Thursday, June 28, 2018

6/26/1958


EAST FAREWELL NEWS
Thursday, June 26, 1958   Vol. C678
LOCAL NEWS
8TH ANNUAL BICYCLE RACE A BIG HIT
East Farewell - the 8th annual Bicycle Race around the Lake rolled off last Saturday with much fanfare and quite a bit of frivolity as a record 90 contestants started frivolity the race. As with all previous races more riders entered the race in an unofficial mode. To differentiate the official from the not so official contestants a special tag was issued to the official contestants. This year the race was officially won by a new comer, David Doyle, from Bedford. Doyle won in a record time of one hour and 30 minutes, shaving two minutes off last year’s record one by young Bobby Watkins. Doyle’s bicycle was a new, imported British racing bike made by Raleigh that had 10 speeds and high pressure tires. After the race the bike drew great attention from many of the participants and spectators because of its sleek lightweight design and stylish colors. “It looks like it’s going fast even when it’s standing still,” said last year’s winner Bobby Watkins after the race. Watkins, by the way, came in third behind regional high school senior, Julianne Wilson.
The “oddball” entries were also worthy of much attention after the race. The ones that finished in tact that is. One of the newest models this year was a tricycle with oversized back wheels and a very high gear ratio that made it possible to pedal a little and move a lot. One interesting oddball that was eliminated from even the unofficial group was a contraption built by East farewell’s own resident inventor, professor Brian Quantry, who fashioned a two wheeler with and electric engine powered by a car battery that was hooked up to the front wheel. While Quantry’s machine was ingenious and very fast it was somewhat unmanageable due to the weight of the battery and he crashed it during the fifth lap. By that time though, officials had made the decision to disqualify him because they felt he was riding a motor vehicle not a bicycle which is not allowed.
            The bike race has become a very popular event for the early summer crowds. They have taken to not only lining the streets but also setting up stations in front of some of their houses where riders can pick up water or in some cases they have set up a sprinkler for the riders to ride through to cool off. Many of the oddball contestants will actually pull over and chat with the spectators partaking in a snack or drink. Many people have come from out of town to support their favorite rider who may have been from their hometown. Main Street was lined with many spectators and used as the final runway to the finish line at the Lakefront Plaza.
After Mr. Doyle crossed the finish line he was greeted by his long-term girlfriend, Amy, and a host of Bedford residents and friends. He was quickly hustled to the grandstand set up overlooking Lake Charles. As the other racers finished they were also ushered over to the grandstand and after most of the official contestants had finished there was a ceremony and Doyle was given a winning metal as well as second and third place finishers, Wilson and Watkins, who received silver and bronze medals. None of the oddball contestants were celebrated by the official committee but a group of unofficial officials parodied the metal ceremony by giving bike handlebar grips attached to pieces of inner tube to the most creative and most unusual entrants. Prof. Quantry did not receive an award. “Maybe next year,” he laughed as he waved to the assembly on the lakefront Plaza, “maybe next year.”


David Doyle on his Raleigh Racer

SPORTS
TRAVELERS GET SMOKED BY CORNING
Corning – The Travelers went in to beautiful Corning baseball park last Saturday hoping to build on their win from last week but met with a smoke screen provided by ace CGW pitcher, Bill “Smoke” Black. He was able to mystify the Travelers for five innings with his amazing fastball and confounding curveball. The Travelers best hitters like Johnny Cloos and Tony Dimero looked both helpless and confused as Black relentlessly drove his fastball across the plate. It seemed at times that the fastball was actually picking up speed as the game went on. Black’s well-placed curve turned the Traveler’s sluggers into swinging turnstiles. CGW won the game, 5 to 1.
The Travelers were unable to even get on base until the fifth inning. Finally, with one out in the fifth Artie Archibald was able to connect with a Black curve that hung a little too long and drive the ball into center. Billy Sweet came up next and was able to move Archibald to third on a bunt. Pitcher Billy Green came up and surprisingly was able to punch a single between first and second bringing in Archibald. After that hit Black had seen enough, he buckled down and struck out the side leaving Sweet and Green on base.
Meanwhile, CGW was having a field day on the base path. They scored twice in the first inning and then had at least one man on base every inning until the sixth inning. They were able to steal five bases, one an inning, and keep the Travelers defense on high alert the entire game. In the seventh-inning CGW slugger, Frank Herndon, was able to drive in the other three runs with a long homer over the right field fence.
The Travelers will come home next week and face another difficult component in the Mountain View Explorers. There pitching ace, Joe “Freight” Trane may not be available but the leading home run slugger, Bobby “Hammer” Taxen will be in the lineup. The Explorers are currently in second place in the league standings and the Travelers will have their work cut out for them. The game begins at 1:30 in the Traveler’s ballpark.
 NATIONAL NEWS
SHIPS COLLIDE IN MANHATTAN – COMMIES FORCE DOWN US PLANE – RIOTS AT US EMBASSY IN MOSCOW
A freighter and an oil tanker collide under the Manhattan Bridge, touching off an explosion and sending flames high over the bridge. At least 33 are injured with 17 missing.

A U.S Air Force plane with nine men aboard is forced down by Soviet fighter planes inside Soviet territory. The plane burned and the crew has been seized. The United States demands the prompt release of nine American fliers held by the Russians on a charge of violating their frontier.

For several hours in Moscow, hundreds of Muscovites hurled stones, bricks, sticks, chunks of iron incendiary rage and bottles at the West Germany embassy here smashing every window in sight and staining the area with red ink. The United States accuses the Russian government of stage-managing the demonstration against the U.S. embassy in Moscow. The resulting situation said the State Department “is bound to increase international tension.”
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Friday, June 22, 2018

6/19/1958


EAST FAREWELL NEWS
Thursday, June 19, 1958   Vol. C677
LOCAL NEWS
TROLLEY CAR FOUND
East Farewell - The missing trolley car has been found on a side track running along the Iron Works. The siding was obscured by the building on one side and overgrowth on the other and was rarely used in the past five years. The siding was connected to the main transit route when the main transit was built with the intention of giving access to the Iron Works and possibly making a transit stop at the Iron Works. The station was never built and the siding was all but abandoned.
The missing trolley car was found in tact at the end of the siding but it is still unclear how it got there. The car was discovered missing from the public transit main train yard two weeks ago. Who moved the car to the siding and how they moved it is still being investigated. The car could not have been driven to the siding without passing many homes and businesses and would have certainly been noticed. One speculation is the car was taken apart, the parts were transported to the end of the siding and the car was reassembled. This is a wild speculation and the motive is unknown but some people have pointed to some members of the senior mechanical engineering class of Regional High School. This may turn out to be one of the most outlandish senior pranks ever conceived and executed.
“We are still investigating this and we are looking at every possibility. There does not seem to be any criminal motivation and the car itself has been recovered intact,” said Detective Frank O’Hara. “We vigorously exploring the possibility of this being a senior prank by Regional High School students but we cannot comment on that lead any further.”
            Wherever the investigation leads the whole caper will certainly remain on the tongues of the townspeople for some time. If it turns out to be a senior prank then it will go down in history as one of the most outrageous senior pranks of all time.


Missing trolley car on siding

SPORTS
TRAVELERS SLIP BY BEARS
Bedford - The Travelers got back into form on Saturday by slipping by the Bedford Bears and their pitching ace, “Howlin” Frank Fowler, 3-2. The win was not the knockout punch Travelers fans had hoped for but getting a win against Fowler is an achievement on its own.
For his part Fowler kept the Travelers in check for the first seven innings. In the top of the seventh Dale Dunham was finally able to poke a single over Bears shortstop, Billy Grant, and get the first Travelers hit of the game. That must have rattled Fowler because he then walked Bobby Watson and Johnny Cloos came to bat. Fowler and Cloos have a long history as opponents and it is fairly balanced on who is the better player. This at bat Cloos came out on top by taking Fowler deep into the count and connecting with a low outside fastball to send it out of the Park. Those three runs were enough to secure the victory for the Travelers. Traveler’s pitcher, Joey Alfred, was able to keep the Bears and check for most of the game only allowing one run in the third and another in the eighth. The Traveler’s defense was strong and committed no errors while the Bears did commit two errors but neither was consequential to the score.
The fact that the Travelers were able to come out and win a tough game against a good team was heartening for Travelers fans after last week’s disappointing show against a much weaker team. Hopefully, this will be the boost they need to get back on track and marched towards the top of the league standings again. Next week they face another tough game when they travel to Corning and face one of the best pitchers in the league in Bill “Smoke” Black. The game is an evening game under the beautiful lights in Corning Park and begins at 7:30.
NATIONAL NEWS
SPUTNIK III COMES CLOSER TO EARTH – DE GAULLE’S CHALLENGES – CUBAN REBELS RELEASE AMERICANS & CANADIANS IN EXCHANGE FOR NO GOVERNMENT HELP
Tass reports that friction with the thin air of the upper atmosphere has brought Sputnik III and its carrier rocket closer to earth. The craft’s maximum distance from earth had been 1,175 miles and it is now at 1,148 miles. The craft was launched 5 weeks ago.

Paris – Now that the excitement of de Gaulle’s dramatic return is waning, he faces many challenges – the biggest is Algiers, where the general is expected to visit next week. According to observers – he must do two things: satisfy the universal demand of 9 million Algerians for peace, self-government and independence and the equally stubborn demand of the strongly organized and financially and politically strong French settlers that Algeria remain French. Can he satisfy both extremes? In a Gallup Poll taken in France, 8 of out 10 favor Charles de Gaulle’s accession to power in France.

Cuban rebels agree to release at least 40 Americans and Canadians held in the Sierra Maestre Mountains in exchange for assurance that the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo would not help Cuban government military planes.
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Thursday, June 14, 2018

6/12/1958


EAST FAREWELL NEWS
Thursday, June 12, 1958   Vol. C676
LOCAL NEWS
REGIONAL HIGH GRADUATES THE BIGGEST CLASS EVER
East Farewell – The Regional High School held its 30th graduation ceremony on Friday June 6th. This year’s class was the largest to ever graduate from the school. The senior class had 204 classmates walk across the stage to receive their diplomas and a firm, congratulatory handshake from principle Sheers. This year had an unusual outcome in regard to the valedictorian position in the class. This year there were three valedictorians, James Dolan, Betsy Drinker and Mary Donahue. The “Three Ds” as they have been known as, have all exactly the same GPA (4.2) and they each had the same number of extra credits that is usually the tie breaker. They were all very active in their class and much liked by the rest of the class. In an unusual wrinkle in the graduation ceremony all three valedictorians presented a memorable speech to the rest of the class. Memorable because it was not three speeches but one speech delivered in three parts. One third was delivered by Mr. Dolan, then about one third the way through he paused and introduced Miss Donahue who delivered the second third then introduced Miss Drinker who finished the class speech. This was not three different speeches, this was one, continuous speech delivered in three parts by three different people, albeit smart and attractive people, but three different people. The speech was a well-crafted reminiscence the class’s group journey through the school years. Each person took a segment of the school years. It should be noted that most of the class had gone through the entire school experience together from first grade through senior year. Mr. Dolan started with a very humorous remembrance of the elementary years recalling most of the teachers and a surprising number of cute but embarrassing events that occurred and naming each student involved much to the chagrin of the participant. Miss Donahue took over and went through the junior high school years taking a more mature or maybe more adolescent, point of view. Memories of the school talent shows, school trips and some of the notorious art shows were sprinkled with inside jokes and outright laughs. Finally, Miss Drinker wrapped it all up with the senior high school years. She was able to tie all the memories together and neatly wrap the nostalgic journey with the most recent events like the big football games, the basketball championships, all the social events like the prom and the Christmas dance.
            After the wonderful and unusual speech the diploma presentation began and each student received his diploma. After the presentation the senior members of the band took their places one last time and the band played a short selection to conclude the program.. The band played on as the newly minted graduates stood in their seats and all tossed their caps in the air. Then with surprising order they filed out of the auditorium. Congratulations to all the graduates.


1958 Regional High School Graduating Class
SPORTS
CATS SCRATCH TRAVELERS
East Farewell - The Ondita Cougars came into town on Saturday and behind their ace, Steve “Cat” Catania, no hit the Travelers and walked away with a big win, 3-0. This was the first time in two seasons the Travelers suffered a no hitter. Catania was flawless, striking out 11 and not letting any hitter reach first. The only slips were two walks in the seventh and eight but those Traveler runners were left stranded. The Cougars took advantage of a subpar performance by the usually reliable Joey Alfred and scored a quick two runs in the first inning and then one later in the sixth. The Travelers were completely stymied by Catania’s fastball and bewildered by his curve. “We couldn’t hit anything out there today, it was embarrassing,” said Travelers slugger Johnny Cloos, “We really let the fans down on this one. We are not going to let that happen again. I know Cat and I know he is a great pitcher but today he really made us look bad.”
            The Travelers will regroup and head to Bedford next week where they will face another ace pitcher, ‘Howlin’ Frank Fowler. The Bears are going to be another challenge for the Travelers as they are currently sitting in second place in the league standings. The game begins at 3:00PM in the Bedford Park.
 NATIONAL NEWS
DE GAULLE NEW PREMIER OF FRANCE – CUBAN ARMY DRIVES ON CASTRO – REENTRY BIGGEST SPACE PROBLEM -  RECESSION WORST SINCE WWII
General Charles de Gaulle agrees to become Premier of France “bringing a soldier’s discipline” to the long-paralyzed government.  His first official act was to ask the National Assembly for a free hand in running the country for the next six months.

A six day Cuban Army drive against rebel leader Fidel Castro’s troops gets bogged down in mud, reports say.

Dr. Walter Dornberger, once Hitler’s V-2 rocket head and now working in the US, tells the first national missile industry conference that the problem of getting a space ship back to earth has not been solved and that this is the key to space rule. “This problem of safe return has to be solved fast and first before we start on a project involving a manned trip to the moon or Mars.”

Several top business executives tell a senate group that the current recession is the worst of the post World War II economic slumps and said tax cuts should be considered if the recession continues or worsens.

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Thursday, June 7, 2018

6/5/1958



EAST FAREWELL NEWS
Thursday, June 5, 1958   Vol. C675
LOCAL NEWS
ONE MYSTERY SOLVED A NEW ONE ARISES
East Farewell – The long simmering mystery over Romando has all but been solved and the great East Farewell train robbery has the bandits behind bars one would think that things in East Farewell would start to return to some sense of normal but as of Wednesday one would be wrong. Just as soon as everything seemed to clear up a new, more confounding problem arose.
            When yardmaster, Ben Reilly, came into his train yard on Monday he started his usual inspection of all the cars that serve the EFTA (East Farewell Transit Authority). Much to his surprise an entire car was missing! The cars are usually parked in the yard on the tracks when the system is shut down every night at 11:59PM. The entire fleet of 20 cars is stored in the train yard that is located outside of town near the new Turnpike. The yard is enclosed with a 10 foot fence with a locked gate. There are no lights focused on the yard since it is in view of the Turnpike and it was thought that that may cause a visibility problem for drivers on the Turnpike. There is no 24 hour security and the yard does not have any patrol dogs inside. While the security may seem lax the only thing in the yard besides the cars is a small shop that is used by maintenance workers for car repair. Also, the cars cannot be moved by themselves, they need power via the central power unit that controls the entire system. That power is in standby when the system is shut down and there is not enough power to move any cars. At least that is what everyone thought.
            Reilly was doing his daily inventory on Monday morning at 5:00AM when he realized there was a car missing. There was no sign of the car being driven off and no visible tracks outside the existing tracks that feed the system. “It’s as if the car just disappeared,” Reilly told police, “There are no signs of forced entry into the yard and no way I can think of that they could get the car out without leaving some signs.”
            The police are scouring over the scene but so far have not turned up anything. There are many unanswered questions, the first of which is why would someone do this? They can’t very well sell the car and they can’t use it on another line and they can’t show it off on their front lawn as a trophy. “Right now we are looking into the possibility of taking the car apart and selling it for scrap, but that would be an enormous job and require a very sophisticated set of skills to accomplish,” said Detective Frank O’Hara, “We are looking at all the possible angles and we are going to figure this one out. Right now, I don’t have any solid answers but we will find out what happened.”
            If anyone has any information about this crime please contact the East Farewell Police Department.

Typical EFTA trolley car
SPORTS
TRAVELERS CHASE CUBS BACK TO THE WOODS
East Farewell – The Travelers started to work their way back up the standings on Saturday by whipping the Bear Creek Cubs, 8-2. The Cubs were unable to get on track and were only able to garner six hits in the entire game. Traveler’s pitcher, Danny Lane, racked up 10 strikeouts and was very sharp using his new and improved curveball to confound Bear hitters all day. The Traveler’s defense was also very sharp turning two double plays and only allowing three runners to advance past first.
            Lane started off fast by striking out the first four batters and not letting a Bear reach base until the fourth inning. On the other side, Traveler’s bats jumped on Bear’s pitcher, Hillman Rochester, for three runs in the first inning and the three in in the third. Johnny Cloos was able to drive in Dimero and Brown in the third with his 15th homerun of the season. The Bears were only able break up Lane’s control when in the eight Bear slugger, Joe Gaspar was able to connect with one of Lane’s fastballs and drive it out over the centerfield wall. That drive also scored Ronny Boyd who had reached first on a strong drive into right. Those back to back hits were basically all the offense the Bears could muster. Lane settled down after the homer and struck out the next two batters.
            The win was a good beginning for the four game home stand, the longest home stand of the season, and if the Travelers win all five they will move back into the top of the standings in the league. Next week the Travelers face the Ondita Cougars and their pitching ace Sam ‘Cat’ Caterno. The game begins at 1:30 on Saturday at the ballpark.
 NATIONAL NEWS
IKE LIKES DE GAULLE – DE GAULLE SEEKS FULL POWER – VIOLENCE IN PARIS – RUSSIANS DON’T LIKE DE GAULLE
President Eisenhower declares he likes Gen Charles de Gaulle and recalled “a long experience of friendly contact with him” from World War II to 1952.

Gen. Charles de Gaulle and the leaders of Parliament meet in secret at the direction of President Rene Coty to seek a way of putting de Gaulle in power. Parliament, where de Gaulle has little strength, was the legal stumbling block.

Gen. Charles de Gaulle agrees to form a new French government but insists he must have full powers to head off civil war.

A violent demonstration against Charles de Gaulle erupts in Paris shortly before he and his wife arrive in the tense capital. De Gaulle conferred at his home during the day with leaders of the strategically placed Socialist Party, then headed for the capital with his wife, their car filled with luggage.

Russian President Klementi Voroshilov tells newsmen at a Finish Embassy reception “we have reasons to think that de Gaulle’s return at this time may do more harm than good.”
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