5/27/1954

 

EAST FAREWELL NEWS

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Thursday, May 27, 1954   Vol. C465

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LOCAL NEWS

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WARM SPRING HAS FLOWERS & POLLEN POPPING

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East Farewell – The warm spring has led to an abundance of flowers, both cultivated and wild to bloom all over town. Many of the private gardens along Main Street and Lakeshore Drive are exploding with colorful pansies, tulips, daffodils and even hyacinths of all hues. The two flower shops in town have set up outside displays and are offering beautiful cut flowers as well as potted plants for home decoration and transplant. Many local gardeners are proudly pruning and weeding their gardens and some have even been seen taking photographs of their creations. “It is just so wonderful to walk down the street and see all the beautiful gardens, “said Mrs. Mallard, local boarding house owner and gardener, “they are all individual and they each show a little personality of their owners. It is so nice to walk along and talk with all my neighbors in their gardens. They just love it all so much.”

            The flowers are certainly beautiful but with all the beauty come an unpleasant attachment, pollen. Hay fever is chronic at this time of year and with the wonderful, warm weather the pollen has appeared in abundance. Many, many people are suffering the sneezing, runny nose and coughing that comes with the allergy season. Antihistamines have been around since the 1940s and they offer some relief to many but they are not without side effects and there are many people who would rather suffer with the allergies than the side effects.

            So, as spring in East Farewell delivers beautiful blooms all around it also brings out the handkerchiefs, watery eyes and sneezing. The bounty of blooms seems to be a welcome trade-off even as some folks sniffle.

Flowers on Main Street 

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SPORTS

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PITCHERS DUEL DELIVERS BUT TRAVELERS LOSE IN 12

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Corning – The anticipated pitcher’s duel between Corning’s Bill “Smoke” Black and Traveler’s Joe Nagy did not disappoint. Both pitchers were on top of their games and kept the opposing batters at bay for most of the game. Black set a personal strike out record of 12 while Nagy fanned 8. The only wrinkle in Blacks performance was in the eighth inning when he let Billy Sweet drop a mid-field blooper in for a single. Then Ralph Francis was somehow able to catch one of Black’s blazing fastballs and hit it out of the park. That tied the score because CGW had previously tagged Nagy for two runs, one in the fifth via a double by Clarence Brown and a very long sacrifice fly by Kingman, and the other by a smash in the seventh by Reggie Wright.

            Both pitchers buckled down after their gaffs and the game went into extra innings. Both pitchers were replaced in the tenth but not without a standing ovation by the crowd, for both pitchers. Billy Green came in for the Travelers and Sammy Rojas came in for CGW. The relievers were superb but in the bottom of the 12^th Green threw a low 3-2 fastball to Wright who was waiting and he sent it out of the park to win the game, 3-2, for CGW.

            The Travelers will face Mountain View next week at home. The Explorers will not be sending their ace, Joe “Freight” Trane to the mound but their slugger, Bobby “Hammer” Taxen will be in the lineup. The game will start at 1:30 in the Travelers temporary home field. 

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 NATIONAL NEWS

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SEGREGATION OUTLAWED – IKE WANTS REPORT ON DC SCHOOLS – SIBERIAN TIGER KILLED IN CHICAGO – PTT UNVEILS AUTO-DIAL FOR PHONES – SANOFF PREDICTS 3D TV SOON – RECORD COMPANIES WANT 45 DISCS TO REPLACE 78s – AT THE MOVIES

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The Supreme Court outlaws racial segregation in the public schools. The test was brought-on on behalf of Negro school kids in Kansas, South Carolina, Virginia and Delaware. Said Chief Justice Warren,  “We conclude that in the field of public education, the doctrine of separate but equal has no place, this court ruled. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.”

President Eisenhower asks for progress reports on coming moves to end public school segregation in the District of Columbia, which some say could be a pilot model to guide other states and school districts.

President Eisenhower declares that America is “still proud of our armed services” from civilian chiefs on down to enlisted men.    

High school boys and girls by the hundreds riot in the subway in the Bronx. The riots grew out of a field day for Commerce High at Van Cortland Park. Police said students from other high schools played hooky and converged on the park until there were some 2000 in all.

In Chicago – Siberian tigers escape from cages at the Brookfield Zoo and one was shot to death. Most visitors didn’t know the tigers were among them.

Technology – The Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company unveils a device that automatically dials. Located at the company’s main hub, it is a forerunner of equipment that one day will permit a telephone user to dial any number direct and skip an operator. The device remembers seven numbers on each call, then looks for an open line and then makes a connection.

RCA head David Sarnoff predicts that three-dimension television and world-wide TV will be available within five years. He further predicted that 3-D television would require no glasses. 

Record companies want to convert their DJ service to 45rpm discs instead of the old-style 78’s. But DJ’s want service in the 78 fashion. Why? Because their record collections are 78. Also, a lot of radio stations still can’t play 45rpm records, but that’s expected to change before the end of the year.

Capitol Records hits an all-time high sales mark of $17,740,000 for the past year. Much of it has to do with the renewed popularity of Frank Sinatra and artists such as Nat “King” Cole, Kay Starr and Ray Anthony. The label has a new act in the top-5 this week – The Four Knights

At the movies –

Executive Suite – William Holden, June Allyson, Barbara Stanwyck, Fredric March

Flame and the Flesh – Lana Turner

Beachhead – Tony Curtis

Witness to Murder – Barbara Stanwyck

Paratrooper – Alan Ladd

The French Line (In 3-D) – Jane Russell

Night Parade – Gregory Peck, Broderick Crawford

Knock On Wood – Danny Kaye

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5/20/1954

 

EAST FAREWELL NEWS

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Thursday, May 20, 1954   Vol. C464

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LOCAL NEWS

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REGIONAL HIGH GLITTERS

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East Farewell – The Regional High School gymnasium was decked out for the Senior Prom. Silver streamers and gold balloons adorned the rafters and the stands. Almost every member of the 65 student class was in attendance, even Martin Delany who was sporting a cast on his right leg. He broke his leg earlier this year in a farm accident but was not going to “let a little cast get in the way of my dancing,” as he put it.

            The music was supplied by a very popular local band, Roy and the Magnificents, who played all the popular dance tunes. The joint was jumping as the hepcats say. The band played several sets and only repeated two songs, “Little Things Mean A Lot’ and “Shake, Rattle and Roll”. Both filled the dance floor, the first with couples dancing lovingly and the second with jitterbuggers.

            Before all the music the PTA set up tables and chairs for a buffet style dinner. Many local parents served their children and seemed genuinely impressed with the mature behavior that their children exhibited. After the meal the tables and chairs were cleared away to make room for the dance floor. But before the dancing commenced there was a ceremony to crown the King and Queen of the prom. Cougar’s football fullback, “Moose” Boyle was chosen king and a very petite Amy O’Mara was chosen queen. The couple made a somewhat comical paring as Boyle stands 6’1” and 225 pounds where O’Mara is only 5’0” in high heels and could not weigh more than 100 pounds. Regardless, they took it all in stride and walked together to the dance floor and danced a dance together. The vote was not announced until the ceremony so they both had other dates but there were no hard feelings between the groups.

            The dancing went on until 11:00 when Big Roy closed the show with an unusual choice, an acapella version of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow, perhaps wishing the seniors the best of luck in their future endeavors in his own way. Things all closed down by 11:30 and the lights were turned off. The memories, though, will shine brightly for a long time.

Happy Regional High Prom attendees

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SPORTS

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TRAVELERS COME ALIVE IN ONDITA

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Ondita – The Travelers woke up after their dreary performance against the Bear Creek Cubs last week when they blasted the Ondita Cougars, 8-1 on Saturday. The Travelers started off hot with 3 runs in the first inning thanks to two back to back homeruns by Bobby Watson and Johnny Cloos and a double by leadoff hitter Ralph Francis. Cougar’s pitcher, Juan Santos, was rocked in the first and had trouble finding the strike zone as he walked seven batters, one resulting in walking in a run in the third. Santos was mercifully pulled after five innings but not before he had let in six runs. Reliever, George Dimples, had a little better luck but the Travelers tagged him for two runs and six hits in only four innings. The only highlight for the Cougars came when Traveler’s pitcher, Joey Alfred, gave Cougar’s slugger, “Batterin’” Brad Braxton, a low outside fastball that was clobbered out of the park. That was the only hit of the seven hits the Cougars got that made any difference.

            The Travelers will move on to Corning next week to face the Corning Glass Works (CGW) in a twilight showdown, featuring their ace, Bill “Smoke” Black. He will face off against Traveler’s ace, Joe Nagy. This is set up to be a tremendous pitches duel and begins at 5:30 in Corning Stadium.

 

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 NATIONAL NEWS

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MCCARTHY PROTESTS IKE – MURROW-MCCARTHY CONTROVERSY TO BE SHOWN ON CBS – PUBLIC WANTS MCCARTHY STOPPED – MOLOTOV SAYS COMMIES WILL EXTEND INTO INDO-CHINA – VODKA SALES DOWN IN MOSCOW – MAMBO FESTIVAL BIG HIT – POP MUSIC THIS WEEK

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McCarthy-Army hearings - Sen. McCarthy protests that President Eisenhower’s refusal to modify his order forbidding testimony about top-level administration conference on January 21, presented him and his staff with a “stacked deck” that makes it difficult for him “to get at the truth.”

Sen. McCarthy tells reporters he “will be there” when the televised Army-McCarthy hearings reopen Monday, but made no promises whether he will testify. The hearings will be televised by ABC and DuMont.

Congressman Celler of New York said the McCarthy-Army hearing is “sufficiently grotesque” now and declared that proposed commercial sponsorship of its telecasts would “increase its absurdity.”

Sequences from four CBS-TV “See It Now” programs are edited into a 45-minute documentary on the Ed Murrow-Sen. McCarthy controversy. The film contains clips from the original March 9 Murrow attack on McCarthy, the March 16 study of the Annie Lee Moss case, McCarthy’s attack on Morrow on April 6 and Murrow’s reply and highlights from the Bishop Sheil talk on April 13. Look for it soon on CBS-TV.

In a Gallup Poll – 49% of those adults surveyed want the McCarthy-Army hearings stopped.

Communism spreading – Soviet foreign minister Molotov makes a declaration on Indo-China and says that Communists will extend their grip into the area.

Vodka sales in Moscow drop with the cessation of sales of hard liquor at street corner bars, due to incidents of drunkenness.

Music news – Mambo Rumba festival in Pittsburgh drew a huge crowd. It featured Pupi Campo. Joe Loco, Miguelito Vales, Tito Puente, Michael & Nilda Terrace, Annia Rodriguez, Gilberte Valdes, Candido, Annia Vales and the Sevlla Port Dancers.

RCA-Victor is out of the picture – it cannot package the soundtrack of Mario Lanza’s upcoming musical because MGM has the movie and record rights.

Pop music this week–

WANTED - Perry Como

I GET SO LONELY (When I Dream About You) - Four Knights

YOUNG-AT-HEART - Frank Sinatra

MAKE LOVE TO ME! - Jo Stafford

HERE - Tony Martin

CROSS OVER THE BRIDGE – Patti Page

A GIRL, A GIRL (Zoom-Ba Di Alli Nella)-Eddie Fisher

ANSWER ME, MY LOVE - Nat “King” Cole

LITTLE THINGS MEAN A LOT – Kitty Kallen

SECRET LOVE - Doris Day

THE HAPPY WANDERER - Frank Weir & Orchestra

JILTED - Teresa Brewer

ISLE OF CAPRI – Gaylords

 

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5/13/1954

 

EAST FAREWELL NEWS

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Thursday, May 13, 1954   Vol. C463

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LOCAL NEWS

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PUBLIC LIBRARY FUNDRAISER A BIG SUCCESS

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East Farewell – The East Farewell Public Library held their annual fundraiser last week and received many generous donations totaling almost an astounding $5,000.00. Most of the personal donations were in the $15.00 range but some notable donations topped $100.00.  The Business Association, which almost every business in town is a member, donated a very generous $500.00. All the members were acknowledged on the card that accompanied the gift.

            The Library has been town since the early days of the town. It was first opened in 1908, just six years after the town was incorporated. Part of the initial funding came from Andrew Carnegie as well as from the Mighty Keystone Railroad. The libraries’ first home was in a building on Lakeshore Drive that was donated by Sid Lendel one of the founders of the town. Over time it grew and with great local support it moved to its present location on Main Street in 1940. Fundraising is a constant chore but the management and staff are well received by the community.

            The Library not only serves as source of valuable information it also serves as a friendly meeting place for townsfolk and students alike. There have been very welcome book donations over the years but most recently an unusual donation was received from none other than local band leader, Jerry Tabor, who donated his entire collection 78 rpm recorded discs to the library. The collection dates back to the beginning of the recording medium. Not only does the Tabor collection contain early recordings of Ernesto Caruso but also many early jazz recordings and even several hillbilly and race records. Some of the prized recordings are original records by Mammie Smith, Bessie Smith, and Ma Rainey. More recent recordings feature the Carter Family and Jimmy Rodgers.

            “We are thrilled by Jerry’s donation, he is a member the Library Board and very good friend,” said Laura Dentin, master librarian, “We now will have to acquire a record playing machine. He said he could not part with his.”

            The records were on display during the Fundraiser Picnic that took place last week on Lakefront Plaza.

A man and his music shows some of his collection

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SPORTS

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TRAVELERS BOW TO THE CUBS IN OPENER

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Bear Creek – The opening day for the Travelers was not what they expected. They were riding high on early sports forecasts that said they were one of the top teams in the league this season. The early praise may have given them a false sense of superiority when they took the field against the Cubs. The Cubs were not picked to finish in the upper part of the league. Well, the pundits were wrong on both counts. The scrappy Cubs came to play before their adoring home fans and the Travelers looked like they just woke up. It took until the eighth inning before the Travelers were able to score with a two run triple from first baseman, Bobby Watson. The eighth inning was the only time the Cub pitcher, Juan Vera, showed any weakness. He walked leadoff batter, Francis and then Dale Dunham was able to lay down a perfect bunt to advance Francis and get to first safely. Then Watson came up and took Vera to a 3-2 count before driving a long, high ball to the right field fence that Cub right fielder, Joe Royal had a little trouble corralling. The result was the both Francis and Dunham scored and Watson was standing on third. That is where he remained as Vera got back into his groove and struck out the next three batters.

            The Cubs, meanwhile had already established themselves in the driver’s seat scoring two runs in the second and two more in the fifth with a blast by newly acquired slugger, Stanley Mankowitz. That was all the Cubs needed to get their 1954 season off to a glorious start. The Travelers head to Ondita this week to face the Cougars. Hopefully, they will wake up and start to show some spark. The game begins at 1:30 on Saturday in Ondita Park.

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 NATIONAL NEWS

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REDS ASSAULT DIEN BIEN PHU – DISNEY AQUIRES 160 ACRES FOR DISNEYLAND – BANNISTER CRACKS 4 MINUTE MILE BARRIER – NO MORE MUSICALS FOR BING – ROY RODGERS GETS 3 YEAR CONTRACT – DUMONT SPENDS 1 MILLION TO TELECAST NFL – MORNING SHOW SHAKE UP – NEWARK LOVES FREED – AT THE MOVIES

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Korean conflict – the French high command announces Red-led Viet-Minh forces besieging Dien Bien Phu have launched another heavy assault on a key position on the west side of the bastion

Disney announces the acquisition of 160 acres of ranch land in California’s Orange County. The project, to be known as Disneyland, will be a combination world’s fair, playground, community center and a museum of yesterday, tomorrow and fantasy. Associated with Disney are: ABC-Paramount and Disney’s exclusive printer for all of its publications - the Western Printing and Lithograph Company. Recently, Disney signed a 7- year agreement with ABC Paramount for new hour-long shows. The park is expected to attack 5 million patrons a year. 

In Oxford, England, 25-year-old medical student Roger Bannister cracks track and field’s most notorious barrier: the four-minute mile. Bannister, who was running for the Amateur Athletic Association against his alma mater, Oxford University, won the mile race with a time of 3 minutes and 59.4 seconds. At 6 p.m., the starting gun was fired. In a carefully planned race, Bannister was aided by Chris Brasher, a former Cambridge runner who acted as a pacemaker. For the first half-mile, Brasher led the field, with Bannister close behind, and then another runner took up the lead and reached the three-quarter-mile mark in 3 minutes 0.4 seconds, with Bannister at 3 minutes 0.7 seconds. Bannister took the lead with about 350 yards to go and passed an unofficial timekeeper at the 1,500-meter mark in 3 minutes 43 seconds, thus equaling the world’s record for that distance. Thereafter, Bannister threw in all his reserves and broke the tape in 3 minutes 59.4 seconds. As soon as the first part of his score was announced–“three minutes…”–the crowd erupted in pandemonium.

For your car - a quart of Pennzoil motor oil is 37 cents. A gallon of Prestone antifreeze is $1.69.

Hollywood news - From here forward, Bing Crosby says there will no more musicals. Quoting Bing: “The serious stuff is a breeze compared with making musicals.”

General Foods decides to sponsor the Roy Rogers show for another three years. He’s seen on 54 NBCTV stations. His radio show will continue at least through the summer.

Station WNEW radio withdraws its application for UHF channel 31 in New York City.

DuMont commits itself to $1 million to telecast about 60 National Football League games next fall. 

“Death Valley Days’ debuts this week on CBS.

CBS-TV’s “Morning Show” has its first shakeup as Paul Levitan is out as producer. There’s no change in format with Walter Cronkite, Charles Collingwood, the Baird Puppets, Carol Reed and Jim McKay.

Newark NJ loves Alan Freed - Cleveland DJ Alan Freed’s “Moondog Coronation Ball” at Newark’s Sussex Armory hits 11,500 admissions with a gross of $20,000. Freed is syndicated to station WNJR by way of his Cleveland station – WJW. Featured at the show were Arnett Cobb, Buddy Johnson, Roost Bonnemere, Charles Brown, Muddy Waters and the Clovers. Is station WINS, New York taking notice?

At the movies this week –

River Of No Return - Robert Mitchum and Marilyn Monroe

Executive Suite - William Holden, June Allyson and Barbara Stanwyck

Creature from The Black Lagoon – Richard Carlson, Julia Adams

Walt Disney’s The Living Desert

Knock on Wood – Danny Kaye

Flame and the Flesh – Lana Turner

 

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5/4/1954

 

EAST FAREWELL NEWS

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Thursday, May 6, 1954   Vol. C462

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LOCAL NEWS

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INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER DOCUMENTS SMALL TOWN LIVING

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East Farewell – Preceding his photo shoot in Georgetown, photographer, Orlando Suero, stopped by East Farewell to shoot some photos documenting small town living in the USA for Life magazine. It was an unannounced visit so as to make it as spontaneous as possible explained Suero when asked during his visit. “I wanted to find a typical American small town and get some shots of life there,” he explained while scoping out different views up and down Main Street and Lakeshore Drive, “I saw this town on the rail schedule when I was on my way down to Washington, DC on an assignment to photograph John Kennedy and Jacqueline, and the name jumped right out at me. Life had asked me a while ago for a spread of a ‘small town USA’ and this seemed like it was just pulling me in. It was on the same railroad and fairly close to the main line so I couldn’t resist. It is charming and the people are very welcoming. Perhaps Life will do a complete spread using these shots as a basis. We will see. But in the meantime, I am going to enjoy my brief stay here and soak in all the beauty, peacefulness and warmth.”

            Suero then went about his business snapping many photos, talking with townsfolk and even stopping in the Lost Oasis for a meal and a drink. He was so infatuated with the town that he booked a room in Mrs. Mallard’s boarding house overnight. He caught an early train the next morning presumably headed back down to Georgetown. Life Magazine’s editorial board would not comment on the possibility of the afore mentioned article citing business concerns but they did say there was interest in a “Small Town USA” spread possibly in the near future.

Orlando Suero

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SPORTS

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TRAVELERS OPEN IN BEAR CREEK

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Bear Creek – The Travelers will open their season in Bear Creek today. Starting pitcher for the Travelers will be ace, Joe Nagy. The Bear Creek Cubs will send out their ace, Randy Bellows. Both pitchers are veterans and have excellent records. The Cubs are coming off a fairly good season winning 25 and losing 10. The Travelers faired a little better winning 30 and losing 5. Both teams ended in the middle of the league standings. The Cubs- Travelers opener has become a bit of a tradition over the past three years with the opening game scheduled first In East Farewell and then the past two at Bear Creek because of the absence of a Traveler’s home ballpark.

            The Travelers starting lineup is a string of popular veterans being led by Johnny Cloos, center field. He came in second last season in home runs. The infield has Bobby Watson at first, Artie Archibald at second, Dale Dunham at short, “Mean” Richie Lane at third and Joey Brown behind the plate. In the outfield there is Cloos in center, Ralph Francis in right and Billy Sweet in left. The pitchers this year are Billy Green, Joey Alfred, Joe Nagy, and Danny Lane. Manager Sam Fowler returns to run the show.

            The game begins today at 1:30 at Bear Creek Stadium. It is promising to be a sellout due to Bear Creek’s close proximity to East Farewell. Many Traveler fans will make the short jaunt to take in opening day. Go Travelers!

 

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 NATIONAL NEWS

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MCCARTHY CAUSES UPROARS – HUDSON & NASH MERGE – PRINCE CHARLES & PRINCESS ANNE WANDER – 3D CAMERA ON SALE – RCA DEMOS COLOR TV – CUBAN TV SHUTS DOWN – SONGS BANNED – POP MUSIC THIS WEEK

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Sen. Joseph McCarthy throws the hearing into an uproar by producing what he said was an FBI warning to the Army against security risks. The Army called it “improper” for the senator to have the letter and a possible “violation of the law.’ Sen. Joseph McCarthy testified that an Army intelligence officer had given him a partial copy of a secret FBI report on Army security risks. McCarthy flatly refused to disclose the name of the officer.

Sen. Joseph McCarthy defied another member of the Eisenhower administration and declared he would not abide by Atty. Gen Herbert Brownell’s decision that any FBI data bearing on a hunt for Communist spies should be kept secret.

The Hudson Motor Car Company and Nash-Kelvinator Corporation merge to become American Motors. The new company will have assets of $350 million and annual sales of $700 million. Hudson & Nash build America’s most popular compact cars including Rambler and Jet. Kelvinator makes home appliances including refrigerators, electric ranges, home freezers, washers and dryers.

Bored at their father’s polo match, Prince Charles, 5 and his sister Princess Anne, 3, proved they are just like any other kids. Anne wandered off into the crowd begging for candy and Charles pulled the hair of a man sitting in front of him. Mother Queen Elizabeth shot a royal frown and sent over a finger wagging call down.

Realist’s (stereo) 3-D camera is on sale. It looks like a hand-held, but has three lenses - just $159.00. “The startling realism of 3-D in full rich color is all yours... if you can take good ordinary snapshots! Using the stereo realist is as easy as a box camera and you’ll get prize winning shots on your first roll.”

Television news – Public demonstrations of color TV will be conducted by RCA at the RCA Exhibition Hall at 40 West 40th Street. Festival of Color” will include color telecasts over a closed circuit and a display of cameras and receivers.

Losing money - American and Cuban owners of station Television del Caribe – Channel 11 in Havana, shut the station off. The station is part owned by Storer Broadcasting. It’s the first of five channels in Cuba to discontinue operations.

Music news – CBS bans “Song of the Sewer” by Art Carney for being beneath its “cultural standards.’ Also, the network puts the ban on “Bunch of Bananas” on which Rosemary Clooney and Jose Ferrer are paired. It’s a song about Ernest Hemmingway’s jungle adventure after the plane crash when he lived on bananas and gin. But CBS does not want “gin” uttered at all.

Pop music this week -

Perry Como -“Wanted,”

Frank Sinatra -“Young At Heart,”

Nat King Cole -“Answer Me My Love,”

Kay Starr -“The Man Upstairs,”

Eddie Fisher - “A Girl A Girl,”

Kitty Kallen - “Little Things Mean A lot,”

Patti Page - “Cross Over Bridge

Tony Martin - “Here.”

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4/29/1954

EAST FAREWELL NEWS

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Thursday, April 29, 1954   Vol. C461

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LOCAL NEWS

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IRON WORKS INTRODUCES “ORNAMENTAL” LINE

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East Farewell – The Iron Works which usually supplies industrial grade metal work to the Mighty Keystone Railroad has introduced a new and completely different product. It is an “ornamental” pressing that can be fashioned into fences, gates and almost anything for your garden or house. They will custom design a fence for your property or gates for your driveway. Sales manager in charge of the new division, Garrett Malloy, said they will even fashion stairs and railings for the front porch. “We found an old stamp press from a Philadelphia shop that was used in the 1900s for creating beautiful wrought iron designs for ornamental home accessories like door and cabinet hinges, and window hardware. We were able to transform it into a stamp that would put out fence posts, gates and other line type items. This type of finery was very popular in the ‘20s and 30’s. We felt that it would also find a home in the front yards of East Farewell and other towns in the area,” said Malloy at the inaugural news conference.

            The initial response from town ranged from enthusiastic to guarded. “I think it is beautifully crafted and very sturdy. I think it will hold up much better than the normal wooden fences,” said Sherry McAdams, a local homeowner. It should be said that Mrs. Mc Adams husband, Rupert, is an employee of the Iron Works. The Iron Works is offering employees a company discount on the product.

            “I am not sure I would replace my fence with this iron fence. It looks nice but there is nothing wrong with my fence now and I don’t think I could afford the new fence,” said Mrs. Mallard, local boarding house owner and white wooden picket fence owner, “I guess if I were putting up a new fence I would look into one of those. They are very attractive so if I didn’t have a fence already I might look into that one.”

            The Iron Works is planning an extensive advertising campaign throughout the entire region using door to door sales as well as printed ads and local radio advertising.

Sample of new ornamental iron work offered by the Iron Works 

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SPORTS

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COUGARS END SEASON WITH A WIN OVER MINERS

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East Farewell- The gymnasium was sold out on Saturday afternoon as the Cougars finished their season with a resounding defeat of their detested rivals, the Slate Mountain Miners. The final score was 42-36, Cougars. The game was a bit of revenge for the Cougars who had lost to the Miners badly, 38-32, earlier in the season. Since the loss the Cougars changed their style and improved their game skills. They also improved greatly as a team. After the loss they only lost one more game for the rest of the season, a total of 8 games. The only other team they lost to in that stretch was the league leading Corning Devils.

            The game started out fast as both teams were energized due to the nature of the matchup. Cougar’s center, Dan Davis, took control of the lane and set himself up as a passing pivot for the other forwards and guards. Miners center, Paul Pepperchino, who in the first game, along with Davis, set a league record for points by centers in a game, was unable to get the shots and was not able to keep up with Davis’ fast passing. Both centers only scored four points each. The point scoring shifted to the guards and forwards. Cougar’s guards, Timmy Green and Welch were able to take Davis passes and drive down the lane like they were on roller skates, bobbing and weaving through the Miner’s defense to score repeatedly scoring 20 points between them. The forwards, O’Donnell and Gene Green took more outside shots but were equally effective, scoring 18. The Miners guard, Dominic Angelino was the Miners high scorer with a fabulous 18 points. Both defenses were strong but the offensive shooting could not be stopped.

            The Cougar’s ended their season with a 10-5 record. They ended up in second place in the league with Corning winning the league. “We played a good season, especially the second half, and we are going to be very good next year. I am very proud of the boys and the way they came together as a team,” said Coach Wilson after the game.

            Next up on the sporting front, the Travelers take the field next week as they open their season against the Bear Creek Cubs in Bear Creek. The hometown stadium issue is still up in the air and the Travelers look as if they will live up to their name this season and spend most of their time on the road. There has been rising uproar about a new stadium being built but there has been no word from the owners as of this publishing.

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 NATIONAL NEWS

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COMMIES STOCKPILING GAS - NEWSPAPERS GAIN CIRCLATION & OPPOSE BULK MAIL – MURROW HONORED – MUSIC, SPORTS & RADIO NEWS – AT THE MOVIES

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The Army warns Congress that Russia is stockpiling poisonous gases which are tasteless, odorless and colorless. It also reported some success in devising means to detect them.

Publishers report that newspaper circulations are rising despite competition from television for reader’s time. At an American Newspaper Publishers panel discussion, it was revealed that 3 out of every 4 newspapers gained circulation during the last six months. Lee Hills of the Detroit Free Press said TV had had at least two effects on reporting and editing:

“First, many stories must be written now with the knowledge that the public has already witnessed the event.”

“Second – with many women watching sports on TV, sports stories must be pointed toward the whole family rather than only to men.”

Also from the publisher’s meeting in New York – publishers are opposed to the Post Office Department policy of permitting bulk mailing of flysheets and direct mail, un-addressed and just placing them in mail slots - because in effect, they are serving as a circulation department for direct mail advertisers in competition with newspapers.

Edward R. Murrow receives a special George foster Peabody Award just for “being himself.” Many believe it had to do with the telecast which wound-up pitting him against Sen. Joseph McCarthy.

Music news – Dave Brubeck, who recorded for the Fantasy label, signs with Columbia. He just came east for the first time appearing at

Birdland, and was “discovered.”

MGM is re-releasing Hank Williams’ “There’ll Be No Teardrops Tonight” after Tony Bennett cut the song on Columbia Records.

The song “Three Coins In The Fountain” is getting a lot of attention, well before the movie debuts. So far, at least six different artists have recorded the song – Julius La Rosa on Cadence, Frank Sinatra on Capitol, Toni Arden on Columbia, the Four Aces on Decca, Marti Stevens on MGM and Dinah Shore on RCA Victor. The song was written by Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne.

Sports – Cuba makes its debut in the International League as the Cuban Sugar Kings open their first season in the Triple-A circuit against the Toronto Maple Leafs in Havana’s Gran Stadium.

Radio news – West coast DJ Al Jarvis is claiming to have spun his 1 millionth record on the radio. The record was “I Can’t Give You Anything But Love” by Louis Armstrong. Jarvis is credited with taking recorded music out of the radio “fill” category and putting them into the program category along with Martin Block of the East coast. Jarvis is heard on KFWB.

At the movies –

Carnival Story – Anne Baxter

Witness To Murder – Barbara Stanwyck, George Sanders, Gary Merrill

Out of this World (Short subject narrated by Lowell Thomas)

Walt Disney’s Adventures of Pinocchio

Walt Disney’s Rob Roy

From Here To Eternity – Montgomery Cliff, Burt Lancaster, Fred Zimmermann, Deborah Kerr, Frank Sinatra, Donna Reed

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