EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, February
13, 1958 Vol. C659
LOCAL
NEWS
POWER OUTAGE CRIPPLES TRANSIT
SYSTEM
East Farewell – Extreme cold and a very wet snow caused and
massive power outage in town on Monday night. Not only were most of the
businesses and homes in the east end of town in the dark but the main power
station that fed the entire East
Farewell Transit Company was also shut down. The station not only lost
power but also suffered massive transformer shots due to the heavy wet snow
bringing down the lines and shorting them out. The power outage stranded
transit vehicles across the system with many travelers on cars left in the dark
and cold. Many riders left the cars and walked along the snow covered streets
to their destinations. Luckily, the cars were located along main streets in
town and many of the riders were locals and knew their way around. No injuries
and missing people were reported. The EFTC maintenance crew was on site very
quickly and after completely shutting down the system they were able to
carefully clear the snow off the cables, restring the wires, repair the
generators and start the system back up again. The entire process took almost
eight hours.
“We were lucky
that the maintenance crew didn’t run into any strange problems and they were
able to repair and regenerate the system in a very reasonable amount of time.
They worked diligently throughout the night and they were able to get the
system running before the early morning rush hour. I am very proud of the work
that they did and I am sure they are, too,” said EFTC Director Sam Nelson in a
news conference on Wednesday morning.
This is the
first outage that the Transit System has suffered since it opened almost two
years ago. The system has been a reliable mode of transportation for an
estimated 5000 people a week and this minor inconvenience is not likely to
change their habits.
Trolley makes
a turn in the snow
SPORTS
WILDCATS CLAW COUGARS IN THE LAST MINUTE
East Farewell – The Cougars came home to a welcoming crowd on
Friday afternoon hoping to repeat their early season success against the
Riverview Wildcats. After their disappointing loss in Corning they were trying
to regain their momentum and get back in the league race. The Wildcats came
into town looking for revenge and the game was a battle from the start.
The tip-off was
an indication of the intensity both teams had. When Cougars replacement center,
James Hawkins tipped the ball to forward Don Tasker, Wildcat forward Ben Miller
tried to jump in for a steal but ran into Tasker hard and knocked him to the
floor, causing the first of many fouls at exactly 15:48 in the first half.
Tasker was not hurt but the lingering absence of senior center Dave McGill did
hurt the team. Hawkins played a very respectable game and has gotten better
with each start but his 6’3” stature just isn’t the same as McGill’s commanding
6’5” tower. Coach Wilson said McGill will be back in the lineup next week but
this game was when he was really needed. The Wildcats center, Gerald Mancuso,
stood 6’4” and has played the position for three of his four years on the team.
Hawkins tried valiantly but Mancuso was just too much for him. Hawkins
eventually was to foul out at a critical time in the game. With only two
minutes left and the Cougars leading by 2 Hawkins banged Mancuso as Mancuso was
turning to shoot and that was the end for Hawkins. Mancuso made one of the foul
shots but the Cougars missed their shot and the Mancuso was able to grab the
rebound without too much trouble, feed a streaking Barney Fuller down the side
who took the ball down to the corner where Cougar, Fergal Conner caught up to
him and forced him to shoot an awkward shot but Mancuso was able to rebound it
and put it up over both Tasker and Joey Mitchell and sink the winning shot for
50-49 Wildcats win.
“It was too bad
we lost Hawk when we did but we should have not been in that position to begin
with. That Mancuso kid is just tremendous. I think if we had Davey in there
Mancuso would have been kept in check, but Davey was still hurting and Mancuso
got the better of Hawk. Davey will be back next week for sure so I think things
will pick up for us,” said Coach Wilson after the game.
The Cougars
stay at home next week to host the Slate Mountain Canaries. The Cougars hope
that the return of Dave McGill will turn their fortunes around. The game will
be on Friday afternoon at 4:30PM in the gymnasium.
NATIONAL NEWS
BUFFALO GETS 15’ SNOW, MANY KILLED – KENNEDY
WOULD BEAT NIXON – GERMAN SCIENTIST FREED BY COMMIES – GM SHOW OFF AUTO-DRIVE
CAR
Upstate New York from Albany to Buffalo
gets hit with its biggest snowstorm since 1925. Drifts up to 15 feet blocked
some highways. Hundreds of persons are stranded with at least 10 deaths
reported.
In a recent Gallup Poll, Senator John Kennedy would win if the election were being held this week with Kennedy
at 49% and Nixon at 38%.
A German rocket scientist, held by the
Russians for the past 13 years says the Russians aren’t kidding when they say
they have intercontinental ballistic missiles. Peter Lertes was one of the
scientists returned to West Germany with nine colleagues who were finally
allowed out after the 13-year period.
General Motors engineers demonstrate a
car steered by an electrical cable beneath a concrete surface. To turn off the
road or to pass another vehicle, a switch was thrown to put the car back into
manual. “We think of it as the first building block in what may become a more
sophisticated system for controlling vehicle spacing, detecting location of cars
of giving the driver signals for throttle and brake control.”
Many, many thanks to www.mrpopculture.com for contributing to this section of the East Farewell News.
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