EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, June 19,
1958 Vol. C677
LOCAL
NEWS
TROLLEY CAR FOUND
East Farewell - The missing trolley
car has been found on a side track running along the Iron Works. The siding
was obscured by the building on one side and overgrowth on the other and was
rarely used in the past five years. The siding was connected to the main
transit route when the main transit was built with the intention of giving
access to the Iron Works and possibly making a transit stop at the Iron Works.
The station was never built and the siding was all but abandoned.
The missing trolley car was found in
tact at the end of the siding but it is still unclear how it got there. The car
was discovered missing from the public transit main train yard two weeks ago.
Who moved the car to the siding and how they moved it is still being
investigated. The car could not have been driven to the siding without passing
many homes and businesses and would have certainly been noticed. One
speculation is the car was taken apart, the parts were transported to the end
of the siding and the car was reassembled. This is a wild speculation and the
motive is unknown but some people have pointed to some members of the senior
mechanical engineering class of Regional High School. This may turn out to be
one of the most outlandish senior pranks ever conceived and executed.
“We are still investigating this and
we are looking at every possibility. There does not seem to be any criminal
motivation and the car itself has been recovered intact,” said Detective Frank
O’Hara. “We vigorously exploring the possibility of this being a senior prank
by Regional High School students but we cannot comment on that lead any
further.”
Wherever the
investigation leads the whole caper will certainly remain on the tongues of the
townspeople for some time. If it turns out to be a senior prank then it will go
down in history as one of the most outrageous senior pranks of all time.
Missing
trolley car on siding
SPORTS
TRAVELERS SLIP BY BEARS
Bedford - The Travelers got back into form on Saturday by
slipping by the Bedford Bears and their pitching ace, “Howlin” Frank Fowler,
3-2. The win was not the knockout punch Travelers fans had hoped for but
getting a win against Fowler is an achievement on its own.
For his part Fowler kept the Travelers
in check for the first seven innings. In the top of the seventh Dale Dunham was
finally able to poke a single over Bears shortstop, Billy Grant, and get the
first Travelers hit of the game. That must have rattled Fowler because he then
walked Bobby Watson and Johnny Cloos came to bat. Fowler and Cloos have a long
history as opponents and it is fairly balanced on who is the better player.
This at bat Cloos came out on top by taking Fowler deep into the count and
connecting with a low outside fastball to send it out of the Park. Those three
runs were enough to secure the victory for the Travelers. Traveler’s pitcher,
Joey Alfred, was able to keep the Bears and check for most of the game only
allowing one run in the third and another in the eighth. The Traveler’s defense
was strong and committed no errors while the Bears did commit two errors but
neither was consequential to the score.
The fact that the Travelers were able
to come out and win a tough game against a good team was heartening for Travelers
fans after last week’s disappointing show against a much weaker team.
Hopefully, this will be the boost they need to get back on track and marched
towards the top of the league standings again. Next week they face another
tough game when they travel to Corning and face one of the best pitchers in the
league in Bill “Smoke” Black. The game is an evening game under the beautiful
lights in Corning Park and begins at 7:30.
NATIONAL NEWS
SPUTNIK III COMES CLOSER TO EARTH – DE
GAULLE’S CHALLENGES – CUBAN REBELS RELEASE AMERICANS & CANADIANS IN
EXCHANGE FOR NO GOVERNMENT HELP
Tass
reports that friction with the thin air of the upper atmosphere has brought Sputnik
III and its carrier rocket closer to earth. The craft’s maximum distance from
earth had been 1,175 miles and it is now at 1,148 miles. The craft was launched
5 weeks ago.
Paris
– Now that the excitement of de Gaulle’s dramatic return is waning, he faces
many challenges – the biggest is Algiers, where the general is expected to visit
next week. According to observers – he must do two things: satisfy the
universal demand of 9 million Algerians for peace, self-government and
independence and the equally stubborn demand of the strongly organized and
financially and politically strong French settlers that Algeria remain French. Can
he satisfy both extremes? In a Gallup Poll taken in France, 8 of out 10 favor
Charles de Gaulle’s accession to power in France.
Cuban
rebels agree to release at least 40 Americans and Canadians held in the Sierra
Maestre Mountains in exchange for assurance that the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo
would not help Cuban government military planes.
Many, many
thanks to www.mrpopculture.com for
contributing to this section of the East Farewell News.
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