EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, November
29, 1956 Vol. C596
LOCAL
NEWS
POLITICS MOVES IN ON HIGHWAY INTERCHANGE
East Farewell – The on again off again saga of the East Farewell
exit on the new ‘super’ highway being built across the state is back on. After
making what seemed to be a final decision last year on the placement, or non
placement to be more accurate, the Engineering Committee of the Highway
Department has reintroduced a plan that will place an exit on the road to
access East Farewell. The surprising announcement came on Monday at the update
meeting the Highway Department has been holding since the project officially
began last year. The update meetings have been held once a month and were
intended to keep the public in touch with the progress and new developments of
the project. Dan Galway, Highway Department spokesman, made a brief statement
at the end of the briefing saying the East Farewell-Fort Lee exit will be
placed between the two towns on land that had recently been acquired by the Highway
Department. This seems to change the proposed equal distance idea that was laid
out in the earlier meetings. Earlier the Department had said it planned to
place the exits an equal distance apart for easier travel. This proposal
changes that idea and there was no explanation given by Galway. If this latest
proposal goes forward then East Farewell will get the anticipated benefits of
having a gateway to and from the new cross state highway system.
It seems that
politics may have had something to do with this decision besides the fact the
land that was acquired was owned by a politically connected landowner and
contributor, Frank Heller. Mr. Heller could not be reached for comment but his
farm of 200 acres has a 20 acre abutment to the proposed route of the highway.
While the state has been acquiring land to build the highway many residents
have been holding out for better prices. When Mr. Heller was first approached
he denied access to more land than was first requested by the state. It wasn’t
until they approached him with a new plan that called for an interchange and a
much higher price for his larger parcel that he entered into good faith
negotiations. One unusual amendment to the deal was that Mr. Heller would have
first bidding rights to the service area that would probably be built at the
interchange. “This needs to be looked at closer but at first it looks like a
tit for a tat deal and I am not sure this is legal,” said East Farewell lawyer
John O’Malley.
“This is going
to be a giant boost for the town,” said Mrs. Mallard,
local boarding house owner, “We can always use more visitors. This is a great
town and needs to be put in the spotlight. We are already a ‘Destination
Station’ on the railroad line and this will just be better. You have to look at
the long term and the more visitors we have the better off we are going to be.
I am sure of that.”
On the other
side of the debate, local resident Sue
Logan says she would rather not have the extra people. “We are fine just
the way we are. Who needs more foreigners coming here and bringing their dirt
and noise? We already put up with the population almost doubling during the
summer and that is really hard. I like it when you can walk down the street and
say hello to your neighbors and have plenty of room to have fun,” she said when
asked on the street.
East Farewell
view from proposed interchange site
SPORTS
COUGARS TAKE RIVERVIEW DOWN THE STREAM
Riverview – The Cougars continued to blaze through the league as
they beat the Riverview Wildcats, 24-21 on Saturday. The game was not as close
as the score indicated though. The Cougars jumped out to a 17-0 lead with
touchdowns in the first, second and third quarters and controlling the game
throughout. It wasn’t until the fourth quarter that the Wildcats were able to
get on the board. They were able to get three scores and forced the Cougars to
retake the momentum by intercepting an errant Johnny James pass by defensive
end Pat McKean would returned it for a touchdown. The win is the fifth in a row
for the Cougars and eight overall. The only loss this season is to Slate
Mountain early in the season. Currently the Cougars are in first place in the
league standings and are looking to solidify that position further when they
take on the Fort Lee Captains next week. Traditionally this has been a gimmick
filled game with the two coaches, Burcowitz for RHS and Chuck King for Fort Lee
are lifelong friends and have battled each other for the last seven years in
what has become known as the Gimmick Bowl. The two coaches try to come up with
the best gimmick play to fool and confuse the other team and coach. Statue of
Liberty plays, triple reverse half back pass plays and fake kicks have all been
used in the game and this year will be no exception. Even the blistering Cougars
record can’t diminish the anticipation by the teams, the coaches and the fans.
The game will be played on the Regional High School Field on Saturday starting
at 3:30PM.
NATIONAL NEWS
COMMIES WANT WEST OUT OF EGYPT – MARSHAL LAW
IN HUNGARY – AUSTRIA OVERRUN BY HUNGARIAN REFUGEES
The immediate and unconditional withdrawal of
Britain, France and Israel from Egypt was demanded today by Dmitri T. Shepilov,
Soviet Foreign Minister. Gen. Alfred M.
Gruenther asserted today that the "West is not going to be buried despite
Comrade Khrushchev" and despite uneasiness among Western Allies. Troops and
gear begin to board a ship, beginning the British-French exodus from Egypt. Two
thousand soldiers will be aboard and ready to sail out - just a month after the
first paratroopers leaped into the Canal Zone.
Prime Minister Janos
Kadar’s Soviet-backed government of Hungary orders the
dissolution of all the major workers’ councils opposed to his regime and
declares a state of martial law for the nation.
Russian tanks and Hungarian police shoot down scores of antigovernment
demonstrators in the heart of Budapest in the bitterest fighting since the
Soviets crushed the Hungarian revolt.
New strikes and street fights sweep Budapest. Workers told the
Russian-imposed government to quit jailing their leaders or face another
outburst of violence. Scores of
Hungarians are killed and many others wounded in clashes with police and
Russian troops throughout the countryside as workers battle Red tanks. President Eisenhower denounced the Soviet
terrorism in Hungary. He said it has moved the free world to “horror and
revulsion” and almost completely repudiates the United Nations’ human rights
declaration.
Austria found herself today with an unmanageable
and virtually uncountable number of refugees from Hungary. Facilities are nearly exhausted by 60,000
Hungarians— 6,000 arrive in a day. More
Railway trains are needed. Some quotas have been increased.
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