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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1963
Page
5
Fragmented OCR style TV and radio listings present a sprawling Saturday schedule with numerous shows, hosts, cartoons, sports, and news blocks. Names like King, Leonarda, Murphy, and Williams appear amid program times and stations, with scattered descriptions of dramatic readings, sports, and film features.
TV listings review Saturday's lineup featuring Olympic previews from Japan with host interviews and candid team coverage. Includes 94 minute Night of swimming and diving championship coverage from Yale University pool, plus Gunsmoke and a dramatic episode with themes of prejudice.
A scrambled schedule collage lists station call letters and frequencies including 1200 K.C. NIC and 97.3 913 Kiss with mentions of programs like Weekend Music, Dance, Metropolitan Opera Othello, and news blocks. It references multiple outlets such as WYMAC CBS ABC KONG KITE and KCGR among others with varied time slots and show names.
Washington officials briefed the House Appropriations Committee on an underestimation of a shrimp research ship cost for the Gulf. Testimony from Donald L. McKernan and Rep. Michael Kirwan revealed the project was funded at 200000 but builders estimated 350000, prompting a request for 150000 more.
A string of obituary notices lists names ages and service details across San Antonio and nearby areas. Entries include Tomasa G Nelra of Brae with Mass at St Agnes and interment at San Fernando. Berl E Ferrier age 71 with services in Winnipeg and interment. and multiple others such as Fernando de la Rosa, Edward Kellman, Ricardo Camarillo, and Marie Schaffer with funerals at Max Martinez chapel or local churches and interment at Ft. Sam Houston National Cemetery or Mission Burial Park.
Fragments of a Texan related event show U S delegates including Rep Joseph Montoya and Jim Wright provoking Cuban ire at a Guanajuato meeting. The report lists performances and ads for March events by Manco Lavornia Hall Flores and Johnny J. and Bar Wranglers.
State Sen Stanklin urged the San Anton city council to decide by April 2 on protecting Incarnate Word and High School property from freeway damage. He requested a shelf across the ICW property extending north of Hildebrand to allow access for ICW students and staff. Estimates for construction were to be provided next week by State Highway Engineer G E Greer.
Soviet defense minister Marsh Resion Malingtsky will fly home Monday after a stay in Indonesia at the invitation of President Sukarno. The visit aims to deepen ties between the two nations and discuss regional security.
The page outlines Saturday evening programming with Gunsmoke and The Defenders among other shows. It notes weather updates and late sports or movie listings with station times, host segments, and local calendar items for Corpus Christi.
A Dallas home fire claimed the life of Mrs Olga Louis Woltos in the blaze on Friday. A firefighter suffered minor injuries while recovering the body from a bedroom where the fire started.
The San Antonio Light invites readers to propose their best move for World Chess Championship players Paul Keres and Koltanowski. After moves No. 1 and 2, readers submit move No. 3 by noon Friday, with prizes for top responses based on accuracy and cleverness.
A tangled fragment reports family notes from Dallas detailing children and kin. Names and ages appear loosely, with several garbled phrases and unclear relationships among Virgil Gay Yipper and Mrs Miner, hinting at a domestic notice or social column from a bygone era.
PASSO officials accuse Crystal City election authorities of code violations and restricting booths for the April 2 vote. Albert Fuentes says city hall will provide absentee voting assistance while absentee ballots are impounded. The dispute highlights alleged discrimination against voters with Hispanic surnames as PASSO campaigns for five Mexican descent candidates against the current city government.
Fragmented notices show absentee voting for the April 2 city elections lagging behind prior totals. Through Friday 193 voters participated across nine days, with 220 cast by the same period in 1981. Multiple obituaries and funeral notices follow for local residents including Kellman, Burris, and Perrier, detailing survivors and service arrangements.
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