21 Feb 1966
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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1966
Page
1
Police said Shaffer, 73, and his wife, both long plagued by heart ailments, died minutes apart after she went to the barn to call him for supper and found him dead. She died attempting to call for help.
Hollywood AP readers learn the 1985 Oscar nominations with 19 each for The Sound of Music and Dr Zhivago. Ship of Fools follows with eight. Foreign nominees include Julie Andrews and Patrick? Christie and Samantha Eggar with several others named. The list covers best picture and acting categories with many international selections.
Gov Connelly's annual registration bill won a 107 40 vote after eliminating a controversial mail registration provision. The move lets any voter register by mail with a signed fraud warning, while critics warn the changes harm turnout among labor and ethnic groups. The bill advances as a special session continues toward a statewide registration system.
Texas Baptists face a higher education crisis over the separation of church and state. Baylor University and Wayland Baptist College sit at the center as factions argue over accepting federal funds versus preserving denominational principles. A 15 member committee will report at the BGCT annual session in Dallas this fall.
Several offices in Lubbock will close Tuesday for the holiday. Federal and state offices banks and financial institutions will shut while City Hall and the County Court House remain open. The Drivers' License Division and All Post Office service windows will be closed with limited deliveries per posted schedules.
Rita Jill Gostin was named queen at the University of New Mexico Winter Ski Carnival coronation ball in Albuquerque. The event celebrated college students with two days of carnival activities including trophy races and a discotheque.
U S cavalry and B 52 bombers targeted suspected Viet Cong havens along South Viet Nam's central coast. A Navy destroyer shelled coastal buildings as forces plus Marines and South Vietnamese troops pressed a hunt for 900 to 1,000 enemy fighters in Phuoc Valley.
An Arctic front brings heavy clouds and snow with 4 to 6 inches in Donley Hall and Collinsworth counties. Tulsa and Dimmitt report an inch, while western Oklahoma sees the heaviest snowfall. Hazardous driving advisories issued as precipitation moves south and east toward northern Texas.
In New York, a bronze bust of President Johnson by Charles Cherne, inspired by Abraham Lincoln, stands 15 inches tall on a black Belgian marble base. Cherne, a political economist and Freedom House figure, expects to present the work at a Wednesday ceremony as the Freedom Award recipient.
Austin psychiatrist says James C. Cross Jr. had a sadistic day dream when he strangled University of Texas coeds Susan Rigsby and Shirley Ann Stark in his apartment last July 18. He allegedly planned the act and later assaulted Susan after unconsciousness, as defense contends.
In Chicago City Minnesota AP reports George Noreen 90 celebrated with townsfolk then worked a shift in a cemetery the next morning. He follows his father Frank Noreen in the family trade and recalls digging graves for four decades. He also tends a half-acre garden and eight lawns in summer.
President de Gaulle says France will remove foreign troops from its soil and place NATO commands under French control after April 4 1969. He calls for consultation on Vietnam and asserts France will determine its own fate, signaling a shift in alliance structure in Paris.
In Oceanside California a tanker and an auto transport truck collided in fog and burned for over two hours causing four to five deaths. Police estimated about 5,000 cars backed up on the four lane highway known as Slaughter Alley. A second accident north of the pileup occurred with no fatalities reported.
Candy Messler's lawyer told an all male jury he would prove state witnesses were liars who testified under influence of the victim's wealthy husband. Attorney Clyde Woody spoke after the defense rested as the sixth week of the trial continued.
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