EAST
FAREWELL NEWS
Thursday, March 10, 19 55
Vol. C758
LOCAL NEWS
RAILROAD TO TAKE
ON HIGHWAY COMMISSION
“The suit is
completely baseless,” says Highway Commissioner Harry Long, “of course we are
spending money on right-of-ways, how else would we acquire them? Steal them? It
is obviously a political smokescreen to slow construction and give the
railroads more time to charge exorbitant freight costs to every retailer in the
area.” The Highway Commission maintains
that no laws are being broken in the purchase or use of lands involved in the
highway project and had asked for a dismissal of all suits pending.
Hearings are
scheduled for the end of the month in East Farewell. A local judge will be hearing arguments for
both sides. The Highway Commission has
already filed a grievance to the hearing saying that the three week delay will severely
impact the construction project and the project should be allowed to continue
while the hearings proceed.
SPORTS
COUGARS STAY ON TRACK- BEAT FORT LEE
CAPTAINS 50-42
East Farewell- The Cougars handily won over the overmatched Fort
Lee Captains on Tuesday, 50-42. Center,
Michael Watson had a season high of 24 points and 18 rebounds. Other contributors to the rout were guards
Timmy Green and Joey Welch with a combined total 22 points. The scoring was rounded out by Tim O’Hare
with 2 and Billy Reilly with 2. The team
held the Captains to only 12 points in the first half and was in control the
whole game. The Captains leading scorer
was Joey Wilson with 15 points.
“The boys were
on fire tonight,” said Coach Wilson after the game, “Watson was unstoppable and
our front court guys, Greeny and J.W. looked as good as Fitz and Joey W.,
Jimmy’s older brother, from the ’53 team.
They won the League Championship, you remember.”
The win kept
the Cougars on track to win the league. The season started off with three
strong wins and talk off a repeat of the 1952-53 League Championship
season. Then the losses to the Slate
Mountain Canaries and to a superior Riverview Wildcats which
rocked the team’s confidence. The
season has been a bit of an up and down ride but most has been up lately with
strong wins over the Bears and the Wildcats. Only the Devils have been able to
stop the Cougars in the last seven games.
There are several members on this team
who are younger brothers of members of the ’52-53 team which may be why there
has been so many comparisons to that team. The backcourt combination of Joey
Welch (J.W.) and Timmy Green are younger brothers of the remarkable
backcourt/forward combo of Jimmy Welch and Gene Green from the 1952-53
championship team. This years team has
shown as much, if not more potential than that team and expectations for this
year are high. The next game is against
the Southport Hawks on Tuesday at 4:45 in Southport.
NATIONAL NEWS
33RD
NUKE SET OFF IN ARIZONA- DUMONT
IN TROUBLE- HALEY HITS 1 MILLION
A nuclear explosion is set off in the Nevada desert, 75 miles from Las Vegas Soviet
Union proposes that all nations destroy all atomic and hydrogen weapons
and calls for international control for the carrying out of the proposal. The announcement came about an hour after the
United States exploded an atomic
bomb in Nevada
President Eisenhower presents a gold
medal to Irving Berlin in recognition for his song “God Bless America
Big business - replacing burned-out
television picture tubes turned into an $80 million business last year. 20% of
the nearly 10 million picture tubes went to dealers for use as replacements.
How long does a picture tube last? It was originally estimated that the life of
a typical tube is 1,000 hours.
However, that estimate has proved to be
a minimum rather than a maximum. With the increase in the number of stations
and a greater choice of programs, it would be expected that in many areas of
the country, TV sets are operating more hours than ever. This should mean in
more business in tube replacement sales.
Music news -
Bob Thiele, in charge of pop artists
for Coral Records, says the rhythm and blues beat is the best thing that’s
happened to the music industry in years. “It’s good for the business because it
sells records. And that’s what counts. He adds that too many industry people
are rapping rock and roll because they don’t understand it. The same resistance
to new sounds took place when jazz and swing first came to the musical forefront.
Thiele says r & b records are creating a new excitement in the business
that runs from the recording studio down to record stores. “Every new release
is like New Year’s Eve.” More rock ‘n’
roll - WINS DJ Alan Freed is set for his second stage show – this one at the
Brooklyn Paramount theatre. Already booked are Laverne Baker, the Moonglows,
and The Penguins. It all happens April 8. You’ll hear more about on Freed’s
1010WINS rock ‘n’ roll radio program.
Meanwhile back in Cleveland
Bill Haley & The Comets hit the 1 million sales mark for “Shake, Rattle And Roll”
for Decca. The group’s latest release - “Mambo Rock” was launched with a
300,000-advance sale, one of the largest in Decca’s history. Interestingly
“Shake Rattle and Roll” has been on the bestseller charts for 20 weeks without
ever getting into the top 5.
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