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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1958
Page
5
TV producer Charles Mercer notes the remaining pioneers of early television are now in their late twenties. The youngest veteran, Ronald Liss, was a child actor in what billed as the first full length play on television, marking a link between 1940s experiments and modern TV.
Liss recalls a half hour CBS TV adaptation of William Faulkner’s Two Soldiers from the 1940s. Producers and writers included Tony Miner Gilbert Seldes and Ben Feiner with heatfully hot lighting and a stagehand camera mishap noted. Liss began on radio and later split time between TV acting and Hollywood before returning to New York in 1956.
In bridge commentary, North and South avoid a cheap save in four spades against West with heart game. A South defense of the queen of clubs misleads East, letting West win and ride to victory. The piece notes some players chose this line at a summer nationals.
Fire gutted Belgium s new national airport destroying its control tower area and forcing a dramatic helicopter rescue. Sabena Air Line pilot Robert Tremerie flew into the flames saving two people trapped high in the tower while other workers escaped. The blaze damaged the airport s electronic system and caused extensive property losses.
An advertisement touts a new economy size Doan's Pills claiming savings for over 60 years and inviting readers to join millions who have used the product for relief. The copy emphasizes affordability and broad consumer appeal.
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