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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1960
Page
11
TV and radio schedule excerpts from the San Antonio Light show a full day of programs including Popeye Kit Carson Highway Patrol Rocky Huntley-Brinkley Weather and late night films. It lists morning and afternoon blocks with soap operas game shows and local station notes.
San Antonio and Bexar County led the U S savings bond drive in the five month period ending May 1960. Charles B. Cooney and McAllister Ris announced area counties posted increased sales versus 1959 with San Antonio residents purchasing 6 768 117 in series E and H bonds. The total for the area reached 52 percent of its 1960 county goal of 13 120 000, while state sales totaled 69 824 409 about 42 percent of the overall goal.
TV Key previews list Dobie Gillis at 7 30 p m with a teen executive plot and a money minded girl. Wyatt Earp at 7 30 p m features a hanging judge and a tense finale. The Rifleman at 7 30 p m shows The Photographer case with Lucas and his son Mark as detective. Alcoa Presents at 9 p m offers Ordeal on Lodds Street with a frightening but flawed finale. Jack Paar Show rounds out the night with guests and humor.
A century-old statute exempting court witnesses from arrest led to the dismissal of a traffic charge against a 17 year old San Antonio girl. The ruling cited the law allowing witnesses to travel to or from court without arrest.
UPI reviewer Fred Danzig says the ABC television special Coke Time aimed at teens failed to spark. He notes a slow pace and retro vibe despite appearances by Frankie Avalon Paul Anka Edd Byrnes Annette Funicello Bobby Darin and others. Boone’s ballad closer falls flat.
Chapel Hill announces a permissive approach to ending segregation as three Negro first-graders will attend a previously all-white school this fall. The town joins seven other North Carolina communities in starting limited school integration near the University of North Carolina.
Washington report says the House passed a bill requiring a detailed public accounting of money spent on overseas trips by members. It also limits travel between Washington and home districts at public expense unless authorized by law or connected to funeral services for a deceased member. The measure returns to the Senate for final approval.
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