EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, September
29, 1960 Vol. C796
LOCAL
NEWS
MEASLES OUTBREAK CLOSES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
East
Farewell – Three weeks into the school
year a chronic measles outbreak closed the elementary school. Out of the
entire student body of 205, including 10 kindergarteners, 173 have come down
with the virus. There are two teachers that came down with it, too. “We ran
into a wall. The virus just spread like wildfire. We were caught completely off
guard,” said Principle Frank Sanders during a news conference on Wednesday.
The spread started at the beginning
of last week. By Friday over 175 students had called out and by Tuesday the
number had climbed to over 200. The decision to close the school came late
Tuesday night after the school board talked to as many parents as they could to
get a total of infections. It seemed a lot of the children had attended the
“Children’s Hour” at the Farmers Market on Saturday and one or two infected
children spread the measles to the rest.
The virus is easily spread by social contact. The course of the virus
takes about one to two weeks and most children survive. Keep alone, in
quarantine so to speak, and with lots of fluids and trying to keep the kids
from scratching their pox.
The elementary school will remain
closed for next week and the school board will reassess the situation next
Friday and see how the “epidemic” has progressed. “We don’t want to reopen too
soon but we don’t want to stay closed either. It is a
no win situation and whatever we do is going to have lots of people
unhappy. We want to make sure the school is safe and we want the children to be
safe. We can only take this one day at a time and hope that everybody tries to
keep the kids apart from each other,” said school board president, Louis
O’Hara, at the same news conference that Sanders announced the closing.
Empty classroom due to 1960
measles outbreak
SPORTS
TRAVELERS WILL FINISH ON THE ROAD
Youngstown – The Travelers came into Youngtown
coming off a close win over Riverview, 3-2. This was the next to last game of
the season and the Travelers have a very slim chance of capturing the title.
When the game started they were two games behind Slate Mountain and they will
finish up the season in Monticello next week. Slate Mountain was playing
Corning and as it turned out won that game. The Travelers were not privileged
to that information as they took on the Steelers and took the field thinking
with a win they would close the gap. They started with a big bang in the
second. A grand slam by Arty Archibald, his career first, set the tone for the
game for the Travelers. Pitcher Danny Lane was on top of his game as he struck
out 11 and only walked four. The Steelers were able to mount a rally in the
seventh when they scored three runs and then in the eighth they scored again
but thanks to a smoldering Travelers offense that amassed a season high of 20
hits they keep countering the Youngstown threat. The Travelers were able to win
convincingly, 9-4.
The win was another good sign that the Travelers have relieved their road trip woes but the win was not able to change the standings picture. The Travelers look like they will finish in second place this year. Even if Slate Mountain loses next week the Travelers must win and then win a playoff series to win the title. Slate Mountain is facing the Bear Creek Cubs who are currently in the bottom half of the standings and are without their leading slugger and catcher. The Travelers close out the season with the Erie Eagles. The Eagles are in fourth place but have given the Travelers trouble this season. The Travelers want to win this game to lock their second place standing. A loss could put them in a tie with Albany and force a playoff game. The game will start in Erie Lakeview Park on Saturday at 1:30PM.
NATIONAL NEWS
KHRUSHCHEV THROWS A TANTRUM AT THE UN – NIXON
GOING TO GET A HEALTHIER LOOK AFTER FIRST DEBATE –
AIRPLANE FALLS INTO BOSTON HARBOR, 61 DEAD, 11
SURVIVE
In a scene at the United Nations - Britain’s Prime Minister Macmillan presents the United Nations with a cool assessment of key world issues, sending Nikita S. Khrushchev into four furious outbursts of heckling shouts and table-thumping protest. For the delegates to the 98 nation General Assembly, it was the most astonishing performance in the history of the world organization. They appeared to be shocked. Macmillan spoke to the assembly about how Communist slogans are outworn and obsolete and are distorting the world’s most perilous issues.
After the first presidential debate Vice President Nixon’s backers say they are going to try to make him look healthier on the second TV-radio debate with Sen. Kennedy on Friday, with different lighting and make-up. To many viewers of the first debate, Nixon looked wan and pale. Republican national headquarters blamed it on poor lighting and make-up. Said one, “It’s a funny thing, but Nixon wore the same suit and used the same make-up and lighting in three other shows and he looked fine on all of them.” Republicans contend that Kennedy used some make-up during the last debate from Chicago. A Democratic National Committee spokesman said that was false. ”Kennedy used no makeup at all. He has a heavy tan which was all he needed” An interesting fact, on radio polls show Nixon was favored.
An
Eastern Airlines Turbo-Prop Electra tumbles into Boston Harbor on takeoff, with
the death toll at 61 and 11 known survivors. The airliner broke into two pieces
with no fire. Bodies, still strapped in their seats, floated about the scene.
Many were badly cut and disfigured.
Many, many
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contributing to this section of the East Farewell News.
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