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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1954
Page
9
A series of residents from Syracuse share their views on public housing projects. Anthony Desimone supports, while Marie Almond and Helen Kulba stress affordability and access. Mrs. Lambert Son and Mrs. Donald Place also endorse public housing as beneficial and necessary.
Robert Sokolski notes Eddie Fisher and Rosemary Clooney led Syracuse favorite vocalists in a Herald-Journal poll of disc jockeys. Fisher bested Perry Como, Clooney led with near unanimity over Doris Day, while Les Elgart and George Shearing topped instrumental and vocal group lists. The piece also previews year end and New Year broadcasts across local stations and networks.
Billy Graham advises that nervous irritability may stem from physical fatigue. He urges rest, recreation, and a few days away, plus daily prayer and fellowship with Christ to restore mental balance and peace. He cites Mark 6 31 and Philippians 4 6 7 as guidance. He stresses spiritual and physical fitness for effective service.
A joint watch night worship by First Church of the Nazarene and Fairmount Nazarene Church is held tonight at 9 P.M. at First Church. Rev. Glen Tyner of Fairmount will speak and Rev. John Rhame hosts. Special music will be included.
TV preview lists Life of Riley about a family eviction adding guests. NBC and WSYR listings show Riley hosting a tense home scene. Person to Person features Salvadore Dali sketching New Year meaning and Peggy Wood with William Walling.
Radio timetable notice states the Herald Journal is not responsible for last minute changes in radio and television programs made by the station.
Broadcast listings show Eddie Fisher and June Hutton on WSYR-TV, with 8 PM programs including When In Review and Life of Riley. Also listed are Playhouse of Stars Dumbest Man in the Army, Miss Brooks, and the Eastern College Basketball Finals with Salvadore Dall and others.
TV editor Stephen H Scheuer outlines 1955 wishes for television figures Janet Leigh Celeste Holm Reginald Rose Don Quinn Sammy Davis Jr and NBCs Pat Weaver plus an affordable color TV for households. He calls for more daring programming stronger integrity in TV and recovery of stars in the new year.
A fragmentary Friday schedule lists WSYR and WONY TV programs across afternoon to late night. Programs include Pinky Lee Show, Howdy Doody, News, Eddie Fisher, Perry Como, Space Patrol, Lone Ranger, Cotton Bowl and Rose Bowl game coverage, and New Year’s Eve in Times Square. The lines show times and program pairings with sporadic errors and misprints.
A fragmented listing shows a weekday and weekend lineup with time slots for Eddie the Entertainer, Jerry Flynn News, Weather, sports, films, and serials. Programs include Abbott and Costello, Lone Ranger of Stars, Smilin Ed, and Our Miss Brooks with various film and circus slots noted.
The Ancient Order of Hibernians welcome the New Year with an open house at 1200 S. Geddes St tonight. Kiernan Tierney and Edward ONeill distribute noisemakers, Pat Scanlon chairs the event, with songs by Johnny Lynch and accordion by Matt Purcell.
Columbia County voter Elmer J. La Pointe seeks status of his complaint about election irregularities on November 2. He claimed the Harriman governor vote machine lever locked and that multiple observers watched his ballot after the machine was cleared. He cited a tense political climate and said the issue worsened his health.
Education Commissioner Lewis A. Wilson, 68, plans to retire within the next year or year and a half. The Board of Regents formed a committee to screen candidates for the $20,000-a-year post, with Deputy Commissioner James E. Allen Jr. and Associate Commissioner Carroll V. Newsom among likely contenders.
Colder tonight along the North Atlantic Coast and Far Northwest. Snow for Northern and Central Rockies and Upper Mississippi Valley with light rain or drizzle in the Lower Ohio Valley and west into eastern Kansas and Oklahoma. Flurries likely near the Northern Lakes. warmer from the Northern Plains to the Central Gulf Coast. AP Wirephoto. Dr. Seloy Maxwell in Syracuse predicts five days of forecast from 6 AM to 6 AM.
The text explains an occluded front where warm air is lifted by opposing wedges of cold air. It notes the lifting action along the front and mentions related meteorological concepts.
Cloudy with little temperature change tonight and mild tomorrow with rain or snow at night. Eastern and Western New York expect above normal highs, colder spells, and periods of precipitation through midweek. Normal highs and lows vary by region with NYC area around 40 and lows near 20 in most counties.
CORTLAND First National Bank Agricultural Credit Department Manager Clinton E Dick inson received a silver tray Thursday for ten years of service. Burr P. Cleveland presented the gift to the Cornell University School of Agriculture graduate who had been a successful farmer for 26 years.
Relics believed to be used by Jesuit Father Dablon and his party during a 17th century Onondaga visit were uncovered at Dablon Point near Cape Vincent. A spade and a French gun barrel were found as land prepared for a memorial to Rev. Claude Pen. The site, donated by Matthew Long in 1939, is to host a 1956 centennial celebration of Father Dablon’s voyage from Montreal to the Iroquois.
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