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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1971
Page
1
A fortnight before Christmas shoppers flocked to the mall where Byron Satmford photographed children meeting Santa. The scene focused on cheerful moods and holiday spirit as families prepared for the season.
U S Senator McGee urged strong U S support for Israel at a dinner honoring San Antonian Sylvan Lang, first local recipient of the B'nai Brith Humanitarian Award. The event at St. Anthony Motel featured remarks on Middle East tensions and youth empowerment alongside presentations by George J. Mitchell and other community leaders.
Police investigate three robberies that netted bandits over $260. Samuel Novels, 18, reports a wallet and $35 taken near Rouston Street at 7 p.m. Sunday. A. Mendoza, 18, says a knife-wielding robber stopped his car at Commerce and Springsdale around 1 a.m. Sunday and stole $40. Jossin Foster, 53, says a man with a knife demanded her purse at Laurel and McCullaugh around 1 p.m. Sunday, taking $2 and prescription glasses.
A capacity crowd at the Convention Center Arena packed more than 10 000 on Sunday for a mariachi Mass celebrated by Archbishop Sheen honoring Our Lady of Guadalupe. Concelebrants included Archbishop Furey and Bishop Flores with 95 priests. Retired Archbishop Macey presided. Sheen urged spiritual discipline, celibacy for priests, and a return to gospel virtues while condemning the sex culture. He cited Gandhi and Dag Hammarskjold as celibacy examples and commented on youth movements and church reforms. The Medalla Guadalupana was awarded to six recipients for community and church service. The event highlighted the 440th anniversary of the Virgin Mary’s apparition to Juan Diego on Dec 9, 1531.
San Antonio must add 4,599 beds by 1977 under the 1972 Texas state hospital plan, a 1.19 percent rise. The plan outlines expansions at South Southwest Texas Methodist and Santa Rosa Medical Center, plus a 110-bed general hospital at Lutheran General, with modernization for 201 surplus beds and standards upgrades for nursing care. The board delayed action on interest-subsidy loans and will reconvene in January to decide on applications and salary supplements for key doctors.
A Navy C2 Greyhound with six passengers and four crew aboard disappeared on a flight to Saigon after leaving Cubi Point Naval Air Station. Debris and mail bags were later sighted about 200 miles southwest of Subic Bay near Chi Point, as search efforts continue.
Virgil Ramsey aged 76 married Fileen Renia, 60, in a convalescent hospital ceremony Sunday after a state law barred single couples from watching the late television show together. About 50 people attended with champagne and cake, a nurse said.
In Bangkok the founder of Thailand's family planning association urged birth control as a tool to lower juvenile crime. Prof Fira Na Bangchang proposed a four year interval between pregnancies to strengthen parental control over child upbringing.
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