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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1962
Page
3
A cluttered OCR list shows a Saturday broadcast slate with cartoon blocks, puppet shows, Westerns, sports highlights, news, and a late-night feature. Notable entries include Popeye, Bugs Bunny, Lassie and Mighty Mite, NCAA football, boxing, Gunsmoke, Have Gun Will Travel, and a Lawrence Welk program with various film and theater interludes.
Fragmentary TV and radio schedule notes listing channels and programs for Saturday evening and morning, with entries for Disney Kit, Gunsmoke, Perry Mason, naked shows, Westerns, soap and news items, plus station call letters and times. Strong entities include Wells, Par, and various station identifiers.
Vincent-Emiel Rossiter of Hartington Nebraska, speaking during the Texas Farmers' Union convention at Granada Hotel, urged farming as the nation's economic backbone. He warned that credit, decay in rural areas, and shifting resources threaten food supplies and national prosperity. Rossiter, a WPA worker turned bank president and civic official, said farming alone sustains both state and country.
NORFOLK VA UP L Navy began ferrying 1400 of 2800 dependents back to Guantanamo Bay Cuba aboard a NATO aircraft. The carrier cited the easing crisis as the carrier planned to bring families home before Christmas while remaining a routine operation at the naval base.
A scribbled account lists attendees including Van Henry Archer, Mrs Kathleen Stown, James Withan Sinkin, Julius Grossenbacher Jr and Sr, Antonia Grosstlibacher, and other local figures. The event featured remarks from party representatives and a coffee sponsorship as leaders discussed legal and political matters in civic circles.
Washington coverage notes religious leaders split on extremism with Rev Ralph Lord Roy of New York arguing its morality depends on perspective. Amid broader religious commentary, a Chicago Motor Club safety advisory urges motorists to carry flares for night roadside emergencies and position lights and flares to warn oncoming traffic.
Ralph Yarborough, speaking at a Henderson County Farm Bureau gathering, called the U S farm economy the nation s strongest weapon and said rural productivity is at an all time high. He praised subsidies and land grant colleges while cautioning against rubber stamping every federal bill and arguing that good economic strength beats military might.
Washington reports a French embassy attempt to reveal plans to send the Mona Lisa to the United States for display at the National Gallery of Art next January. The embassy later denied any decision had been made, stating the matter is under consideration by the French government.
In Dallas near the Save Field area 42 homeowners sue the city for up to 450000 dollars claiming airspace above their properties was used without permission. Judge Cruittard notes a US Supreme Court ruling on airspace claims near Allegheny County Airport and defers several cases until federal aviation authority decisions.
Ta Roi tian View Premier Phoumi Nosavon received pledges of direct assistance with no conditions attached for Laos during his visit to Communist North Vietnam, reported by New China News Agency.
Geneva dispatch says the World Council of Churches requests over 8 million dollars from member churches to fund aid projects worldwide. The appeal was mounted Friday in 1963.
The condition of author Charles Laughton, age 8, remains serious and unchanged at his home on Friday. A spokesman said Laughton is under sedation and receiving chemical treatment.
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