Arctic travelers return home from pole trek in Minnesota
Six adventurers led by Will Steger return to St Paul after a 56 day, 500 mile trek to the North Pole. Temperatures plunged to minus 70 as they navigated without air or ground resupply, with frostbite and a sled accident among the challenges. The party, including Ann Bancroft and Paul Schurke, celebrated their polar feat and thanked supporters as crowds welcomed them home.
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ST. Paul, Minn
North Pole
Minnesota
Will Steger
Resolute Bay
Northwest Territories
Robert Peary
Peary
Steger
St. Paul
U.S
Ivory billed woodpeckers spotted in Cuba sparking excitement
A male and possibly two females of the ivory billed woodpecker, long thought extinct, were sighted in Cuba on an expedition led by Lester L. Short. The team reported sightings near Ojita de Agua between April 6 and 16, prompting Cuban officials to halt nearby lumbering. The find revives hopes and concerns as habitat loss driven by logging had decimated North American populations.
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New York
Cuba
Lester L. Short
Department of Ornithology
American Museum of Natural History
Short
Ojita de Agua
Havana
Joe Antonacci
Susan R. Drennan
American Birds
National Audubon Society
George B. Reynard
Cornell University
Laboratory of Ornithology
Jennifer Horne
National Museum of Kenya
Ministry of Agriculture
Navy marks 75 years of air power in Pensacola gala
U S Navy celebrates a diamond jubilee of its air arm at Pensacola Naval Air Station with World War I aviator Forrest Wysong joining the events. Entertainment includes Bob Hope Don Johnson Brooke Shields Elizabeth Taylor Jonathan Winters Sammy Davis Jr. Mac Davis Barbara Mandrell and a Blue Angels air show. Wysong recalls building a personal biplane in 1914 after stalling a homemade glider and flying 11 times before earning an engineering degree at North Carolina State University.
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Pensacola
Fla
Forrest Wysong
U.S. Navy
Wysong
Navy
France
Pensacola Naval Air Station
Bob Hope
Sammy Davis Jr
Mac Davis
Barbara Mandrell
Blue Angels
Greensboro
N.C
Laguna Hills
Calif
North Carolina State University
Nashville station charges for airplay in playola scheme
WSVT in Smyrna outside Nashville offers five minute spots for 90 dollars with ten extra slots free if ten buy, marketing the move as talent showcase rather than hit selling. Owner Jack Bursack insists the format is legal and adds paid spots with disclosures before and after each airing.
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WSVT
Jack Bursack
Smyrna
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