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200,000 Vets
Need to Renew
Their License
The Georgia State Patrol is
looking for 200,000 veterans
who did not renew their
drivers license in 1973 in
compliance with anew state
law. The Patrol says if they
don’t get some word from
those veterans by the end of
next year, they will be
declared “non-existant” for
purposes of drivers license
records and those records
will be destroyed.
Colonel Herman Cofer,
Commissioner of the Georgia
Department of Public Safety,
said the problem came about
in 1973 when all holders of
honorary Georgia Veterans
licenses were supposed to
have their licenses updated
by having an eye test. There
were around 500,000 such
veteran license records on
file with Department of
Public Safety but only 300,000
veterans complied with the
law, thus leaving 200,000 who
did not. Colonel Cofer said
these veterans could have
died or moved away from
Georgia but in many cases
still are here, still alive, and
still driving with an expired
drivers license.
Under the 1973 law, holders
of lifetime veterans licenses
are now required to have the
eye test every four years to
keep the licenses valid. Next
year is the four year interval
and will possibly help the
State Patrol’s drivers license
renewal business to double in
volume. Colonel Cofer said
many of the expected 350,000
veterans who face renewal
next year could get a jump on
long lines and extensive
waits by coming in now and
renewing. Only those vet
erans with birthdays in
January may come in during
October as the law permits
renewal within 90 days prior
to a license holder’s birth
day.
Colonel Cofer said he is
hopeful that focusing atten
tion on the potential problem
on the veteran’s license will
prevent that problem from
becoming serious for any
holder of veterans licenses in
Georgia.
The free honorary veterans
drivers license program was
originated in 1949 as a benefit
to Georgians who served
their state in the military. In
1973 it was changed to
require every four year up
dating because of the
advancing age and physical
condition of some World
Wars I and II Veterans. The
license is still free but calls
for an eye test for the holder
every four years.
Flynt Wins
Praise Of
Conservatives
The American Conserva
tive Union (ACU) congratu
lated Georgia’s 6th District
Congressman John J. Flynt,
Jr. for his outstanding voting
record during 1976.
“Congressman Flynt has
consistently voted with in
terests of the American
taxpayer in mind,” declared
ACU Chairman M. Stanton
Evans. “ACU commends his
steadfast efforts to cut
excessive government spend
ing, reduce the Federal
bureaucracy, and strengthen
national defense.”
Flynt received an 84
percent conservative rating
on ACU’s Interim Rating of
Congress for this year. The
rating was based on 16 key
legislative votes taken from
January-June, 1976.
“In view of the upcoming
November elections it is
extremely important that the
voting public knows where
their elected representatives
stand, unequivocally and
without hesitation,” Evans
added.
“Representative Flynt has
demonstrated the dynamic,
honest and responsible kind
of leadership so vitally
needed in Congress. His
voting record shows that he>
has forthrightly upheld the
traditions of American
liberty, fiscal integrity, and a
strong national defense.”
Senator Nunn Calls For New
Department of Education
WASHINGTON-Senators
Nunn (D-Ga.), Abe Ribicoff
(D-Conn.) and Warren G.
Magnuson (D-Wash.) have
introduced legislation that
would consolidate the educa
tional activities of the federal
government.
“Education is among the
most important government
al functions,” Nunn said. “It
is high time we gave it the
attention it deserves.
“The Secretary of Health,
Education, and Welfare is
now pulled three ways,”
Nunn said. “He doesn’t have
the time he should to devote
to education. We need a
fulltime Secretary of Educa
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Nunn said a Department of
Education was necessary
because of the growing
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For and about Teenagers
BY PATRICK EDWARD
THIS WEEK’S LETTER:
I’m a 16 year old girl in my
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OUR REPLY: Com
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how you think his policies
are affecting your friend
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feelings on the matter. And
give him the opportunity to
explain why he’s so par
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point of view, you can
probably work things out.
(Because of the volume of mail,
requests for personal replies cannot be
accomodated. Editorial panel selects
for weekly use, letter which best
represents questions and/or comments
from readers. FOR AND ABOUT
TEENAGERS, BOX 639, FRANKFORT.
KY. 40601.)