EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, February
2, 1956 Vol. C553
LOCAL
NEWS
PARKING TICKET SNAFU
East Farewell – The snow season has become a problem for
downtown shoppers who drive to their stores. The snow has piled up along Main
Street and the snow disposal has been slowed by lack of snow removal
equipment. This has severely diminished the parking spaces available along Main
Street. Many shoppers have taken to parking illegally and have been
ticketed for the practice. This has raised a huge uproar from the citizens who
have been ticketed and shop owners who claim that the practice has cut into
their sales. The protest got so strained that the angered citizens protested
with a march that tied up traffic in downtown East
Farewell on Wednesday afternoon. The police were not impressed with the
show of outrage. They continued to ticket illegally parked cars and they threatened
to arrest the marchers if they did not disburse in a timely manner. Undeterred,
the marchers continued on to Council Hall and demanded to speak to Town Council
Chief, Tom Conally. Conally was not in
the building and the police were able to disburse the crowd without any
arrests. The marchers brought their
concerns to the Council meeting on Wednesday night, where they demanded
remedies to the parking problems and relief from what they called “police
harassment”
The main
argument was that since the town was unable to clear the snow from the parking
places they had no right to ticket cars that were parked partially in the
street. It is the obligation of the town to keep the streets clear and parking
open. Those arguments were repeated in various ways and with differing degrees
of indignation and most were followed by clearly supportive applause. After the
last person had expressed his outrage the Council, President Tom Conally spoke.
“It seems there is a considerable amount of concern about the safety of our
streets. I will put this on top priority and investigate this situation first
thing tomorrow morning. I appreciate all the citizens coming here tonight and
bringing this situation to the attention of Council. Rest assured you will have
a solution by the next Council meeting.”
“That Conally
is so full of baloney, I can’t stand it. He doesn’t care about our problems.
What about these stupid tickets?” said angry protester, Ted
Black.
“We are not
going to go away quietly, this situation has to change and this town has to
take responsibility for this fiasco. And get those streets cleared!” added a
clearly agitated shop owner, Fran
Geiger.
As the meeting
ended the protesters filed out chanting, “Clear the Streets.” The crowd went
back to the streets and started throwing snowballs at each other. The police
had to break up the snowball fight by taking some of the rabble rousers back to
the police station. No arrests were made, just seven people detained and later
released on their own recognition and the promise they would go home.
Snow clogged
Main Street
SPORTS
COUGARS CLAW CAPTAINS
East Farewell – The Cougars made quick work of the hapless Fort
Lee Captains on Friday. They dominated the game, 52-44, but it wasn’t that
close. By the end of the game the Cougars had emptied their bench giving every
player a chance to see some playing time. The Captains, in their defense, is a
very young team, they have no seniors, only two juniors with the rest of the
team made up of sophomores and freshmen. They are still looking for their first
win of the season.
The Cougars
came out running and ran past the Captains to a 12-0 lead. Center, Wilson Watson,
established himself under the basket and completely controlled the center of
the court for most of the game. The scrappy Captains center, Noel Black, tried
to wrestle control from Watson but was frustrated time and again. Black is only
a sophomore and was praised by Cougars coach Wilson for his tenacity. “That boy
is good! We are going to have to keep an eye on him. He drove Willy crazy
today. Lucky for us Willy was on his game. His experience really showed today,
but that new kid really impressed me.”
The Cougars
rolled to a 30-26 halftime lead and had already started putting in the second
string. The Captains made a charge in the fourth quarter after the Cougars took
a lopsided lead of 48-32, but were not able to close the gap closer than 50-40.
The game ended with Cougars youngest player, Dan Tasker, throwing in a last
second shot from almost half court. “He wasn’t trying to rub it in, he just
wanted to shoot the ball,” said Coach Wilson almost apologetically after the
game, “those kids played a good game but they are still young and have a way to
go. Danny was just making the best of his two minutes of playing time. I talked
to the other coach, he understands. We look forward seeing these kids again. I
bet they will give us a run for our money next time.”
The Cougars do
meet the Captains again later in the season but they are concentrating on their
next game which will be next Friday against the always tough Southport Hawks.
This will be the first time the Cougars meet the Hawks. The game will be in the
gymnasium and begin at 4:30PM.
NATIONAL NEWS
UNIV OF ALABAMA BARS NEGRO STUDENT –
BULGANIN SIGNS TREATY – TROUBLE IN PARIDISE – TRUMAN SPEAKS OUT – BIG SNOW IN
TEXAS
The University of Alabama board of trustees orders its first Negro student barred from classes until further notice as a safety measure after violent demonstrations. Autherine Lucy, a 26-year-old Negro secretary began attending classes this week in obedience to a Federal Court order.
Soviet Premier Bulganin appeals once again to President Eisenhower to harmonize American-Soviet relations by signing a 20-year friendship treaty.
Trouble in Paradise - Actress Judy Garland has filed suit for divorce against her husband, Sid Luft. Earl Wilson reports that Arthur Miller and his wife, Marilyn Monroe, are divorcing. A.A. Milne, author of the “Winnie the Pooh” books has died. She was 74.
Truman eruption - Former President Truman repeats his charge that a time ago, Vice-President Nixon had called him a traitor. He said Nixon made the charges “all over the West.” “It was a vicious thing,” Mr. Truman told a news conference. “I don’t like to talk about it because sometimes I lose my temper. It makes me mad.”
The worst blizzard in 50 years
paralyzes the Texas panhandle. 16 are reported dead.
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