EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, March
18, 1954 Vol. C455
LOCAL
NEWS
WINTER TAKES ONE LAST SWIPE,
HOPEFULLY
East Farewell – It has been said that March “comes in like a
lion and goes out like a lamb” in reference to its weather. This year March
seems to be holding on to its “lion” personality longer than usual. Last week a
cold front blew a late winter storm across the area dumping 6 wet inches of generally
unwanted snow on an unexpecting public. “We thought we had turned the corner.
The lake was starting to open up and there were even some early blooms in the
gardens,” said
Mrs. Mallard, local boarding house owner, who was shoveling her sidewalk,
“This was not what I wanted. I had already started planting my peas and
lettuce. I don’t know how they are going to make out.”
Many other
townsfolk and business owners expressed similar disappointment but were all generally
resolved to clearing off the snow and moving on. Late snowstorms are not
unusual for East
Farewell but this one was not expected to be this severe. Most of the
forecasts called for a dusting and some even predicted rain but it seems a cold
front joined up with the approaching storm and magnified it much to the chagrin
of the forecasters. The forecasters have been upbeat with their future
forecasts, they have said this will all pass quickly and warmer temperatures
are on the way. There is still time for March to “go out like a lamb”.
Highway leading into East Farewell
SPORTS
DEVILS PUT A HEX ON COUGARS
Corning – The Corning Devils dropped
a storm of their own on a weary Cougars team on Friday night winning 39-35 in a
game that should not have been that close. The Cougars were coming off a closer
than expected game against the Bears last week and they didn’t seem to have
gotten back to their playing speed going into Corning. Cougar center, Dan Davis
was suffering from a mild cold as was forward Billy O’Donnell. Coach Wilson
determined that their condition was not severe enough to keep them out but they
did appear a little slower on the court and they did not play the entire game
as they usually do.
The
Devils were waiting for the Cougars with a specially designed defense just to
lock out Davis from the center and isolate the backcourt of Green and Welch.
The scheme worked for three quarters and the Devils were able to control the
game. At halftime they led convincingly 20-14. Both teams did not shoot well
but Devil’s center Armando Victor, led the scoring for both sides with 12. The
lackluster Cougars were playing catch up for most of the game. They were able
to keep the game from being a blowout but that seemed to be the best they could
do. It wasn’t until late in the third quarter when they started to make a run.
Perhaps it had to do with the Devils putting in their reserves, putting Victor
on the bench but the Cougars rallied but still fell short 39-35.
The Cougars return home next week when they face the Riverview Wildcats. The game is another Friday night game and begins at 7:30PM in the Regional High School Gymnasium.
NATIONAL NEWS
US LIKES IKE – NIXON WARNS OF
“RECKLESS TALK” – MCCARTHY BELLOWS – MURROW ONLY WANTS MCCARTHY – NASH
ANNOUNCES NEW AC SYSTEM – NEW MUSIC HOTSPOT IN NYC – CAPITAL RECORDS HAS 17
MILLION IN SALES
The
latest Gallup poll finds President Eisenhower with a 68% approval for the way
he’s handling his job
Approve
- 68%
Disapprove
- 19%
No opinion - 13%
Vice-President Nixon asserts that “reckless talk” and “questionable methods” of some Congressional Communist hunters threaten President Eisenhower’s “great and forward looking program.” The vice president was replying to charges by Democratic Presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson, that the Republicans have embraced “McCarthyism.” Nixon said, “he was not going to deliver any political tirade” and that “the best answer is the facts.” Stevenson recently charged that the Eisenhower administration is embracing McCarthyism and is “half McCarthy, and half Eisenhower.” Mentioning McCarthy at the very beginning of the broadcast, Nixon said President Eisenhower is “right in insisting on fair play” in investigation. “When we use unfair methods of fighting Communism, we help destroy freedom itself.”
Senator Joseph McCarthy asserts
this week “as long as I am in the United States Senate, and I hope it is a long
time, I don’t intend to treat traitors like gentlemen. They are not gentlemen. A Senate friend - a kindly old gentleman had
something to say about it the other day. It’s a difficult job to pick these
slimy creatures without getting rough. If someone can tell me the gentleman’s
way to dig out Communists, I invite them to ‘come on in, the water’s fine.’”
“All this furor has been brought about because we dared to expose some people in the military. We’ve got to get rough. The Communists didn’t treat our boys like gentlemen.”
CBS Commentator Edward R. Murrow refuses to let a substitute for Sen. Joseph McCarthy answer his criticism of the Senator on his “See It Now” program. Murrow charged last week that McCarthy had frequently overstepped the line between persecution and investigation. He then offered to let the Wisconsin senator take over his Tuesday night “See It Now” program in reply. McCarthy said he couldn’t make the program because of other duties and instead nominated author William F. Buckley to speak for him. Said Murrow in a telegram - “The invitation is to you personally and is not subject to transfer to anyone else.” Please advise whether you will appear on the program either this coming Tuesday, March 16 or Tuesday, March 23.”
Car news - Nash Motors announces the “All-Weather Eye” air-conditioning system for its passenger cars. For the first time, cooling, heating and ventilating have been combined into a single integrated air conditioning unit according to the company. “It cools faster and more evenly than anything now on the market. It will not fog or frost up windows. It eliminates the usual stuffy, clammy, stale inside air, because it continually brings in fresh outside air, cleans it, filters it, dehumidifies it and circulates it.”
Music news –Night hot spot - Birdland in Manhattan. It’s known as Broadway’s jive-in haven for hipsters and they’re rounding out their fifth year of operation with the same policy and management. Birdland has been a constant crusader for modern jazz under is various cognomens of bop, cool and progressive music. Names such as Lester Young, Charlie Parker, George Shearing, Terry Gibbs, Budd DeFranco, Dizzy Gillespie and similar jazzman can play regularly. Birdland is owned by Ralph Watkins and Morris Levy.
Capitol Records sales, which have risen steadily over the past four years, reach an all-time high of $17 million in 1953.
Many, many
thanks to www.mrpopculture.com for
contributing to this section of the East Farewell News.
