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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1961
Page
5
A 55 foot spruce in Memorial Square toppled Monday night as 40 mile per hour gusts swept the city. The tree was decorated with 12 500 lights, 500 balls and bells, gold garland, four toots, and candy canes amid the festive display.
Washington officials weighed a shift in defense policy after the Berlin crisis, aiming to reduce mobilizations of Army National Guard and Reserve members. Officials, led by Army Secretary Elvis Stahl Jr, discussed keeping a standing force around 940,000, with a smaller reliance on reserve mobilizations in future crises.
Read as a kaleidoscope of 1982 TV star gossip and upcoming specials. Connie Francis Richard Powell Rodger Merrill headlines with Studio MGM releases. Actors like Nick Adams and Shirley Jones loom over NBC CBS and ABC projects. Also notes about Broadways and Roseland stock, with TV guest spots and Christmas stock at Roseland.
Washington AP Historian Allen Nevins was elected chairman of the Civil War Centennial Commission, succeeding Maj. Gen. Ulysses S Grant III, who resigned last August. President Kennedy had recommended Nevins for the post.
The United States and Japan agreed to establish a joint committee on scientific cooperation, announced by the state department in Washington.
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