EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, April
28, 1960 Vol. C774
LOCAL
NEWS
TRACK MAINTENANCE CAUSES TRAFFIC PROBLEMS
East
Farewell – Planned track maintenance on the EFTA (East
Farewell Transit Authority) have created huge traffic problems all along
the routes that run through town. The A Route, which runs from the Main Depot
down Main Street, up Lake Shore Drive and terminates at Lake Front Plaza where
it reverses and returns to the Depot, is having main track work done to repair
damage that occurred over the past year. The damage was caused by unexpected
road work that had to be done to Lake Shore Drive after a house fire last year
caused the road to buckle and the tracks to shift. The shift was not great
enough to cause the cars to derail but as they continued to travel across the
damage they made it worse and worse. Finally the damage was determined to be
too great and the possibility of a derailment was imminent. The route was shut
down last week and work commenced immediately. The repair is expected to take
one to two months and
traffic on Main Street and Lake Shore Drive has been reduced to one lane
with flaggers controlling traffic. The transit system has had its speed reduced
in the work area to crawl which has thrown off the schedule and forced less
frequent transit routes. Most of the traffic problems occur in the mornings and
the afternoons but there is always slow motion through the work area. This has
brought on unexpected consequences like more people walking that used to drive
which in turn makes more foot traffic on the Main Street and Lake Shore Drive.
This has had a bit of a boom for the shops and restaurants on Main Street and
more traffic on the Lakefront Plaza. So, while the people who are still driving
through town are experiencing great aggravation the shopkeepers on Main Street
are doing very well. “It is truly a blessing in disguise,” said Charles Wenz,
owner of the
Lost Oasis bar and restaurant, “We have seen a surprising increase in
business over the past two weeks since the work began. We are getting a lot
more lunch traffic where a lot of people who would drive out of town or home
for lunch, they are now coming here. I love it.”
The maintenance is scheduled for two
months but may be completed sooner if the damage is not as severe as first
anticipated. For now, the traffic nightmares will continue and the shops will
continue to profit.
Traffic on Main Street at
midday
SPORTS
TRAVELERS STEAL ANGLERS CATCH
Riverview – The Travelers got back on track as they
beat the Riverview Anglers, 6-4, on Saturday in Riverview. A seldom seen aspect
of the Travelers game was a big part of the win. Last year the Travelers stole
a total of 135 bases. While that was not the league leading it was respectable.
On Saturday they made a statement with an impressive 7 stolen bases, a new team
record. It seems Dale Dunham, Artie Archibald and Tony Dimero had worked
together in the off season after hours to increase their running speed and
ability to judge the pitcher’s release. Their efforts paid off with dazzling
results on Saturday. By the fourth inning collectively they had stolen four
bases (Dunham=2, Archibald=1 and Dimero=1) and that accounted directly to a 4-2
Travelers lead.
Riverview
tried to get back into the game tying it up at 4-4 in the sixth but Dimero and
Archibald continued their thievery and were able to swipe 3 more bases (
Dimero=2 and Archibald=1) and push the Travelers to a 6-4 victory. “I knew
those boys had been working on their base running so today I just let them go
and boy oh boy, they ran their pants off,” laughed manager Sam Fowler after the
game.
Next
week the Travelers head to Youngstown to meet the Steelers. This will be the
third game of a four game road trip and the Travelers will try to turn this
road trip into a winning campaign. The game begins at 1:30 in Youngstown
Stadium.
NATIONAL NEWS
IKE SIGNS CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1960 – SOVIETS
SHOOT DOWN UNARMED US PLANE – MAJOR SHAKEUP IN COMMIE PARLIAMENT – TV
BROADCASTS DEBATE
President
Eisenhower signs the Civil Rights act of 1960. The bill centers on new voting
rights protections for Negroes. The President hailed it as “a historic step
forward in the field of civil rights.” “With continued help from all persons,
the new law will play an important role in the days ahead in attaining our goal
of equality under law in all areas of our country for all Americans”
The
Soviets shoot-down an unarmed American plane. Nikita Khrushchev tells the
Soviet Parliament that the pilot is alive. The leader justified the downing
saying the violation of Soviet air space had “aroused the just indignation of
the Soviet people”
The
Soviet Union announces a major shakeup of key government and party posts,
which elevate First Premier Frol R. Koslov to the secretariat of the Communist
Party’s powerful Central Committee. Alexei Kosygin becomes first deputy
premier.
Television
stations broadcast a debate between Sen. John F. Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey.
Both aspire to be President. The debate originated from the Charleston, West
Virginia station, WCHS-TV.
Many, many
thanks to www.mrpopculture.com for
contributing to this section of the East Farewell News.
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