EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, March
20, 1952 Vol. C353
LOCAL
NEWS
STRANGE LIGHTS SEEN OVER LAKE
East
Farewell- Last Friday night was cold and clear. The moon was new and the sky
was dark. Armature astronomer, Harvey Freeman, was on the Lakefront Plaza at
about 10:00 hoping to get a good clean picture of the night sky. He was with his son,
Timmy, and his dog, Max. They were setting up the cameras and telescopes
when from the western horizon there was a very bright blue light. Timmy noticed
it first and pointed it out to Harvey who was able to get his camera focused
and ready to shoot. The light approached slowly at first then quickly picked up
speed until it was right over the center of the lake very high in the sky.
Harvey started to snap pictures and got Timmy to grab the extra camera and take
some additional photos. They had
never seen anything like this. It made no mechanical sounds but seemed to
emit a very low pitched pulsing moan. There was no apparent human activity in
it or around it and its brightness seemed to pulse along with the moaning tone.
Surprisingly, both Harvey and Timmy kept
their composure where most people would have panicked. They continued to shoot
pictures and tried to take notes.
As soon as it appeared, it shot off
to the east. It was only hovering over Lake Charles for about 1 minute
according to Freeman’s notes. “It just zoomed away from a dead stop. I have
never seen anything like that before, ever,” said Timmy Freeman to this
reporter, “It was hanging there and we were trying to take pictures and then
zip, zip it shot off that way (pointing east) and it was gone. Just like that.
I hope we got some good pictures. We’ll see. We took a lot so there should be
at least some good ones. I hope so.”
Harvey Freeman contacted the police
after the event, but they were somewhat skeptical. Apparently, many people over
the past year have reported strange lights over the lake. No one had any
concrete evidence though. Freeman’s pictures changed all that and he was able
to develop them in his own darkroom and present them to the police and to this
newspaper. We are publishing the one we considered to be the best of the group
but the entire collection came be seen at the local library.
There are no explanations for what the Freemans saw and their pictures only make it much more interesting. Many astronomers have speculated that life beyond Earth is entirely possible but most discount any ability to travel through space to “visit” us.
Harvey Freeman & son Timmy observe light over Lake Charles
SPORTS
COUGARS UPSET FALCONS IN TOURNAMENT OPENER
Capitol City – The Regional State Basketball
Tournament kicked off on Saturday with the Cougars taking a 12th
seed in the rankings, but in the first game of the tournament they were able to
upset the #2 ranked Central Falcons, 56-52. The Cougars came in with their
trusted run and shoot, up-tempo offense combined with a tenacious man to man
defense and very effective press to stymie the Falcons who, apparently
underestimated the Cougars. The game was nip and tuck for the first three
quarters and the lead changed hands 10 times in the course of the game. In the
fourth quarter with Cougars center Bill Donahue, playing with four fouls, the
Cougars were able to direct the play away from the center and put the ball in
the hands of the forwards, Franny Warner and David O’Shea and the backcourt of
Teddy Fitzgerald and Jimmy Welch. This slight change was able to free up Donahue
to move in for more rebounds and caused the Falcons to foul both Warner and
O’Shea. Falcon’s center, Ned Farmer, fouled out with two minutes left and that
opened up Donahue who was able to score six straight points and put the game
away for the Cougars. The attending Cougar fans jammed the court after the
final buzzer sounded and it looked like they had won the championship. They
hadn’t and they had much tougher games to play but for that moment they were
the kings of the hill.
Next
week they will face the #5 seed Southern Aces and hope to continue their
incredible run. The Cougars were able to secure a tournament place with a
mediocre 8-7 season making some question the entire selection process. “I don’t
know how they got here. They were 8-7 on the season. We all love them but I am
not sure that an 8-7 record is good enough to play in the tournament,” said a
loyal fan before the game.
The
Cougars are not questioning the selection process, they were here to play.
Their 12th seed placed them up against much stronger teams with
better records but that did not seem to faze them at all. “We are going to make
the best of the chance,” said center Bill Donahue during a pregame interview,
“I think we can do pretty well here, we are a very close team and we can work
together really well. I think we can win a game or two, really.”
How
far the Cougars will go in this tournament is anybody’s guess right now. The
top rated Central City Stars defeated the Riverview Wildcats in the second game
and the White Water Runners defeated the Eastern Raiders in the evening game.
Next week’s games are on Saturday again and begin at 11:00AM.
NATIONAL NEWS
TRUMAN WILL NOT RUN –
TRUMAN & MCGRATH ARGUE – KOREAN WAR NEWS - STALIN BACK ON STAGE – POP MUSIC
THIS WEEK
President Harry S. Truman announces he will not accept another nomination. “I shall not be a candidate for re-election. I have served my country long and, I think efficiently and honestly. I shall not accept a renomination. I do not feel that it is my duty to spend another four years in the White House. We must always remember the things the Democratic Party has done, and the high ideals that have made it great. We must be true to its principles and keep it foremost in service to the people. If we do that, we can be sure there will be a democratic President in the White House for the next four years.”
President Truman and Attorney General J. Howard McGrath are seen arguing while they waited to greet Queen Juliana of the Netherlands at National Airport in Washington. Their words could not be heard, but the President’s expression was severe. He was pale and his lips formed a thin line. They argued for approximately 5 minutes.
Korean War news - a new rotation plan will keep men on the front lines a bit longer beginning this week. Combat infantrymen, artillery tank and other supporting units have been returning home after an average time of 9 1/2 months of duty. That will increase to 10-13 months. A total of 20,000 men are rotated home monthly and that rate won’t change. That’s because some of the National Guard is being pulled out.
Prime Minister Stalin (72), recently absent from Russian functions, leading to rumors that he was ill, showed up at a session of the Supreme Soviet (Parliament) of the Russian Republic. Deputies jumped to their feet shouting “Long live Stalin,” Cheers to Stalin,” Glory to Stalin.”
Pop
music this week in 1952
“Wheel
of Fortune” - Kay Starr
“Any
Time” – Eddie Fisher
“The
Blacksmith Blues” - Ella Mae Morse
“Blue
Tango” – Hugo Winterhalter
“Perfidia” - Four Aces
Many, many
thanks to www.mrpopculture.com for
contributing to this section of the East Farewell News.
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