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Newspaper
Argus
Location
Fremont, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1971
Page
4
New York report from UPI notes the Outdoor Power Equipment Institute campaigns for lawn mower safety as spring starts. It targets 100,000 retailers with tips, including slope mowing, dismounting procedures, keeping children away, proper attire, fueling outdoors, and never mowing wet grass.
Washington reports the Department of Agriculture received encouraging notes from researchers on Dutch elm disease. Entomologist Dr. John Peacock warns against early breakthroughs, predicting three to five years for an integrated counterattack against the elm beetle. Estimates show 40 to 50 percent of elms killed, with $500 million annual removal costs and $160 million projected loss in 1970. Research includes lure scents for beetles, wasp releases, and sprays. no single cure exists.
Spring-feed lawns now to greener growth in six weeks. Aprils prime for annuals and begonia seedlings from local nurseries. Select rhododendrons while in bloom at area nurseries. Warm weather vegetables cucumbers squash beans corn tomatoes peppers and eggplant can be planted now.
Plant physiologists race to develop hardier trees shrubs and plant life that will thrive in polluted urban air. The American Association of Nurserymen cites oxygen production and noise reduction as key benefits. Massive freeway plantings can absorb carbon monoxide and provide new oxygen while acting as sound barriers. Inner city locations and vest pocket parks require resilient flora, with some landscape trees and shrubs even adapting to indoor life.
New York toddler Mark Brown aged two survived a nine story fall from an apartment window. A hospital spokesman said he cried loudly but is in satisfactory condition with only minor injuries despite the dramatic escape.
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