EAST FAREWELL NEWS
Thursday, March
1, 1956 Vol. C557
LOCAL
NEWS
CAR CRASHES INTO RESTAURANT
East Farewell – The tall snow piled up along the edge of Main
Street was not enough to stop a car that careened out of control into the Lost
Oasis restaurant last Tuesday. Gerry McManus was parking in front of the
bar-restaurant when he inexplicably jumped the curb, burst through the snow
pile and plowed into the restaurant’s front window. Luckily, no one was seated
at the table by the window at the time. The car came to rest right inside the
restaurant and no one was hurt. The staff was startled but no one was near the
front of the building. The bar is located in the rear of the restaurant and
there were several patrons but no one was injured.
Police are looking
into the incident and McManus has stated that it seemed like the car just sped
up and blasted through the window. “ I was getting ready to put it in park when
it just took off,” said a visibly shaken McManus, “I don’t know what happened
but I am sure glad no one was hurt. I feel bad that the restaurant’s front
window was smashed, I really like that place. I am sure they can fix it up. It
is just a shame.”
McManus has not
been cited, yet. He was able to walk away from the accident and the car was towed
out within a hour of the crash. The front of the Lost
Oasis has been boarded up and owner, Charles Wenz has spray painted a big
WE ARE OPEN across the front. “It was just a fluke event,” said Wenz, “luckily
no one was hurt. I know Gerry and he may have had a little confusion with the
brake and gas on his car. He’s getting older.”
McManus said he
was 78 years old and has been driving for over 60 years (“70 if you count the
tractor”) and has never had an accident.
Car crashed into Lost Oasis
SPORTS
COUGARS HOLD OFF CAPTAINS
East Farewell – The Cougars bounced back last Friday as they
played a hard fought game against a much improved Fort Lee team. The two stayed
locked in a tight fight until the final quarter when the Cougars were able to
take the lead and out last the flagging Captains, 54-50. The Cougars backcourt
of Green and Conner were very stable and ran a tight game and were able to
score a combined total 26 points but more importantly, no turnovers.
The game
started off fast with both teams hot out of the gate. The centers battled for
inside position but the fight went on for the whole game and neither center,
Cougars Watson or Captains Doyle, were able to establish control. The first
half ended with the Cougars ahead by 2.
The second half
was much slower as each team seemed to be trying to find the other teams
weakness, but to no avail. The lead shifted back and forth throughout the third
quarter and into the first half of the fourth. As the clock ticked down to 3
minutes the Cougars took final control. Green and Conner started a fast
shooting offense and Watson exerted control under the basket. The Cougars
pulled away for keeps with two minutes left at 54-48. The Captains scored the
last basket with 30 seconds on the clock and the Cougars ran the clock out. The
next game for the Cougars is this Friday at home against the Southport Hawks.
The game is a rare evening game and begins at 7:30PM in the gymnasium.
NATIONAL NEWS
IKE TO RUN AGAIN – BALLOONS
OVER RUSSIA – UAB SUED AGAIN – BAD WEATHER FOR ADM. BYRD IN ANTARCTICA
President Eisenhower says he will run again and assures the nation he is fit enough to do the job. “So far as my own personal sense of well-being is concerned, I am as well as before the (heart) attack occurred.” The President said. “As of this moment there is not the slightest doubt that I can perform as well as I ever have all of the important duties of the presidency.” His first formal act as a candidate for re-election was to approve a united California Republican delegation. A Gallup Poll finds President Eisenhower with a 76% approval rating.
U.S. Camera-carrying balloons over Russia - The Kremlin protested, now the United States tells the Kremlin that Russian balloons have flown over U.S. territory (Alaska) too. A note to the Kremlin asked, “What are you complaining about?” Both sides are guilty of doing the same thing.
Miss Autherine Lucy, the first Negro student in the history of the University of Alabama and who was expelled February 29, is herself being sued along with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People by four men who charge they had been falsely accused of participation in mob action. The suits were based on a petition filed Feb. 9 by Lucy. Lucy was expelled as a disciplinary measure by the university board of trustees. They said the coed had made the outrageous charges that school officials conspired with the mob in order to get her out of school. In her petition, she named these four men and others.
The current United States Antarctic
expedition involving Adm. Richard Byrd has discovered a vast trough of ice,
thousands of square miles in extent, in which the vilest weather in the world
is spawned.
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