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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1966
Page
4
The National Planning Conference of Homosexual Organizations urged repeal of laws against private homosexual conduct at its first meeting in Kansas City. The group noted homosexuality is illegal in most states, citing Illinois recently repealing similar statutes.
A Chicago publisher promotes a rapid reading technique claiming to double reading speed while increasing comprehension. The method allows reading sentences at a glance and pages in seconds, suggesting broad applicability from stories to technical material.
Federal and state officers combed the ruins of a Mennonite church near Philadelphia Mississippi after a bombing Saturday night. The concrete block structure stood in the northeast corner of Neshoba County and had been destroyed previously in 1964 by a fire of unknown origin.
Born January 15 1897 in Chicago Illinois Nathan Kallison rose from Bonham Elementary and Brackenridge High to head Kallison Enterprises after his father's harness store. A WWI veteran and ardent political donor he fueled local campaigns and built OlImps Park Terrace and Pyron Road developments while running multiple businesses and a Hereford cattle ranch.
Enrollment for the spring term at Sul Ross State College reached 4,577, registrar Glenn F. Davis reported. The figure marks a 7.6 percent rise from 1964, with extension courses in Odessa and Del Rio noted among the enrollment increases alongside resident student figures.
Witnesses report a Saturday explosion sounding like an earthquake near the church front door. The blast destroyed much of the façade and shattered windows as Rev Nevin Bender questions why the church was targeted. FBI agents, county investigators and the Mississippi Highway Patrol are probing the bombing.
Defense Secretary McNamara announced the death of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, a former Texas choreboy who rose to command the Pacific Fleet. He guided island hopping campaigns from Coral Sea to Leyte Gulf, signed Japan’s surrender in Tokyo Bay, and later led naval and UN roles before remaining on active rolls at his death.
President Johnson ordered the American flag lowered to half staff on all federal buildings, grounds, and naval vessels until the burial of Fleet Adm. Chester W. Nimitz. The directive covers national symbols as the nation mourns.
In Celina and Byrdstown Tennessee a brand new 40 bed Clay County hospital sits unused awaiting a qualifying physician. Dr Champ E Clark the county s sole doctor is unable to operate the facility and Pickett County plans a $75 000 to $100 000 clinic with six month free office space to attract a physician. Patients must travel 20 miles for hospital care and over 1000 miles for specialists.
The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet deprived Valery Tarsis of Soviet citizenship for actions discrediting the state. Tass said the 60 year old writer, banned from returning to Russia, had long been known for anti Soviet works. Tarsis expressed hope Western authorities grant him asylum and return as a free citizen one day.
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