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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1966
Page
7
State officials urge Texans to pay the $1.75 poll tax by January 31 to be eligible for all 1966 elections including primaries and bonds. Federal suit to ban the tax unsettled. exemptions available for those over 60 and new residents with deadlines for exemption certificates.
Texas Republicans will field nearly a full slate of statewide candidates in 1966 while committing most funds to Sen. John Tower. National Committeeman Albert B. Fay says 40 percent of a new budget over 1.5 million dollars goes to Tower, with a selective filing strategy for local and district races. They target Houston Dallas and Panhandle congressional seats and several state legislative posts.
William H. Crook Southwest Region director of the Office of Economic Opportunity leads a statewide tour to inspect War on Poverty results with Walter Richter, state CEO director named by Governor Connally as liaison between federal and state efforts.
Attorney General Waggoner Carr rules a court may place a defendant on misdemeanor probation without a jury if the probation law is met. Boundary changes affect precinct residency for county commissioner runs. Carr clarifies witness fee payments under the new criminal procedure code. Gov. Connally appoints Wayne Gibbons and others to state Washington posts and tax policy, with new library and housing committee appointments and a deaf services study group.
Six new Operation Head Start projects and four program development grants under the Economic Opportunity Act received the governor’s approval. Projects include Lockett Rural High School Vernon $7.71 Whitharral ISD $19 173 Uvalde ISD $28 145 Detroit School District $29 744 Snyder Consolidated ISD $20 478 Lasara ISD $26 481. Development grants went to Community Council of
Starr County Rio Grande City and several others receive grants totaling amounts not yet determined to support educational centers and community services. U S Office of Education approved projects in Alpine Burleson Canyon El Paso Houston San Antonio and San Marcos. State Bar of Texas gets 5000 from Houston Endowment for Penal Code revision with a tentative finish for the 60th Legislature in January 1967. Arbor Day proclaimed for January 21.
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