EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, December
15, 1960 Vol. C807
LOCAL
NEWS
SNOWSTROM AMBUSHES THE EAST COAST
East
Farewell – A massive snowstorm that had been completely missed by almost every
weather forecaster blanketed the East Coast and far inland including East Farewell.
Over 27” of snow fell in less than 36 hours and paralyzed big cities and small
towns alike, no one was spared. Most forecasters predicted a small dusting but
they did not expect the storm to turn into a northeaster and stall over the
East Coast. All services jumped into
action by 6:00PM only four hours after the storm started. Still the roads were
covered, the Public Transit System and the Mighty Keystone Railroad all ground
to a halt. The snow fell all night and all day Saturday finally coming to an
end on Sunday afternoon. Schools in the
area were all cancelled for Monday and many businesses closed for the day. By
Monday evening most of the streets had been plowed and an army of shovel toting
young entrepreneurs had cleared most of the sidewalks and driveways in town and
around the lake.
Weather predictions have improved in
recent years with the launch of satellites that track the weather and give
meteorologists a better view and understanding of weather patterns. They have
been able to predict upcoming events from father out in time and with better
accuracy. But this climate is still a very complicated system and this storm
caught everyone by surprise. “This storm did not look like it would amount to
anything when we were tracking it early on but then it suddenly and
inexplicably developed into a northeaster, merging with a system from the south
that we had expected to go out to sea. You just can’t know all the different
possibilities. We do have a much better understanding and better views with all
the satellites but there is still a whole lot that we don’t know,” said local
weatherman Jim Reader when asked for an explanation.
On the positive side, this snowfall
will ensure a white Christmas. The beautiful scenes around town are plentiful
now and a lot of people are pleased. After last year’s lack of snow and winter
weather this storm, while immediately a big surprise and momentarily a big
inconvenience, has certainly put everyone in the Christmas spirit.
1960 snow dig out
SPORTS
NEW LOOK COUGARS BASKETBALL
TAKES THE COURT
East Farewell - The 1960-61 Cougars basketball team made their
debut on Friday against the Central Bears. This year’s squad has some big shoes
to fill following last year’s league winning championship team. Last year’s
starting team was all seniors that had played together for three years. They
were talented, experienced and had an almost intuitive connection to each other
that made their plays look like they were communicating telepathically. This
year’s team is mostly sophomores; the only senior is Wendell Williams, point guard.
Williams saw quite a bit of playing time last year and Coach Wilson is looking
to him to lead the younger players. Williams has a big job ahead of him. The
rest of the team had two juniors, Billy Green, forward, and Gene O’Donnell,
forward, Jimmy Welch, sophomore, 2 guard and Dan Davis, sophomore, center.
Davis is new to the program having just moved to town last year. Green and
O’Donnell are younger brothers of past Cougars. There are also other players
who have older brothers who played on the team a couple of years ago, Joey Fox,
Charlie Cox and Shamus McKean are younger brothers to many past stars. They are
hoping to carry on the winning tradition.
The
Central Bears are also a young team, not as young, they have three seniors
starting but they also have two sophomores. The Bears came out strong and took
a quick 15-8 lead and looked strong on the defensive side. The Cougars had
trouble executing plays crisply and many passes went awry. The Cougars had 7
turnovers in the first half. Williams did a good job in trying to run to
Cougar’s offense but first game jitters and inexperience topped his effort. The
Cougars trailed 34-26. In the second half the Cougars calmed down a bit and
closed the cap to 60-58 by the middle of the fourth quarter. Center, Dan Davis
was holding his own against a bigger and older, Bert Miller on the Bears side
but the Cougar forwards, Green and O’Donnell were sloppy and had trouble with
the plays. The game came down to the last minute and the Cougars had a chance
to tie the game at 64 but Green made an errand pass to Welch and Bears guard
Fuller Johnson grabbed the ball and drove down the court for a quick score. On
the inbounds the Cougars tried to beat a press but failed and the Bears were up
by four. The Cougars were able to inbounds the ball on the second try and
Williams was able to drain an outside shot to bring it to 68-66 with ten
seconds left. The Bears were able to get the ball in over a leaping Davis whose
6’2” height was just not enough to get to the ball. The time ran out and the
Cougars lost 68-66. “We have a lot of work to do,” said Coach Wilson after the
game, “The boys tried but they need more work. We will get this together and I
was proud of the boys tonight. They worked hard but, again, we need to work out
some things.”
The Cougars travel to Corning next week to meet the Devils. The Devils are the league favorite to win it all this season. The Cougars have their work cut out for them. The game begins on Friday night at 7:30PM in Devils Gymnasium.
NATIONAL NEWS
DEGAULLE VISITS ALGERIA – POSTAL CLERCK FROM
NE HAMPSHIRE TRIES TO BLOW UP KENNEDY - TEXAS AND ILLINOIS AWARDS ELECTORIAL VOTES TO KENNEDY
- KING OF BELGIUM WEDS
French President Charles de Gaulle's visit to French Algeria was marked by bloody European and Muslim mob riots by in Algeria's largest cities, resulting in 127 deaths.
Richard Paul Pavlick, a 73-year-old postal clerk from New Hampshire, loaded his car with dynamite and then parked outside the Kennedy family estate in Palm Beach, Florida, and prepared to kill President-elect John F. Kennedy, waiting for Kennedy to depart for Sunday mass. Pavlick changed his mind after seeing that Kennedy was accompanied by his wife and two small children.[20] Pavlick was arrested four days later by Palm Beach city police
In the U.S. presidential election, the Texas board of canvassers awarded all 24 of that state's disputed electoral votes to Democratic Party candidate John F. Kennedy, bringing his total from 249 to 273, three more than the 270 required to win. The decision came two hours after federal judge Ben C. Connally rejected a Republican lawsuit seeking a recount.
The five member electoral board of Illinois, with a majority of Republican members, unanimously certified the results of the November 6 popular balloting in the U.S. presidential election, and awarded Democrat John F. Kennedy the state's 27 electoral votes. The board had considered Republican charges of voter fraud in Cook County and denied a request for a further election recount. Before the award of the Illinois block, Kennedy had 273, three more than the necessary 270 needed to win.
In
a royal wedding at the St. Michael and St. Gudula
Cathedral in Brussels, King Baudouin of Belgium married Doña Fabiola de Mora y Aragon. Earlier in the
day, the two had married in a private civil ceremony at the royal palace,
followed by the church wedding.
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