EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, June 5,
1958 Vol. C675
LOCAL
NEWS
ONE MYSTERY SOLVED A NEW ONE
ARISES
East Farewell – The long simmering mystery over Romando
has all but been solved and the great East Farewell train robbery has the
bandits behind bars one would think that things in East Farewell would start to
return to some sense of normal but as of Wednesday one would be wrong. Just as
soon as everything seemed to clear up a new, more confounding problem arose.
When
yardmaster, Ben Reilly, came into his train yard on Monday he started his usual
inspection of all the cars that serve the EFTA (East Farewell Transit
Authority). Much to his surprise an entire car was missing! The cars are
usually parked in the yard on the tracks when the system is shut down every
night at 11:59PM. The entire fleet of 20 cars is stored in the train yard that
is located outside of town near the new Turnpike. The yard is enclosed with a
10 foot fence with a locked gate. There are no lights focused on the yard since
it is in view of the Turnpike and it was thought that that may cause a
visibility problem for drivers on the Turnpike. There is no 24 hour security
and the yard does not have any patrol dogs inside. While the security may seem
lax the only thing in the yard besides the cars is a small shop that is used by
maintenance workers for car repair. Also, the cars cannot be moved by
themselves, they need power via the central power unit that controls the entire
system. That power is in standby when the system is shut down and there is not
enough power to move any cars. At least that is what everyone thought.
Reilly was
doing his daily inventory on Monday morning at 5:00AM when he realized there
was a car missing. There was no sign of the car being driven off and no visible
tracks outside the existing tracks that feed the system. “It’s as if the car
just disappeared,” Reilly told police, “There are no signs of forced entry into
the yard and no way I can think of that they could get the car out without
leaving some signs.”
The police are
scouring over the scene but so far have not turned up anything. There are many
unanswered questions, the first of which is why would someone do this? They
can’t very well sell the car and they can’t use it on another line and they
can’t show it off on their front lawn as a trophy. “Right now we are looking
into the possibility of taking the car apart and selling it for scrap, but that
would be an enormous job and require a very sophisticated set of skills to
accomplish,” said Detective Frank O’Hara, “We are looking at all the possible
angles and we are going to figure this one out. Right now, I don’t have any
solid answers but we will find out what happened.”
If anyone has
any information about this crime please contact the East Farewell Police Department.
Typical EFTA
trolley car
SPORTS
TRAVELERS CHASE CUBS BACK TO THE WOODS
East Farewell – The Travelers started to work their way back up
the standings on Saturday by whipping the Bear Creek Cubs, 8-2. The Cubs were
unable to get on track and were only able to garner six hits in the entire
game. Traveler’s pitcher, Danny Lane, racked up 10 strikeouts and was very
sharp using his new and improved curveball to confound Bear hitters all day.
The Traveler’s defense was also very sharp turning two double plays and only
allowing three runners to advance past first.
Lane started
off fast by striking out the first four batters and not letting a Bear reach
base until the fourth inning. On the other side, Traveler’s bats jumped on
Bear’s pitcher, Hillman Rochester, for three runs in the first inning and the
three in in the third. Johnny Cloos was able to drive in Dimero and Brown in
the third with his 15th homerun of the season. The Bears were only
able break up Lane’s control when in the eight Bear slugger, Joe Gaspar was
able to connect with one of Lane’s fastballs and drive it out over the
centerfield wall. That drive also scored Ronny Boyd who had reached first on a
strong drive into right. Those back to back hits were basically all the offense
the Bears could muster. Lane settled down after the homer and struck out the
next two batters.
The win was a good
beginning for the four game home stand, the longest home stand of the season, and
if the Travelers win all five they will move back into the top of the standings
in the league. Next week the Travelers face the Ondita Cougars and their
pitching ace Sam ‘Cat’ Caterno. The game begins at 1:30 on Saturday at the
ballpark.
NATIONAL NEWS
IKE LIKES DE GAULLE – DE GAULLE SEEKS FULL
POWER – VIOLENCE IN PARIS – RUSSIANS DON’T LIKE DE GAULLE
President
Eisenhower declares he likes Gen Charles de Gaulle and recalled “a long
experience of friendly contact with him” from World War II to 1952.
Gen.
Charles de Gaulle and the leaders of Parliament meet in secret at the direction
of President Rene Coty to seek a way of putting de Gaulle in power. Parliament,
where de Gaulle has little strength, was the legal stumbling block.
Gen.
Charles de Gaulle agrees to form a new French government but insists he must
have full powers to head off civil war.
A
violent demonstration against Charles de Gaulle erupts in Paris shortly before
he and his wife arrive in the tense capital. De Gaulle conferred at his home
during the day with leaders of the strategically placed Socialist Party, then
headed for the capital with his wife, their car filled with luggage.
Russian
President Klementi Voroshilov tells newsmen at a Finish Embassy reception “we
have reasons to think that de Gaulle’s return at this time may do more harm
than good.”
Many, many
thanks to www.mrpopculture.com for
contributing to this section of the East Farewell News.
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