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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 16, 1963

Page

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Jackson riot after Medgar Evers funeral

In Jackson Mississippi hundreds of chanting protesters surged toward police barriers an hour after Medgar Evers funeral. Police with a Justice Department attorney halted the disturbance in about 50 minutes reporting 27 arrests. John Doar urged calm as bottles were thrown.

Jackson, Miss Jackson Medgar Evers Justice Department John Doar Civil Rights Division Department Capital Street Capitol Street oWe Reedom J. J. Ray

Ireland and Civil Rights Echo Across Pages

The column blends travel prose praising Ireland by Hearst staffer and a Jackson Mississippi riot report. It notes touring routes from Shannon to Killarney with vivid landscape and quotes George Bernard Shaw, then shifts to a large funeral for civil rights leader Evers, describing a tense, heat‑fueled confrontation between marchers and police, including use of dogs and a megaphone-led gasps for order.

Wilson Doubts Test Ban Pact In Quiet Hurricane Season

Harold Wilson voiced doubt on a formal test ban with the Soviet Union as the 1963 hurricane season arrived quietly. London reports say tropical conditions are about normal with no storm on the horizon and daily weather summaries will begin.

UPI Labor Khru Shchev Moscow

175 Children Stricken by Heat

United press international reports 175 people, including Vice President Nixon and his children, hospitalized due to dehydration during a renewed heat wave spanning Nuevo Leon and surrounding areas in Mexico and Portugal.

Monterrey Mexico Upi Lisbon U.S Nixon Nuevo Leon Portugal

Editor Notes and Page Picks Highlight Summer Wide Read

The notice outlines the editor’s recommendations across features in the week’s paper. It mentions Religion in America by Louis Cassels on page 40 and Heloise in Puck The Comic Weekly, plus a San Antonio retirement theme and What Makes San Antonio Grow in Los Angeles. It notes July 1 sales tax changes and lists page placements for sections from Readers bonuses to Chess and TV Logs.

America Louis Cassels Heloise Puck Comic Weekly San Antonio Pollation Ben Seigal L.A Don Politico Financial Garden Goren Oil

San Antonio Sees Fifteenth Rainless Day Ahead

San Antonio marked its 15th consecutive dry day as the city remained 3.85 inches below the average for the date and 9.08 inches above the year's total. Forecasters predict continued heat with near 100 degree highs and no rainfall relief in sight through the coming days.

San Antonio Weather Bureau

Nations To Honor Pope In Final Funeral Service

Vatican says 83 nations will send delegations to Pope John XXIII’s funeral at St Peter’s Basilica. Weather outlook calls for clear to partly cloudy skies with hot temperatures and southerly winds 4 to 14 mph.

Vatican City Vatican Press Office John ‘XXIII St. Peter’s Basilica

Bandits Rob Brink's Driver in Chicago Suburb

Two robbers disarmed a Brink's truck driver outside a food store as he prepared to enter his vehicle in Berwyn Illinois. They fled with two money bags estimated at $47 000. Police investigated the weekend incident.

Berwyn Brink's Chicega

Marichal Hurls No-Hit 1-0 Win Over Colts

In a major league no hitter, Juan Marichal pitched the third no hitter of the year for the league leading San Francisco Giants, beating the Houston Colts 1-0. Arnold Palmer shot a 63 to take a two stroke lead at the Thunderbird Open after 54 holes. Longshot B. Major upset Candy Spots set a track record in Chicago.

Juan Marichal San Francisco Houston Colts Arnold Palmer Bobby Nichols Candy Spots Chicago

Kennedy and Spalding fly to Camp David weekend retreat

President Kennedy and Charles Spalding flew from the White House to Camp David in Thurmont Maryland to spend the weekend at the mountain hideaway. Spalding is a New York investment banker. Mrs Kennedy and the two Kennedy children joined Friday.

Thurmont Kennedy Charles Spalding White House Camp David Mfd Spalding New York

New Satellite Launch From Vandenberg AFB

A Thoragena combination rocket carried a United States Air Force satellite into space from Vandenberg Air Force Base California on Saturday. The Air Force provided no further details about the mission or satellite.

Vandenberg Air Force Ibase Calif West Coast Air Force

Petitions aim to overhaul Crystal City government

Community members circulate petitions to force a Oct 1 special election that would expand Crystal City's council from five to seven and oust the incumbent all Latin American slate led by Mayor Juan Cornejo. County attorney G Curtis Jackson says 10 percent of voters are needed and 400 signatures are already collected, with organizers citing resentment toward outside influence from the Teamsters and PASO groups.

Light Crystal City Juan Cornejo Capital Corejo Jsevereman Council G. Curtis Jackson Torney Zavala Jackson Fit Teamsters’ Union PASO San Antonio Teamsters

Texas Heat To Continue Through Weekend

The Associated Press reports a scorching dry spell across Texas with no rain expected. Temperatures reached 103 degrees in Laredo Presidio and Wichita Falls 101 in Junction 199 at both Fort Worth and Waco and a rain event dumped over four inches Friday night between Hart and Kress.

Associated Press Texas Weather Bureau Hart Kress Laredo Presidio Wichita Falls Fort Worth Waco

Abundance for Cuba Far Away

KEY WEST Florida AP report quotes President Carlos Rafael Rodriguez of the National Institute of Agrarian Reform warning Cubans not to expect abundance for many years. He cites low agricultural production and poor organization as causes and says a socialist society cannot deliver abundant goods soon.

Key West Fla. (Ap Carlos Rafael Rodriguez National Institute of Agrarian Reform

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Jone William Randolph Hearst JR The Hearst Dublin Ireland Garry Hogg Adole Morath Aer / Lingus Shannon Clare Limerick Kerry Killarney Irish Tourist Board George Bernard Shaw Uney Evers National Association For the Advancement of Colored People Negro Masonic Temple Allen Thompson Wilson New York Baseball Mets Adela Rogers St. Johns Earl Rogers Funeral Home S.A Pope Rob Brink Marichal Colts JFK Texas Heat Cuba
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