EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, July
7, 1960 Vol. C784
LOCAL
NEWS
FIREWORKS CELEBRATE THE 4TH
East
Farewell – The annual fireworks display is always one of the major events of
the summer season in East Farewell. This year was no different. The fireworks
were set off from a barge in the middle of Lake Charles making them visible all
around the lake. Once again this year the company that handled the display was
Fireworks International. F.I. owner and chief explosive expert, Geraldo Massi,
was onboard the barge directing the whole display and gave an interview on
shore afterwards. “We are very proud of our fireworks displays. Each year we
try to get bigger and better. Last year was the first year we shot off the
barge and floated the ground display. That was so successful we did it again
this year, only better. This year we had a total of 1,300 capsules that an
increase of 100 from last year and this year we expanded the ground display. We
added the “tanks” that were “shooting” at each other until one blew up, that
was great. We also added lots of colorful reports and carnations overhead,”
Massi proudly said in an interview at an outside table by the Lost Oasis
on Lake Shore Drive after the event.
This year many people made it a long
weekend because the 4th fell on a Monday and the display took place
on Monday night. The Travelers played their first home game in almost a month
on Saturday night and the Town Council scheduled the Main Street Stroll on Friday
night. The Fun Pier was packed all weekend and the lake beaches were full
thanks to the wonderful weather. The estimated turnout was over 9,000 which is
slightly higher than last year. It seems a lot of people are scheduling their
vacations to coincide with the Fourth of July
Celebration. If Mr. Massi has any say in it, which is fairly certain, they
will all be in for another fabulous display that will awe and inspire all.
1960 Fireworks
as seen from Lakefront Plaza
SPORTS
TRAVELERS COME HOME AND BREAK THE SLIDE
East Farewell – The Travelers limped back into town
on Saturday night after suffering through their worst month in almost two
years. They faced the Cedar Creek Bulls who were sitting right in the middle of
the standings. The Travelers had fallen to just in front of them in the
standings but they were not showing any sign of moving forward. The game
started at 7:05 and the evening weather was perfect. The loyal fans were hardly
dismayed by the Travelers woes and packed the stadium. The home crowd did
inspire the team as they came out in the first inning and scored a run off
three hits, something they were hard pressed to do in the past four games.
Bull’s pitcher, Dennis Daly, was not bad but he had trouble with his
consistency. He was continuously finding himself in 3-2 predicaments and more
times than not he unable to deliver. He ended up walking seven. That was the
least up the Bull’s trouble. The Travelers bats came to life and were able to
get at least one hit in every inning. Johnny Cloos led the charge with three
hits in the first, third and in the fifth he smacked a three run homer that all
but sealed the 8-2 win. The Travelers looked like a different team on the field
Saturday. The listless meandering was replaced with a focused intensity and
palatable desire to win. The fans loved it. They may have also been a big
contribution to it, too. “We all felt great out there tonight. The fans really
got us going. We were really having a hard time the last few weeks but when we
walked out on the field tonight and saw all the fans in the stands cheering for
us, well, that just turned us on,” said Johnny Cloos after the game.
The
new look Travelers will take on the Slate Mountain Miners and this time they
will not have to face Miner’s ace, Tony “Michael” Angelo due to rotation. The
game is at home and will begin at 1:30 in the afternoon at Travelers Stadium.
NATIONAL NEWS
KENNEDY WILL NOT STEP DOWN AS CANDIDATE –
JOHNSON ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY – JACKIE KENNEDY EXPECTING – NAVY BLIMP CRASHES OFF
NJ, 18 DEAD MANY MISSING – IKE WARNS KHRUSHCHEV TO KEEP HIS HANDS OFF CUBA
Senator
John F. Kennedy says he will not step down as a Presidential candidate on
convention eve at the request of former President Truman. Kennedy says he has
won every primary and survived every kind of hazard and opposition. The senator
said it was apparent Mr. Truman was acting in support of Senator Lyndon Johnson
of Texas, in trying to block his nomination at the Democratic convention, which
opens next week.
Sen.
Lyndon Johnson of Texas announces his candidacy for the Democratic nomination
for President, saying the nation will need “seasoned” leadership in the future.
Apparently, that was a stab at the young senator.
It’s
announced that Mrs. John F. Kennedy is expecting a baby in late November or
early December. The baby will be the couple’s second child. Daughter Caroline
is 2.
President
Eisenhower orders an end to virtually all-further United States buying of sugar
from Cuba this year citing the Castro regime for deliberate hostility toward
the U.S.
A
Navy blimp, the largest of its type in the world, crashes in the water, 15
miles off the central Jersey shore. 21 were aboard. 18 are dead and one
missing. Most of the bodies are still with the ship.
President
Eisenhower warns Soviet Premier Khrushchev to keep his hands off Cuba, saying
the U.S. will not “permit the establishment of a regime dominated by
international communism in the western hemisphere.” He made the statement after
Khrushchev pledged all-out support for Cuba in its struggle with the United
States, saying the USSR now has rocket power capable of hitting America’s
heartland if the “Pentagon dares start an intervention with Cuba”
Many, many
thanks to www.mrpopculture.com for
contributing to this section of the East Farewell News.
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