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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Apr 23, 1968

Page

16

Socialists To Seek Belgian Coalition

In Brussels AP reports Socialist party leader Leo Colt Collard aged 65 a lawyer mayor agreed Monday to attempt forming a new government out of the current coalition amid turmoil. He plans to unite the Flemish socialists with education and reform factions to bridge feuding between French speaking Walloons and Dutch speaking parties in Belgium.

Brussels Belgium Jing Flemings Socialist Party Leo Colt Collard Tard Lef Mens Pament Louvain Wallonia Christian Democrats

Belgium faces language split as coalition falls

Belgium confronts a language divided nation after a February government collapse. The language feud inflames politics as Socialists and two major parties lose in elections. federalist groups gain amid calls to delegate powers to Dutch and French language regions.

Army Reserve 60th Birthday Observed Across Southern States

By Kate Osann the U S Army Reserve marked its 60th anniversary with parades open houses drill team shows band concerts films and ceremonies planned across Texas Arkansas Louisiana Oklahoma and New Mexico. The reserve has answered the call to arms four times since its inception for World War I II Korea and the Berlin crisis of 1961.

U.S. Army Reserve Geneva Goy John Connally Congo Europe Army Reserve Texas Arkansas Louisiana Oklahoma New Mexico

Texas teachers back Nixon and Smith in poll amid liquor vote

In a UPI report, Texas Classroom Teachers Association members show Nixon leading in presidential preference and Preston Smith ahead in the governor race with double the support of rivals. Johnson ranks second after withdrawal. write-ins limited. Liquor by the drink approved narrowly, horse betting margins narrow with Yarborough trailing Briscoe and Connally in the gubernatorial count.

STIN UPI Texas Richard Nixon Preston Smith Nixon Hubert Humphre Johnson Texas Clitss Room Teachers Association Don Yarbor-Igers Edward Whitten Oughsburg Wallace Sisk Smith Dolph Briscoe Yarborough John Connally Eugene Locke John Hill Waggoner Carr Paul Eg

Hearing Slated On Lubbock Water Plant Expansion

The Texas Water Control Board will hear the City of Lubbock's plan to double the southeast Lubbock water reclamation plant at 9 a.m. in Austin. Sam Wahl city engineer Che ter Green of Parkhill Smith Cooper and Tommy J Ray public works employee J Frank Gray of Standefer Gray will represent Lubbock. The $2.5 million expansion targets 12 million gallons daily output, matching current production.

Lubbock Austin Texas Water Control Board Sam Wahl Cheter Green Parkhill Smith Cooper, Inc Tommy J. Ray Public Works Department Employe J. Frank

Spouse Charged In Wife's Death

In Houston Charlie Bill Harvey, 44, was charged after his wife Mary Lou, 43, was found shot between the eyes. Harvey says he heard a shot in the bedroom, cleaned the scene, changed the sheets, then went to a bar with his wife's cousin. The cousin called police after Harvey claimed Mary Lou killed herself, investigators said.

Houston UPI Charlie Bill Harvey Mary Lou Harvey Land Mary Low Homicide

Hunger In U S Probed By Special Committee

A federal inquiry found widespread dietary deficiencies across urban and rural areas, with severe protein deficits Kwashiorkor and Marasmus. It cited parasitic disease links to malnutrition in South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, Alabama, and Indian reservations. The Citizens’ Board criticized the Department of Agriculture and urged removing federal food programs to establish a need based free food stamp system. Co chairs Benjamin F. Mays and Leslie W. Dunbar led a 25 member panel financed by private funds.

South Carolina Florida Mississippi Alabama Citizens’ Board Department of Agriculture Congress Congressional Agriculture Department Chas Benjamin F. Mays Morehouse College Atlanta Leslie W. Dunbar The Field Foundation New York

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