A railroad and a city tried new approaches to the commuter problem (TIME cover, Jan. 18) last week:
¶ The New Haven Railroad's President George Alpert, lawyer turned railroadman, at long last decided that one way to cut soaring delays and equipment breakdowns might be to give New Haven veterans a hand at the throttle. Alpert appointed a 24-year employee, Frederick J. Orner, 48, as chief of the road's operations and second in command. Orner, the road's general manager of freight service, had been demoted from assistant vice president in 1956; now he will take over the jobs of...
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