EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, April
12, 1956 Vol. C565
LOCAL
NEWS
THE ALIENS HAVE
LANDED!
East Farewell – The police received an unusual call on the
evening of April 1st. The caller claimed to have seen and spoke to
aliens who were purportedly landing at the far end of the lake. The caller said
he spotted the craft in a clearing next to the tract that was recently approved
for development by the N.U.D.E. (Nothing Until Democracy Evolves) organization.
When asked to describe the spacecraft the caller gave a detailed description of
a spacecraft that could have come from the latest sci-fi novel. A round disc
that hovered about two feet off the ground with no apparent contact with the
ground, a door that opened into a ramp and a long slender alien with a big head
were part of the description. Being April 1st the police were
understandably suspicious. They continued to question the caller trying to
pinpoint his location. At the same time they radioed one of the patrol cars
that happened to be on routine patrol in the area. The Dispatcher was able to determine that the
caller was calling from his lakefront house at the very sparsely far end of the
lake. When the patrol car arrived the caller, who turned out to be of high
school age, met them in the driveway. He took the officers back inside and
showed them to the back deck. When the officers reached the back deck they were
stunned. In the distance there appeared to be a large metallic disk illuminated
from behind, it appeared to be vibrating and there were actually tall, slender
figures walking around it. After the initial surprise was shaken off the
officers realized that they were looking at the new construction on the
N.U.D.E. compound. The huge disk was really a low frame rock-crusher that was
illuminated by flood lights from behind it, obscuring the legs. The Tall
“creatures” were really just construction workers wearing protective headgear.
As it turns out the construction started earlier than was originally scheduled
and with the early morning mist the site took on an eerie, almost alien look,
especially from a distance.
East
Farewell has a history of alien sightings, in 1952 and again in 1954, so
this was not a new occurrence. Coupled with the April fool’s Day possibility,
the whole event was taken with a questionable view. Add to that a youth on the
other end of the line and the many previous pranks by that age group around
town, the whole incident the dispatcher was understandably skeptical. The
officers, while initially shocked, remained calm and were able to properly
investigate the situation and clear it up. The officers wisely took photos of
the site from the distance to prove there was no real alien invasion.
A very strange
worksite
SPORTS
TRAVELERS START WITH A WIN
East
Farewell – The season started off well for the Travelers as they beat the
Ondita Cougars, 5-2. The Cougars picked up where they left off last season with
a strong showing from their ace, Joe Nagy. He pitched four shutout innings before
the Cougars could get a hit. First baseman, Dan Wheeler, was able to connect
with a Nagy fastball and drive it into center. He made it to second but was
stranded at third as Nagy regained his composure. Nagy went on with minimal damage (two more
hits in fifth and sixth) but was tagged for two runs in the eighth with back to
back doubles by Tasker and Evans and single by Goldman that drove in
Evans. The Cougars, on the other hand,
came out swinging and scored two runs in the very first inning with a leadoff
triple by Francis followed by a single by Dunham. In the second inning Johnny
Cloos started the year off with a blast over the right field fence. Looks like
it could be another great year for the slugger. The Cougars continued to hit up
and down the lineup. Tony Dimero, Joey Brown and left fielder, Billy Sweet all
had two hits and added the next three runs in the sixth and seventh innings.
This was the perfect finish to the wonderful pre-game festivities that the Travelers had set up to greet the loving fans as the season started. They gave away hats and tee shirts to the younger members of the crowd. Hot dogs sold for 25¢ for the first three innings and beer and soda sold for 50¢. They were sold out by the end of the second inning. All in all it was a great start to another season. The next game will be home next Saturday against the Bedford Bears. The game starts at 1:30 in the ball park.
NATIONAL NEWS
IKE
THROWS OUT FIRST BASEBALL – GRACE TO MARRY NEXT WEEK - KHRUSHCHEV WANTS PEACE – FREED ROCK AND ROLLS THE PARAMOUNT
President Eisenhower throws out the ball, opening the 1956 season in Washington. The President watched Mickey Mantle blast two homers - as the Yankees beat the Senators 10-4.
Cannon booming, rockets soaring, flowers showered from the sky and thousands cheer as Grace Kelly rejoins Prince rainier III and makes her gala entry into Monte Carlo. She arrived for her marriage to the Prince next week. Prince Rainier III decrees that news photographers will be barred from his civil marriage to Grace Kelly in the throne room of his palace next week. He was provoked by what both he and Miss. Kelly indicated they considered unmannerly harassment by the cameramen when they drove to his sister’s villa for lunch.
Visiting in London- Nikita S. Khrushchev declares Communists and capitalists must put aside their dislikes and live in peace to save the world from ruin in a hydrogen bomb war.
Alan Freed just completed a 10-day rock ‘n’ roll stand at the Paramount theatre, Brooklyn. The gross was an all-time high for the house - $204,000. There was little damage to the theatre - some seats will require restoration. The kids also pockmarked the carpets with cigarette burns when ushers asked to get rid of them. But there was little or no rowdiness
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