EAST
FAREWELL NEWS
Thursday, July
21, 1955 Vol. C760
LOCAL NEWS
COMMISSION SAYS
HIGHWAY BYPASS IS ON AGAIN
East Farewell- The Highway commission announced Monday that
there would be no exit placed for East Farewell on the new “super” highway. The on again-off again battle for the exit
ramp took an off again slant when newly appointed commissioner, George Lamont,
announced an exit would no longer be placed at or near East Farewell. The reason for the removal was said to be
funding. There is also speculation that the
overwhelming presence of the mighty Keystone railroad in town may have
contributed to the decision. It is
rumored that there is great animosity and rivalry between the Commission and
the railroad. Competition between the
rail industries and the upstart automotive industry has been an unspoken battle
that has been going on for years. Once
the President announced the plan to build the interstate highway system in 1952
the railroad industry has made a not too subtle public relations push to show
the positive side of the industry, including the merits of the commuter and
leisure travel. The Highway Commission
has consistently awarded other smaller communities the purported benefits of
having an on-off ramp to the “super” highway.
The benefits would be more auto traffic and increased economic vitality
that will apparently come from the higher traffic. Since East Farewell enjoys a very high
profile on the Keystone Railroad map and many of its executives have chosen it
as their vacation retreat, it is rumored that the Highway Commission purposely
chose to bypass East Farewell and make to town less accessible from the
highway.
The so-called
“superhighway” is an idea embraced by the President and Congress to link the
country with a network of limited access highway that is designed for high
speed automotive travel. Inspiration for
this network is said to have come from Eisenhower’s infatuation with the
Autobahn he saw in Germany during the war and his realization of the need for
an alternative method to rail system to transport troops and equipment across
the country in the case of war.
Implementation of the plan has been slow and politically charged. The Highway Commission is made up of mostly
politically connected individuals that may or may not have a personal agenda. It remains to be seen whether this plan will
work.
East Farewell
does enjoy a special place on the Keystone Railroad map and it is generally
considered that the lack of an exit on the highway will not impact the town one
way or the other. Many townsfolk have
gone so far as to oppose the exit at town meetings. The Iron Works in town also enjoys a close
relationship with the railroad. It
supplied the railroad with an estimated fifty percent of the rails that built
the countrywide rail system.
Artist
impression of the East Farewell Station
SPORTS
TRAVELERS DEMOTED BY FORT LEE
CAPTAINS 4-6
Fort Lee-The Travelers could not find the hits against the Fort
Lee Captains as they went down to defeat, 4-6 on Saturday. The road has not been
good for the Travelers as of late and everyone is looking for answers. The Captains, who coincidentally share their
name with the local High School teams, started the game off with a big first
inning scoring three off starter, Joe Nagy. Nagy was off his game and never got
in the groove. He struggled through seven innings and was thankfully replaced
by reliever, George Flynn. Flynn was able to finish out the game but the damage
was done. The Captains had scored 6 and the Travelers were struggling to get on
the board.
“We just never
got into the swing of things today. Poor Joe, he feels really bad. I know how
important these games are and to have such a bad day today, I know that really
upsets him. I hope he is not hurt, his fastball was just terrible today. I am
sure he we will bounce back but this one really hurt,” said slugger Johnny
Cloos after the game.
The only bright
spot of the game came when Cloos smashed a three run homer off winning pitcher,
Burt Darwin. The only other positive point was when the Travelers were able to
put together back to back to back hits in the ninth and spark a glimmer of a
rally by scoring a run, only to have it snuffed out by a neat double play to
end the game.
The Travelers stay
on the road next week when they visit Corning and they try to right the ship.
The game is an evening game and starts at 7:05PM in Corning.
NATIONAL NEWS
IKE WANTS ATOMIC SHIPS- RUSKIE
MALENKOV OUT – DUMONT GOING DOWN
President Eisenhower unveils plans to
send a new atomic-powered merchant ship around the globe in a dramatic demonstration
of America’s determination to win “a just and lasting peace.” The new vessel,
the President said, will travel thousands of miles without refueling and “will
demonstrate to people everywhere this peacetime use of atomic energy, harnessed
for the improvement of human living.”
It has been 11 days since ex- Premier
Malenkov
was last seen at a public function in
Moscow. Seems Tass is keeping mum on the
subject. Meantime the hydrogen bomb
emerges as the real reason for the conflict between the Soviet leaders and the
downfall of former Premier Georgi Malenkov. The future of the deposed Premier looks
dimmer than ever as Russian experts read a violent attack on Malenkov’s
ideology published in the latest issue of Komunist, the theoretical magazine of
the central committee of the Communist Party.
The DuMont network has been gradually
curtailing their airtime the last few months. Next week, it will be down to six
hours per week.
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