EAST FAREWELL NEWS
Thursday, August
14, 1952 Vol. C627
LOCAL
NEWS
ROBBERY!
Local Merchant Robbed at
Knife-Point
In
a brazen act of hubris, a knife wielding scoundrel held up the Lost
Oasis bar on Saturday morning. The
bold action took place just as the bar was closing and there were many patrons
still on the premises.
At
approximately 1:45 AM as most of the patrons were exiting the bar, an
unidentified male in a dark shirt with dark glasses and a red bandanna
approached the bartender and demanded money from the cash register.
“I thought he was kidding at first and then I
thought he must be with the theater group in town,” said bartender and owner
Charles Wenz, “but then he produced this big knife and started waving it in my
face. I tried to stay calm and not get
anyone hurt; I went over to the register, opened it and gave him what he wanted. He took the dough, turned and walked out of
the bar. No one seemed to notice until
he was at the door and I shouted to my doorman to stop him but he ran out the
door and got away.”
The police responded immediately but there was no
trace of the robber. A local
investigation is on going. Anyone with
any information on the whereabouts or identity of the robber is asked to
contact the police. The event is very
distressing to most of the townspeople, “What is this place coming to,”
lamented Mrs. Mallard owner of one of the oldest boarding
houses in town. “You can’t even go out for the evening anymore.”
“We are confident that we will catch this fellow
soon,” said Police Chief, Jeremy Watson, “This is a small town and everybody
knows everybody. He won’t get away with this for long. I’m sure of that.”
The Lost Oasis Bar
& Restaurant
SPORTS
The Streak Ends!
Travelers Fall to Bear Creek
6-4
The
Travelers 12 game winning streak ended Friday when they were bested by the Bear
Creek Cubs, 6-4. The game was
highlighted by sterling defense but peppered with offensive gems from both
teams. The Cubs got out to an early lead
in the second on a two run double by Knowles.
The Travelers pitcher, Joe Nagy, had some early inning control problems
walking four in the first two innings and letting up three hits. If it wasn’t for the razor sharp defense the
damage would have been worse. The double
play combination of Dunham to Archibald to Watson connected three times in the
first four innings. Nagy settled down in
the later innings but it was too little too late. He was able retire the last six batters in
the last two innings but the Cubs had scored six runs and that was enough to
seal the win.
The Travelers offensive highlights were once again
centered on Johnny Cloos, who hit another home run scoring two in the fifth and
driving in one more in the sixth with a sacrifice fly in the seventh. The last Traveler score came from a couple of
well placed singles by Tony Dimero and Joey Brown and a long drive by catcher,
Billy Sweet. The Travelers will try to
get back on the winning side of the ledger on Wednesday when they play Ondita
Cougars.
NATIONAL NEWS
Bloc Urges
Democratic Plank - Favoring Nationwide Primary
WASHINGTON
(INS)—A Bloc of 33 Democratic senators and congressmen demanded today that
their party’s campaign platform call for a nationwide Presidential primary to
strike down “backroom political dealing.”
The Democratic legislators,
spearheaded by Sens. Douglas of Ill., Smathers of Fla., and Rep. Bennett of
Fla., sent a petition to Rep. McCormick of Mass., chairman of the Democratic
platform and resolutions committee.
The committee will begin hearings on
platform proposals this week in Chicago.
Signing of the petition followed a claim
by Douglas that Sen. Keith of Tenn. would walk away with the Democratic
Presidential nomination if primaries completely governed the selection of a
candidate. Douglas, in a television
interview also charged that the “big interests will move in” on Gen. Eisenhower
if the Republican nominee is elected.
Douglas said that Eisenhower, whom
he once suggested for the presidential nomination on both the GOP and
Democratic tickets, will be the “hardest GOP candidate to beat”
He added that “as an American I was
very happy to see Gen. Eisenhower nominated but as a Democrat I was very
distressed.”
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contributing to this section of the East Farewell News.
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