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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1959
Page
1
A preview of Syracuse University Field House plans shows a 300 foot diameter circular central unit with a mushroom roof. Chancellor Tolley urges final plans, aiming to start by next August if funds permit, with $640,000 needed to begin. Total pledges reach $1,532,000. additional funds expected after December 31.
President Eisenhower, Abilene’s famed alumnus, leaves town after his 69th birthday observance. He flies from Schilling Air Force Base toward Washington after a public greeting with Abilene High School students and the school band.
The forecast says no prospect of warmer weather for the central New York area with chilly conditions continuing. Skies clear tonight and tomorrow will be partly cloudy with cooler temperatures. Tonight’s low around 5 and the high tomorrow near 53.
In Newport England the Town Council passed a law requiring children to give up seats on buses to any adult who is left standing. In Santa Monica California actor Leo Carillo, 66, is recuperating at home after major abdominal surgery performed Sept. 2 and he was released from the hospital Tuesday.
U S marshal expects a phone call to finalize serving a subpoena on Charles Van Doren to testify before the House subcommittee on fixed quiz shows. Van Doren’s attorney says the subpoena will be accepted when delivery is arranged, amid earlier press attention and his NBC suspension.
The Steelworkers Union presents two choices to the nation as R. Conrad Cooper, head of the industry negotiating team, calls the union position plain hogwash. The industry argues inflation risk and seeks Taft Hartley injunction after the day and a half hearing before the White House fact finding board. The board must report to President Eisenhower by Friday to decide next steps.
Lyle Rader, 22, of Tacoma Washington, is named Star Farmer of America for 1959 by the Future Farmers of America. He runs a 63 acre truck farm valued at $53,000, built his own power tools, and received a $1,000 prize. Regional stars Don Bridges, Charles Lee Smith, and Rodney L. Caulk each earned $500.
London dispatch reports Vauxhall Motors cutting back car production due to U.S. steel shortages. The GM subsidiary will drop Saturday output and trim overall production by about five percent as steel supplies lag.
A father jokes that his son's report card proves he could not be cheating. The light remark highlights a humorous moment about grades and honesty.
A wind driven brush fire swept Arroyo Seco Canyon and spread toward Altadena and La Canada north of Los Angeles. It burned about 1,800 acres threatening foothill communities, damaged homes, and forced 200 to 300 residents to evacuate before easing at daybreak. Actor Dennis Morgan and his wife were evacuated from a nearby guest house. Los Angeles County fire crews and Red Cross established evacuation centers as the blaze raged through the night.
London report notes Prime Minister Harold Macmillan reshuffles his government naming Harold Watkinson as defense minister. Duncan Sandys moves to aviation while three top posts remain unchanged with home secretary Richard Butler foreign secretary Selwyn Lloyd and chancellor Derrick Amory retaining their roles.
London based conductor Thomas Brecham reported an injury after spraining a wrist while climbing 350 steps of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. The incident occurred as he gripped the railing during the ascent.
Fourth in a series discusses how changing patterns of medical care raise hospital bills. Hospitals say new treatments, tests, surgeries, drugs, and tech improve outcomes but cost more. An example notes a two week stay for a ruptured appendix at St Joseph's with a bill of 746.15 excluding doctors.
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