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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1963
Page
1
Two new winners claimed money in The Light's Lucky Bucks and Social Security contests on Monday. Emma Ogle of 319 Belmont and Airman J C Johnson of Randolph’s 3510 Air Base Group shared $35, bringing total winnings to $5,610 and 461 winners. Average weekly winnings over five weeks now exceed $1,100.
A weather and contest feature notes partly cloudy hot Tuesday with highs near 90s and lows in the mid 70s. It highlights Mrs Ogle winning 25 dollars and Johnson 10 in social security contest, plus Light offering 25000 in prizes. agents pass out Lucky Bucks across San Antonio and South Texas as the five day forecast calls for near normal highs and light to moderate showers.
Manila prepares for Typhoon Carena with winds near 120 mph. Weather officials warn the storm will move from the Pacific toward southeast Luzon and reach the Manila area by tomorrow, prompting evacuations and advisories.
San Antonio logged 38th consecutive day without measurable rain as light afternoon showers cooled the city. The weather outlook predicts more rain in the afternoon and evening with highs around 95 and lows near 75 through Tuesday.
A Dakota cool front moved toward the Texas Panhandle promising rain and cooler temperatures. Scattered thundershowers drenched parts of Texas yesterday with more showers along the Lower Gulf Coast and southeast Panhandle. Coastal areas were cloudy while the rest of the state stayed hot and clear.
Two three-doctor surgical teams completed separation of Daniel Clifford and David Eugene, conjoined from breastbone to navel, at Children's Hospital Glendale within a 36 hour deadline. The boys, born Saturday to Mrs. Pinalca Bartley and William Bartley, remained in incubators in satisfactory condition as a week to ten day post operative period looms.
New Delhi report says opposition leader quotes Prime Minister Nehru stating Chinese Communists moved thousands of troops from Sinkiang to the Tibetan border. The claim alleges about 15 divisions massed across the border from India's NEFA.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee urging ratification of the limited nuclear test ban pact among the United States Britain and the Soviet Union. He argued the treaty would slow the arms race without harming U.S. security and noted East Germany's Moscow signing does not imply U.S. recognition. The hearing included Undersecretary Harriman and Foster with plans to question Joint Chiefs of Staff and CIA officials later this week.
The article notes a riverboat stop with 23 passengers arrested amid coverage of racial crisis nationwide. It also mentions a teen aged Negro girl slain and a major insurer announcing the end of segregation in 34,170 housing units, with page references for broader context.
Two prisoners remain missing after an Indiana state farm riot Sunday night. Troopers used birdshot to quell the disturbance, injuring five others and hospitalizing two. two inmates are also reported missing amid widespread damage to facilities. The outbreak followed a prisoner pneumonia death and involved about 500 inmates. Authorities recovered part of a narcotics stash during a systematic search.
Unlled Press International reports the nation’s coldest temperature today was 46 degrees at Bennington Vermont.
A French Air Inter domestic flight from Lyons to Lille with 16 aboard crashed in east central France. Initial reports say eight killed and eight seriously injured as the airliner struck a pylon. The Paris Air Inter office reported 12 passengers and four crew.
UPI reports Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman pledged 59 million dollars in American aid to rebuild earthquake struck Skopje Yugoslavia during a five day Yugoslavia visit. He ends his trip and flies home from Dubrovnik on the Adriatic coast.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk said the United States will approve extradition of Venezuela's former dictator Marcos Perez Jimenez. Perez has been jailed in Miami since December 12, 1962, while Venezuela's extradition request is considered.
Attorney Harvey L. Hardy files in district court a declaratory judgment suit challenging the proposed Bexar County home rule charter and charter writing commission as unconstitutional. The filing comes after Hardy’s 4-0-4 court appointment with one dissent, naming the defendants including Dist. Atty. James E. Barlow and other charter members.
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