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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1962
Page
3
TV Key selects weekend top televi visions with Sam Benedict and The Apostle. Abert Sabat portrays a peace loving apostle drawn into brutality while John Rew plays a provocative playboy. The review praises acting and notes sketches on timing and controversy.
A scrambled TV radio schedule lists cartoons, features, and films from 7:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. including Three Stooges, Captain Kangaroo, Popeye, Bugs Bunny, and sports blocks. The page notes program titles, times, and channel cues with frequent references to entertainers and classic film titles.
A highly detailed report notes the 456 year old painting known as the Mona Lisa and its voyage to Washington aboard a luxurious liner. The artwork was protected by an eight-member Louvre team and traveled without insurance, with no underwriter willing to cover the $100 million value.
News reports describe a UPI sourced incident where an American jet interceptor crashed near Greenland during a search for a missing helicopter. Six airmen were missing. search teams and Eskimo dog teams aided the rescue. In a separate item, President Kennedy planned to name R T W Renne Montana State College president as assistant secretary of agriculture, expanding international duties and peace program oversight.
In Murphy North Carolina population 2235 vies as a quirky capital of a nearby state chain. The report lists Raleigh 408 miles away and other capitals such as Atlanta Columbia Nashville Montgomery Charleston as distant points. The longest distance mentioned reaches 399 miles from a cited location, highlighting geographic quirks.
Charles W. Nail 54 of 115 W Nottingham will join the Bexar County District Attorney Office as chief investigator. Nail retired from the FBI after 22 years and led the investigation that helped convict Spt Calvin Lee Maghes in the paper note robbery case. He helped with the Bobby Greenlease kidnapping case and received a letter of appreciation from FBI Director J Edgar Hoover upon retirement.
Rodney W. Davison, assistant agricultural attache at the American Embassy in Moscow, flew to Copenhagen with his family three days after a Soviet disclosure of spy charges against an embassy official identified as Karlsson. Davison said he left Moscow on his own initiative and did not know if he would return. Ambassador Kabler declined comment on the matter.
Fragmented OCR lists radio schedules and station call letters with scattered references to Transylvania University history from 1794 to 1797 and various NBC stations. It mentions the Tibet area, radio dial around 120, and multiple station identifiers such as KTSA KUTY KONO KONO and others, with times like 6:45 and 7:00 noted alongside.
Fragmentary OCR lists TV logs and channel notes with names and times. Several proper nouns appear without clear context or complete sentences. The readable items include channel references and scattered names such as Perry Tarnow and Loregy with uncertain details.
Old staff dismissed by Barlow with ten notified for January 1 1962 departures in the district attorney's office including domestic relations chief Retling and four investigators Xblan Janis Cuellar Dan Miguel and LC Christensen also among the dismissed Marie Jaggary Lora Schocdis Ati Kennon Quinton Fhner Abel Rodriguez listed for new cards clerks replacements expected Monday with possible further staff changes. Charles W Nall named senior investigator at nine thousand dollars yearly and Thomas Lee appointed administrative assistant at seven thousand dollars yearly.
At Guantanamo Bay a shipload of 380 women and children, sent away at the Cuban crisis start on Oct 22, returned to their homes aboard the transport Grizer. The welcome included bands and boats, signaling a peaceful homecoming for those dependents.
A ceramic display titled The contemporary and traditional Wisquies of Annie Smith Fanloe will be shown at Ft Sam Houston Little Theater. The event includes a Salomon Fair presentation by the theater around the same time, highlighting craftsmanship and local art.
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