EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, May 2,
1957 Vol. C618
LOCAL
NEWS
TRANSIT SYSTEM GETS NEW CARS
East Farewell- The EFTA (East
Farewell Transit Authority) said it will purchase five new trolley cars
from the Budd Company in Philadelphia. Transit Authority president, Gerald
Fromm, made the announcement on Tuesday from the EFTA headquarters located
above the Lake Shore Drive depot. The transit system has been operating for two
years and has been an unquestionable success. Ridership has gone up every
quarter since it started in March of 1955. The system loops around town and has
become a fixture in town and while it currently runs down the street there has
been talk of digging a tunnel and placing it under ground. The talks have only
been among long range planners but some people in town have expressed a bit of
annoyance at the increase in the traffic created by the stopping of the
trolleys at every other corner. “I wouldn’t mind them putting it underground,”
said Sue Logan, “after all, there are lots of stops and people want to get by
the cars. I’m surprised some one hasn’t been run down yet.”
The new cars
are expected to be delivered by August and will be put into service
immediately. Fromm said with the increase in ridership the extra cars were
needed to keep up the service that people have come to expect. With the new
cars the EFTA will be able to expand the hours of operation, adding earlier
trains and running the service later into the night. Right now the service runs
from 6:00AM to 11:15PM. The new hours will help accommodate the newly announced
extended hours of operation by the Iron Works. The longer hours of operation
will support the added shifts at the Iron Works.
New trolley
car arriving in August
SPORTS
TRAVELERS SOAR WITH EAGLES
Erie – The Travelers bounced back from their dismal performance
last week. They matched up with a strong Eagles team that had only lost one
game this early season. Both teams were normally known for their prodigious run
output struggled in their previous games. The Eagles barely slipped by a far
inferior team from Bear Creek and the Travelers problems were duly noted in this
column last week. The game on Saturday was entirely different. Both teams came
out swinging and hitting. The Travelers started with three runs in the first
only to be matched by the Eagles in the bottom of the first. Both pitchers,
Billy Green for the Travelers and Ken Baker for the Eagles, were not as bad as
the 11-10 score might infer. They both let up a lot of hits and there were a
lot of runs scored but Green had a seven strike out series and Baker only
walked two and helped turn two double plays. The runs came in bunches, for the
Travelers it was three in the first, three in the third, two in the sixth, two
in the seventh and the winning run in the tenth. For the Eagles they had three
in the first, two in the second, four in the fourth, and one in the ninth. They
came up short in the tenth when they had a man on first but were unable to
advance as Green was able to strike out the final batter, Hank Harrison, to get
the win. The game was a knock down battle of the bats that the Travelers were
able to win. It was a bounce back for both teams that both needed and placed
them both back on the top of the league.
The
Travelers visit Monticello next week in their first game against the expansion
team. The Vikings are showing some first season jitters, not having any wins
this season so far. The evening game begins at 7:05 in the new, beautiful
Monticello Park.
NATIONAL NEWS
McCARTHY IS DEAD – BECK ACCUSED OF USING
UNION MONEY & TAX EVASION – KENNEDY WANTS US TO HELP POLAND – MAY DAY IN
MOSCOW –
DULLES TRIES TO SAVE HIS BUDGET
Senator Joseph McCarthy - who built a global reputation on anti-Communist investigations, is dead of a
liver ailment at the age of 47.
The AFL-CIO ethical Practices Committee
accuses the International Brotherhood of Teamsters on eight counts of
corruption and gives the union eighteen days to reply. Among other things, the
report said that Dave Beck, president of the Teamsters had used at least $300,000
in union finds for personal purposes. It accused him of having used his
official position for personal profit.
Teamsters President Dave Beck is
indicted for income tax evasion. He’s accused of evading payment of $56,000 in
1950.
Senator John F. Kennedy of
Massachusetts called ‘for the formulation of a new American policy toward the
satellites” of the Soviet Union. He told the Overseas Press Club that it was
time to rewrite the basic laws governing our foreign economic policies to
afford more help to Poland and others who might seek United States aid.
”Success in Poland could have early consequences in Czechoslovakia and East
Germany and then the whole Communist orbit,” said the Senator, “and the Soviets
know it.”
May Day in Moscow as over one million observe
the cream of the Soviet Union’s military might.
John Dulles appeals from “my heart” to
the Senate to save his budget from deep cuts ordered by the House of
Representatives.
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