EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, April
8, 1954 Vol. C458
LOCAL
NEWS
BEACH PARCELS PURCHASED BY
LAKEFRONT PLAZA
East
Farewell – The
Lakefront Plaza committee has agreed to purchase the two parcels of
lakefront that border the current Lakefront Plaza beach. This will expand the
Lakefront beach to 1020 feet, almost a quarter mile. The parcels are currently
undeveloped and were owned by two different townspeople, Charles McNicholas and
Jacqueline Annie; both have owned the properties for many years. The Committee
made the purchase proposal to compliment the expansion of the Lakefront Plaza
project. The expansion will start to take place immediately. The parcels must
be cleared and a new beach must be created. This will mean grading the surface
and building entrance ramps that are accessible from the Plaza.
“We are very pleased with these
acquisitions and hope to have the whole project completed by June 1st,”
said Committee chairman, Douglas James, “This expansion will make the whole Lakefront
Plaza/ Fun Pier complex a wonderful attraction for everyone.”
The
price paid for the parcels was $15000 apiece. That’s a fair price for Lakefront
property in today’s market,” said local realtor Maxwell Quinn, “You are going
to see this market explode if they put in the exchange on the new turnpike.”
Lake Charles
shoreline with Fun Pier
SPORTS
COUGARS TAME WOUNDED WILDCATS
Riverview – The Cougars rolled into Riverview last
Friday night confident that they would win the second matchup between them and
the Wildcats, even though they were playing on the Wildcats home court which is
an extremely difficult place to play if you are a visitor. The Cougars
advantage was not their confident mindset, although that was a factor, it was
the fact that the Wildcats have suffered a series of very debilitating injuries
to their first team and have had to field a second squad that is nowhere near as
competent as their first squad. The Wildcats did not throw in the towel,
though. The played a spirited game that caught the Cougars a bit by surprise.
In the first half the unknown Wildcats sparred with the seasoned Cougars with
neither side able to establish control. Cougar’s center, Dan Davis, was off his
game in the first half, perhaps due to a pesky double team put up by the
Wildcats. Wildcats center, Brian Walker, has improved greatly since their last
meeting only two weeks ago and he teamed up with Wildcats forward, Darrel
Johnson, to make Davis’s life miserable in the first half. The Wildcats also
debuted a new backcourt pair, Willie Dumont and Scott Carlisle who were almost
a match for the Cougars league-leading backcourt of Timmy Green and Joey Welch.
At the end of the first half the Wildcats were very much in the game trailing
only by two, 24-22, and they had enjoyed four leads by as much as six points.
Coach
Wilson had some serious words for the Cougars at halftime and they came back to
the court reinvigorated. Forwards, Gene Green and Billy O’Donnell were able to
break up the Wildcats double team and free up Davis. Together Green and
O’Donnell scored 8 points and were able to direct the flow with crisp passes
and smart play execution. The Cougars backcourt also stepped up and showed why
they are the league leaders. Timmy Green put on a dribbling show that ate up
good deal of the clock once the Cougars had established a strong lead. Joey
Welch displayed excellent passing skills with snap passes and a new “no look”
pass that no one had seen before. With only one minute left and the Cougars in
a commanding position with a 12 point lead, Coach Wilson put in the Cougars
second team. The Wildcats made a valiant run but did not have enough time. They
lost 52-45.
The
Cougars return home next week to face the Fort Lee Captains. The Cougars won
the only other game they had with the Captains this season and hope to repeat
next week. The game is a Saturday game beginning at 1:45 in the Regional High
School Gymnasium.
NATIONAL NEWS
UN ASKED TO HALT H-BOMB RACE – MCCARTHY
CHARGES H-BOMB DELAYS ON COMMIES – TOCSCANINI CONDUCTS FINAL CONCERT – ZSA-ZSA
AND SANDERS DIVORCE – APRIL FOOLS HOAX IN HONOLULU
The United States, Britain and France ask the United Nations to set up secret negotiations to bring a halt to the hydrogen bomb race between the United States and Russia.
Sen. Joseph McCarthy charges that America deliberately delayed its hydrogen bomb research for 18 months for some mysterious reason. “If there were no Communists in our government, why did we delay for 18 months – delay our research on the hydrogen bomb, even though our intelligence agencies were reporting day after day that the Russians were feverishly publishing their development of the bomb? And may I say to America tonight that our nation may well die – our nation may well die because of that 18-month deliberate delay – and ask who caused it? Was it loyal Americans or was it traitors in our government? Murrow on March 9 accused McCarthy of repeatedly stepping over the line that divides investigation and persecution. McCarthy retorted (on this week’s show) that Murrow “as far back as 20 years ago was engaged in propaganda for Communist causes.”
Sen. Joseph McCarthy questions Chairman W. Sterling Cole of the House-Senate Atomic Energy Committee about why this country delayed research on the H-bomb 18 months. McCarthy said the United States “may well die” because of the delay. Cole replied, “We took a long time in deciding to go ahead on it. But that does not mean there was anything sinister necessarily.”
Retiring - Arturo Toscanini (87) conducts his final concert with the NBC Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall. He had been with the orchestra for 17 years. He has been a conductor for 68 years.
Zsa Zsa Gabor wins a divorce from actor George Sanders
– April Fool’s joke – “Aku” of station KGMB Honolulu broadcasts a bulletin stating the senate had repealed islander’s income taxes and provided for return of 1953 taxes. Then a voice saying he was the station’s general manager said the Aku statement was a hoax and he had fired the popular disc jockey. Just another hoax. Aku is of course, still on the air.
Many, many
thanks to www.mrpopculture.com for
contributing to this section of the East Farewell News.
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