14 Feb 1966
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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1966
Page
1
Gov. Connally calls for annual free voter registration as the 59th Legislature opens a special session. Bills for annual no charge registration face a clash with proposals for a 25 cent fee. House Speaker Barnes and Lt. Gov. Smith indicate strong support for Connally's plan and majority will to pass. Connecticut?
The report describes a Soviet blast and U S political actions tied to a pending poll tax registration plan. Lawmakers weigh a House bill, court rulings, and a constitutional amendment with potential effects before November. Multiple officials discuss timing, stays, and procedural moves as dates approach.
APD reports a man complained that a snowmobile rider drove over more than 100 raspberry bushes in his Stevens Point yard around 3 am Sunday. The unrelated political and military items describe voter registration debates and Soviet nuclear testing signals from Semipalatinsk with emphasis on underground blasts and rocket warhead development.
Lubbock area readers are invited to a concert tonight as world acclaimed bass Jerome Hines performs during his ten year absence. The event marks a major arts moment for the region with other campus and city cultural notes highlighted across pages.
Singapore AP reports Indonesia recalled its ambassador to Communist China. Subandrio quoted, saying Ambassador Djawato will report on the unfriendly attitude adopted by Red China.
A Braniff International Airways Boeing 120 jet engine burst into flames and disintegrated as the plane landed at Love Field Dallas with 128 aboard. The aircraft was en route from Denver to Houston and carried 121 passengers.
Tornadoes swept through Georgia and North Carolina as southeastern storms collide with a new cold wave. Snow and rain swelled rivers nationwide, with 75 mph winds in North Carolina and record rainfall in New York. Evacuations occurred near Davenport Iowa while heavy snow blanketed the Texas Panhandle.
Former Soviet spy Rudolf Abel claims in a youth newspaper interview that he disposed of a decoder and Moscow message before his arrest by FBI agents in Brooklyn in 1957. He says the tape and film were flushed after a tense hotel room confrontation and that he remains in retirement in Moscow.
A head on collision on Hale Center Main Street early Sunday killed Norman Ray Jennings 20 of Hale Center and seriously injured four others including Charles Langford 23 of Kress Paul Brown 18 of Lubbock and Walter Kuehnast 17 of Hale Center. Brown Langford and Mogg were treated at local hospitals with Mogg in critical care.
Partly cloudy and unseasonably cold night with a high near 40 and a low around 20. Light east and northeast winds expected. Weather map page notes limited precipitation and temperatures for 24 hours ending earlier this evening.
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