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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1957
Page
3
Ex Cordy Ward faces a violent episode as Cass and Hacky attempt to calm her. Alex confronts strain from family duties and responsibilities at the Springs, revealing politics jealousy and medical worries while Cass notes Matt’s absence and Sue’s troubling situation.
Detroit boy Joseph Wade Junebug Clark, seven, is described as the world’s youngest professional photographer. He began at age three, learned from his mother and father photographers, and has earned money from shoots enough to help pay college costs. His work includes weddings and a notable kiss-photo. He was briefly hired as a freelance staff photographer by the Detroit Times but required nurse and tutor support due to juvenile labor laws.
In Moscow the Soviet Union pledged to provide East Germany more control over Soviet troops temporarily in East German soil but offered no fixed limits. The communique promised future talks on jurisdiction, housing, transport, and communications for Soviet forces. East Germany would receive 440 million rubles in 1957 for goods needed by its economy.
In Mississippi river near Rosedale bad weather hindered search for the sunken towboat and the body of one crewman. Two skin divers aided efforts as Memphis officers said heavier equipment would be needed to locate the Frak Phipps, thought to lie about 890 feet from the Arkansas shore after a butane tank surfaced nearby.
Fred Pryor, 49, of West Memphis, was the sole person aboard the Memphis towboat when it capsized in a cross-current. The engine room likely flooded as the boat sank after a lift line broke while connecting to another vessel. The account notes Pryor’s survival amid the disaster.
Charles Mercer argues new comedians emerge via television and radio rather than reviving vaudeville or burlesque. He cites Jonathan Winters Jack Paar Herb Shriner Buddy Hackett Ernie Kovacs Sam Levenson Johnny Carson Steve Allen and others as examples who built careers on TV despite early struggles. He notes established stars like Hope Marx Gleason and Ball spent years in vaudeville before TV fame.
Two planes collided in the air near Greenville Air Force base yesterday. One man died and two were injured. The base declined to identify the men or provide details last night.
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