Richard Nixon (by then in California on a long-scheduled visit). Said Indiana's conservative Senator Homer Capehart of Rockefeller: "A fine personality - a compelling personality." Glowed New Jersey's James Auchincloss: "I don't think...
This, on the basis of actual events, was what could have happened to a commuter on the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad last week: After scurrying through Manhattan's Grand Central Terminal to catch the New Haven's 5:29 train for Greenwich, Conn., the commuter settled in his seat just as the train pulled out. He did not get far: halfway through the tunnel, the train lurched to a stop, stood there for nearly an hour because its engine had broken down. Next morning the commuter, along with 15,000 others on 24 New Haven trains...
Across the U.S., in the mass population move from city to suburb, the problem of getting to and from work is at best a fretful one. But nowhere is it more irritating than in New York City, into which about 370,000 commuters pour each weekday by train, bus and car. And nowhere is it more downright infuriating than on the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, serving the nation's wealthiest commuter area, only a few years ago one of the best of all commuter lines-and now one of the very worst...
Last week, citing a survey prepared by the Railway Labor Executives' Association, H. E. Gilbert, president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, indicated just how far the New Haven has come under Alpert's presidency. Charging railroad lines in the New York area with deliberately providing bad service to drive commuters away and thereby end a money-losing operation, Gilbert delivered a devastating bill of particulars. Notably excepted was the Long Island Railroad, which has come from a commuter's nightmare to something close to a commuter's dream (TIME...
Coming in for serious and sharp criticism was the New York Central: "Seats were filthy, windows unwashed, washrooms dirty and unsanitary. Employees often saw roaches and even rats and mice running through the cars...