Bell makes first telephone call to Watson in 1876
In 1876 Alexander Graham Bell made the first telephone call. His assistant in the next room heard him say Mr Watson come here I want you.
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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1997
Page
2
In 1876 Alexander Graham Bell made the first telephone call. His assistant in the next room heard him say Mr Watson come here I want you.
Herald Journal urges readers to report factual inaccuracies by calling deputy executive editor Tim Burin at 470 2240 between 3 a m and 5 p m Monday through Friday. The notice explains strive for full fair and accurate news reporting and invites corrections in this space.
The Herald Journal and Herald American report extensive use of recycled newsprint and fibers in Syracuse newspapers with about 40 percent recycled content. Onondaga County residents are urged to place newspapers in brown paper bags beside recycling bins at the curb on collection day.
On Santa Cruz Island off California, 150 years of grazing left 90 percent of the Conservancy side lush while 1,500 sheep roamed the National Park Service side. After threats of court action by the herd’s owners, the Conservancy plans to shoo the flock with helicopters or lure them away with salt licks.
After World War II Oskar Schindler left Czechoslovakia via the Swiss border with Jews he aided and settled years later in Argentina with Emilie. His marriage faced strain amid heavy drinking and financial recklessness. He died in Frankfurt in 1974 and was buried in Jerusalem.
Sunday lottery numbers listed for Daily Number Pick 10 and WinFour with many digits. An Associated Press note reports one first prize ticket sold in Brooklyn for Saturday's $4 million Lotto jackpot and mentions how to call NewsLine for results and web search tips.
Hershey, 49, living in Bomse, studies art and learns Italian while earning praise in Entertainment Weekly for The Portrait of a Lady. She tours between Hollywood and Ayer, keeps film ties with Boxcar Bertha Hannah and Her Sisters and Beaches, and plans quick returns to LA.
Alfred Sheinwold, 85, famed bridge expert and columnist, died in Los Angeles after a stroke. Paris-born Pierra Galletti, 69, founder of Brown University School of Medicine, died in Providence after a fall. Alice de Toledo Sommertath, 90, mother of Sweden's Queen Silvia, died, with notes on her Brazil birth, marriages, and ties to the 1972 Munich Olympics where her daughter met Prince Carl Gustaf.
The obituary page AG lists numerous deceased individuals with ages ranging from 5 to 94 including Carolyn G Allen 63 Wayne FE Arquitt 5 Anthony Barra 49 Norma Brow 71 Nicholas Burke 51 George Cerul 37 Louis Cole 65 William Crystal 79 Ruth Dunn 94 William Goodfellow 86 Florence Holmes 89 Costas Kannon 37 James Lamie 70 Betty LaRouche 72 Dorothy Mele 87 Stanley Nichols 59 Mahel Pfoni 24 James Purnell 36 Albert Reppel 73 Helen Smith 94 Norman Wicks 77 Lee Woodcock 82. The page provides no additional biographical detail.
A compact index lists advertisers appearing in today’s Herald Journal. The page notes the assortment of businesses and services promoting products and events available to readers, reflecting local commerce and markets.
The item lists weather data numbers and codes for Hancock Airport snowfall Madison Cayuga Oswego counties and ski reports plus city forecasts via Newsline. It directs callers to the internet homepage and various four digit codes for forecasts and travel advisories.
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