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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1956
Page
3
In New Orleans Audubon Park a male whooping crane hatched the first captive-born chick of its species, named for the 3ist known to exist. Its mate Josephine laid the first egg a month earlier and the second egg remains unhatched as photographers await a full reveal.
New York NBC begins a drive to inject fresh writing and comic talent into TV. Director Leonard Hole leads a program sourcing manuscripts from colleges and theatres, filtering about 2000 submissions to staff new writers and place them with shows as veteran performers falter under weekly demands.
DUMAS TM-A Dumas businessman Hubert Pittman about 40 was seriously burned in a light plane crash on an airstrip at Winchester yesterday. State Police said Pittman tried to land when the craft hit a power line and burst into flames. An unidentified man and Jimmy Hughes, the airstrip owner, pulled Pittman from the wreckage. Pittman was listed in critical condition with third degree burns at a hospital here.
An impatient driver cursed the Memorial Day parade delays on a bridge. Maj. Gen. Sherman T. Clinger Arkansas adjutant general told a crowd at National Cemetery he chose not to respond, praising the right to express anger. The report also notes a school child with vision difficulties contributing to projects and comments on talent shortages in television writing and production.
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