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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1958
Page
17
Jim Bishop profiles Doctor Samuel Belkin, president of Yeshiva University, tracing his emigration from Poland in 1929 with five dollars to build a major university. The piece details Belkin’s rise from a rabbi to dean to president, the growth of Yeshiva and its campuses, and his family life while noting his 46 years and future ambitions.
Frederick C. Othman surveys the federal pork barrel as Congress debates funding for dam and flood control projects from Absaroka to Wynoochee River. He notes Rep Katharine St George’s opposition over Davenport dam and highlights Bennett’s bid for a McGirts Creek study and efforts to curb water hyacinths. He concludes the pork debate remains, pork or no pork.
Leonard T. Carney of Boston was named president of The Mother Church The First Church of Christ Scientist in Boston at the denomination’s annual meeting. He succeeds Mabel Ellen Lucas and will serve a one year term. Carney serves on the Christian Science Publication Society board and holds degrees from Grinnell College and Harvard Law School. He is a native of Marshalltown Iowa and has taught Christian Science since 1934.
The department handles about 10,000 written items daily from domestic sources. Roughly half are letters from the public, with the rest coming from other agencies, Congress, and foreign embassies in Washington.
The Armenian Apostolic Church at Park Ave and Geddes St was consecrated and named St. Pauls Armenian Apostolic Church. Archbishop Mumpre Callayan led a four hour rite with help from Meron Gourdjikian Vasken Tatoyan and Mampre Kouzouian. Godparents Vagharshag Avakian and his wife unveiled the church name. Sixteen brass crosses named for Apostles and Gospel writers were anointed. Dedication for worship articles followed Saturday night by Archbp Calfagan.
Jerome McArdle and Rudolph Miller have been hired as assistant city planners by the City Planning Commission. McArdle, a College of Forestry graduate in landscape architecture, will oversee subdivision plots and zoning, while Miller, a Rutgers economics and planning graduate, will join research and general planning.
More than $900 in furniture and appliances vanished from a second story unit at 507 Niagara Street. Owner Nick Sakran reported an $800 television radio-phonograph combo and a $100 table radio missing, along with four bedspreads. Burglary occurred between Friday night and the prior night. a nearby 11 year old found sleeping on the premises was arrested but later released.
Last night burglars entered 213 Cedar St and stole a refrigerator a television set and a washing machine valued at 728 dollars. Nicholas Reilly of 224 Ashworth Pl reported the theft to Patrolman Thomas Stimson this morning. Police are probing a second possible break in at Bell-Air Amusement Co. 965 S State St after William Freunlich observed a cut screen and broken glass but could not reach the owner.
Four churches in Syracuse bear St Paul as their name including St Paul s Armenian Apostolic Church at Park Avenue and S Geddes Street and St Paul s Episcopal at Montgomery and E Fayette streets. Other St Pauls include Episcopal Lutheran and Methodist with a Lutheran church in Liverpool.
Scattered showers are reported from South Dakota to Texas and across the lower Mississippi Valley and Gulf states. Cooler air will move south from the Lakes region to the Tennessee Valley and east to the Atlantic.
Clearing and cooler tonight followed by fair and cool conditions tomorrow. Winds northeast tonight and easterly tomorrow at 15 to 20 mph. Yesterday’s high 88 and low 65. Sunset 8 07 p m, sunrise 5 57 am. Records: high 100 in 1934, low 43 in 1929. Humidity 99 yesterday, 88 today.
Twelve parochial high school valedictorians will be honored at a Knights of Columbus luncheon Friday at Yates Hotel. Msgr. James E. Callaghan will speak and Joseph Ryan will be toastmaster.
In Grafton Illinois a family affair turned perilous when a 32 foot cruiser capsized in a gust. A mother Mrs Marcus C Bauer 37 and her sons Ronald 15 Michael 10 were trapped inside the cabin for three hours before two men swam to the boat cut a hole and pulled them to safety. The husband and son Mark 16 were outside and swam to shore to raise help.
A faulty refrigerator motor started a blaze in an upstairs kitchen at 123 Henderson St as four engine companies battled fumes in a flat occupied by James Elmer. In a second incident an alcohol bottle exploded at University Hospital, scorching a window casing and walls.
Former President Harry Truman said the French have found in Gen. Charles de Gaulle the man to save France as premier. He and Mrs. Truman are vacationing in Europe and were interviewed aboard the liner Independence at Algeciras en route to Cannes.
In Stockholm AP reports Sweden’s Socialist government will continue welfare state policies after a 10 year trend reversal. Prime Minister Tage Erlander’s Socialists lead the government with a 231 member parliament, short by three seats. Preliminary counts show Socialists gain seven seats to 13. Conservatives 44. Agrarians 32. Liberals 37. Communists 5. Voter turnout about 76 percent.
Washington reports a $576,438,000 military pay hike approved by Congress on May 12 and signed by President Eisenhower eight days later. Effective Sunday, all personnel with more than two years service receive higher pay, with a 6 percent increase for retirees. the Cordiner Report influenced the plan to retain skilled officers and men.
In Essex Junction Vermont police stop issuing tickets for cars parked in restricted zones. Officers instead place a note on windshields directing drivers to use the free lot behind Lincoln Hall. Local residents receive guidance on where to park without penalties.
Congress returns after Memorial Day with a five day work week and a packed slate. The House must push pay raises for federal employees a space agency bill defense funding and trade act extensions. The Senate weighs foreign aid Alaska statehood and labor law revisions as leaders fear a late August adjournment.
The Rev. Paul H. Martineau pastor of the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Pompey and St. Pauls in Fabus received a new car from his two suburban parishes after the 10 30 a m Mass marking his 30 years of ordination. He has served the two churches for 10 years and was ordained June 2 1928.
In East Hanover New Jersey a 1904 Oldsmobile collided with a 1958 Cadillac yesterday and rolled over an embankment. Passengers Elliott Kepler 56 and his granddaughters Gail 5 and Terri 4 suffered minor injuries as they fell onto the road. The vintage car remained intact except for a folded left front wheel.
Pic the Seeing Eye dog of Laredo Texas marched with owner Jim Elston at Vanderbilt graduation exercises in Nashville though the dog did not receive a diploma. Elston Baylor graduate of 1955 is blind and used taped readers with the dog assisting as the ceremony honored both man and animal.
In Des Moines AP reports Republicans and Democrats chose candidates for governor eight congressional seats and other offices. Tax plans and school aid dominate while Gov Loveless faces criticism over education funding and legislative action.
Elizabeth NJ AP report says tailor Mayer Jaconson aided a woman by repairing a ripped skirt. After she thanked him with a hug she departed, and later his wallet containing $60 vanished from a hip pocket.
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