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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1956
Page
4
The city opens the summer recreation season Monday with new swimming pools and 33 playground areas. Four fieldhouses, three toilets, and two outdoor basketball courts are planned, with Parks Commissioner Barry pledging cleaner, better swimming sites and improved general facilities to meet parent expectations for healthy, safe play conditions.
The article argues for rapid reforestation amid a seedling shortage. It details a 53 million acre federal aid plan under a new farm bill, with 52 million acres of commercial forest to be replanted and up to a million acres of farmland to be reforested. Nurseries only produce about 1.2 million acres per year, so two government programs are proposed to accelerate planting. Program one provides 89 percent cost sharing and rent to growers for up to 15 years, while Program two offers a federal state subsidy for planting more than 50 million acres. The piece stresses forest fires, historic deforestation, and the central role of forests in the economy, concluding that trees must come before products.
A sweep of opinions on the national highway program notes optimism in Albany and Pennsylvania concerns over two eastern Pennsylvanian sections losing money. Ohio reduces truck tolls and offers volume discounts. New York Thruway Authority promotes margins and passes per-car incentives while Pennsylvania mulls toll increases and financing measures. Authorities warn varied outcomes for future toll road schemes.
Governor Meyner announces a statewide road safety check after a successful local experiment in one New Jersey county. The move mirrors Connecticut speed enforcement efforts and invites potential partnership with New York amid cross state political dynamics. The aim is to boost highway safety and elevate the role of state police, with lives saved as a key outcome.
Premier Nehru prepares a month long London and New York journey to promote India’s neutralist foreign policy. He will meet leaders in Germany, Paris, Cairo, Beirut, and Brioni, with limited staff aboard President Eisenhower’s plane for Washington and a return to New Delhi.
Defense officials playful signs spur humor as Defense Secretary Wilson jokes about mistakes and Gordon Gray notes responsibility. A British hospital patient reportedly given 72 bottles of scotch by the Ministry of National Insurance as medicine for a bad leg, raising morale questions.
A poetic tribute to how nature perfumes the land through all seasons. Winter magic lifts the heart as spring lilacs and rain mingle, summer lilies and roses bloom, and autumn yields pumpkin and hay. Nature’s fragrance outshines man made imitators.
In Ottawa Canada shifts toward independent critique of Washington and London while seeking a broker role between the West and Asia. Sukarno’s Senate address triggers praise and criticism of colonial policy and US and UK Asia policy. Canadian opinion grows skeptical of US China and Soviet assessments and leans toward recognizing Communist China and easing Britain’s colonial stand. An cultural exchange push envisions an international festival inviting Asian delegations including Peiping.
A survey of 20th century publishing notes highlights Sterling North and Vardis Fisher works, big paperback rights deals, Gone With the Wind milestones, large poetry audiences, ancient Sumerian tablets, and a memoir Of Carriages and Kings about two quarrelsome siblings with contrasting tastes and a footman named Gorst.
Two hundred people will die in tornadoes this year. If more people knew what to do when tornadoes strike, it could be substantially less. The piece explains how tornadoes form and safety rules from the U S Weather Bureau for outdoor and indoor shelter, including ditch or ravine hiding, staying away from windows, closing lines, and avoiding large rooms like auditoriums and gyms.
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