EAST FAREWELL NEWS
Thursday,
LOCAL
NEWS
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT TAKES HIGHWAY PLANS OFF THE TABLE
“I am sure the
new President has a much better plan than what was presented to us last month,”
said Tom Conally, Town Council President,
Conally was in favor of the highway but was very concerned the there was
no provision for an East
Farewell exit. “We have heard that
this new administration has an idea they are calling a “turnpike” which will be
funded by toll booths along the entire route.
It has been suggested that the “turnpike” will be some sort of
super-highway and travel the length of the state. The Federal Government will fund part of it with
the intent that in the event of a national crisis they will be able to move
troops and supplies quickly from one end of the state to the other. We will have to see, this all sounds like a
pipe dream to me,” Conally said.
SPORTS
COUGARS WIN BIG FOR HOMECOMING CROWD
East Farewell- Regional High Cougars thrilled a very large
homecoming crowd on Friday with an impressive win over the Sun City Eagles,
24-14. Senior Quarterback, Billy
O’Conner, was brilliant in his passing, completing 10 for 12 resulting in two
touchdowns. Both touchdowns were thrown
to his favorite receiver, Phil Flynn.
The first was a first quarter, 25 yard bomb that Flynn pulled in and ran
for the last five yards to score. The
second came in the third quarter, a quick five yard down and out that Flynn
completely befuddled his defender and walked into the end zone, untouched. “Johnny “Moose” Boyle was the work horse of
the running game. He ran for a total of
85 yards and scored the Cougars third touchdown in the fourth quarter. Sophomore Charlie Cox was perfect in the
extra point department and added a field goal to cap of the scoring.
The Sun City
Eagles did manage to score twice in the first half. The first came on a three yard run by
fullback Rory Lyons and the second was ten yard pass from quarterback Joe Smith
to tight end Steve Lewis. Both extra
points were completed by a small freshman with a big foot, Wendell Lucas. The Eagles did not fare very well in the
second half only reaching the Cougars 20 once in the half. The Cougars defense was impressive during the
second half only allowing the Eagles four first downs, one coming from a
penalty.
The Cougars will travel to
Riverview tomorrow to play the Wildcats who are also 4 & 1 on the
season. The came will start at 4:30.
NATIONAL NEWS
US
AIR FORCE BLASTS NORTH KOREANS
Korea- In Korea, allied warplanes lashed
the Communists from the front lines to within 25 miles of the Manchurian border
in one of the biggest operations of the Korean War. Also, an Air Force C-119 flying boxcar slams
into a 2000 foot mountain east of Seoul, killing al 44 persons aboard, most of
them military personnel returning to the war zone after rest in Japan. It was
the heaviest death toll of any military plane crash since the Korean War began.
Newark, NJ- Full operations resume at
Newark Airport after a nine-month curtailment of operations due to three
near-fatal crashes in nearby Elizabeth, New Jersey. The operation now includes
a $9 million all-weather runway
