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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1956
Page
2
An ad style feature urges readers to follow eight steps before conception and pregnancy to ensure a healthy baby. It promotes reading The Uninsulted Child in The Ladies' Home Journal and highlights dangers facing expectant mothers and illnesses to avoid.
Plan developed by the district aims to transfer about 1,000 students over a year to relieve crowded conditions. Huntington and North High absorb the influx while Levy and Nottingham adjust grade structures from September. Transfers include 91 pupils to Levy and 360 from Delaware to Vocational High, plus 7th and 8th graders moved to Huntington to stabilize enrollment.
City officials struggle with a stalled contract for Hancock water system repairs after the US Army Corps of Engineers seeks to amend terms granting federal inspection rights. Officials, including Corporation Counsel George T. Driscoll and City Engineer Potter W. Keily, have pursued the $50,000 project for months, while Congressman R. Walter Riehlman searches for a workaround amid continuing water waste and leaks.
New York City Police Commissioner Stephen P Kennedy labeled highway deaths as motorthanasia arguing accidents are not chance events. He urged selective enforcement against drunk drivers and violators, noting 50 percent of crashes involved alcohol.
An agreement aimed at ending a four week sheet metal workers strike in a 13 county area is reportedly reached by Contractors Association and union officials. The deal features a 25 cent hourly raise this year lifting the minimum to 3.20 and a 10 cent increase next year, extending the union contract to May 1, 1958.
Charles F. Monnier, vice president in charge of operations at Niagara Mohawk Power Corp, resigns to become vice president in charge of operations at Kansas City Power & Light Co. He and his wife plan to move to Kansas City with their children, Suzanne and a student, after June 18.
A blow torch used to burn paint on the front porch and slope of a two story frame house at 135 Vincent Ave ignited clapboards causing minor damage. Engine companies and Truck 8 under District Chief Robert Clapper extinguished the fire with booster lines and a nearby pine tree was scorched.
John A. Bouvier Jr president of the Prosperity Co division and Ward Industries vice president, with Ernest Davis Prosperity chief engineer, returned May 18 from a European business trip. They met Robert Deboltis Prosperity Export Corp vice president at the International Exposition of Laundry and Dry Cleaning Equipment where Prosperity products drew enthusiastic trade interest.
A garbled traffic court listing records multiple drivers and fines including parking warrants and speeding penalties. Names such as Vincent A Ferrara James A Finn Erle Bid Robert G McKean and Charles Hamner appear with addresses. Several citations note speeds around 40 to 50 mph and fines ranging from 15 to 30 dollars.
A 12 or 13 year old boy from Holyoke Massachusetts rode into Pompey on a Schwinn bicycle carrying ten dollars. He claimed to be headed to Chicago and said he left home Sunday after fearing failure in the eighth grade. Troopers contacted his parents and an uncle arrived to return him to Holyoke.
The city reports its free anti polio vaccine stock is completely used up after a shipment of 837 doses. Deputy health commissioner Dr A C Silverman said a new shipment is expected next week while commercial suppliers show limited allocations. Physicians may still obtain vaccine from commercial sources or via doctors, and residents are advised to consult family physicians. IWRC meeting announced in Pulaski with Women’s Relief Corps at 8 PM.
A conservation show by David Hanselman titled The Maraud of Conservation will be staged at Lyncourt Junior High School. The event is part of the New York State Council of Churches semi annual meeting in Syracuse with a panel discussion titled We Please Together and a focus on the council’s 1956 57 cooperative program.
Commodore Barry Post Division 2 last night elected four delegates to the 68th biennial state convention. Named were Francis Ryan Martin Redmond Pat Morcistoe and Pat Cormers Kiernan Tierney, division president, also a delegate. County president John Trait hosts. convention set for 22-30 at Hotel Syracuse and Hibernian Hall.
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