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Thursday, May 16, 1968
ARMED FORCES NEWS
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Bobby G. Hinton
LONG BINH, VIETNAM
(AHTNC)—Bobby G. Hinton, 23,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
O. Hinton, Route 1, Oxford, Ga.,
was promoted to Army specialist
five March 22 in Vietnam, where
he is serving with the 10th Trans=-
portation Company.
Spec. Hinton, clerk inthe com=
pany near Long Binh, entered
the Army in September 1966
and completed basic training at
Ft. Benning, Ga. He was sta
tioned at Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo.,
before arriving overseas last
October.
He is a 1962 graduate of New=
ton County High School in Cov=-
ington, and a 1966 graduate of
Fall’s College in Atlanta. Be=
fore entering the Army he was
employed by American Mondkall
Co., in Atlanta. His wife, Linda,
lives in Covington.
Willie F. Kelly
FT, LEONARD WOOD, MO,
(AHTNC)-Army Private Willie F.
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ceives the double silver bars of an Army captain from Col, Tho
mas B, Maertens, director of The Infantry School Company Op=
erations Department, in a recent ceremony here., Capt, Cardell,
an Airborne Infantry officer and a veteran of service in the Re
public of Vietnam, is assigned to the department,
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Kelley, 24, whose parents, Mr,
and Mrs. E, L, Moddox, live at
3113 Hendrix Circle, Covington,
Ga,, completed advanced train
ing as a combat engineer April
26 at Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo.
During his eight weeks of train
ing, he received instruction in
combat squad tactics, use of in=-
fantry weapons and engineer re=-
connaissance,
He was also trained in the
techniques of road and bridge
building, camouflage and demoli=
tion,
Pvt, Kelley was employed by
the Pure Oil Company, Coving
ton, before entering the Army,
.
Thomas Nipper, Jr.
Airman Apprentice (AA) Tho=-
mas C. Nipper, Jr.enlisted inthe
U, S. Navy on January 9, 1968.
He completed his Boot Training
at the Recruit Training Com=
mand in Great Lakes, Illinois
on March 28.
Tommy is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas C. Nipper,
Sr., Route 5, Covington and is
a 1967 graduate of Newton County
High School.
After being on leave for two
weeks, he will go to the Avion=
ics Fundamental School in Mem=
phis, Tennessee for thirty-one
weeks of training as an aviation
electronics technician,
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Dennis Lockey
e McCLELLAN, Ala,
(AHTNC)—Army Private Den=
nis R. lLackey, 20, son of Mr.
and Mrs., Otis W, Lackey, 5162
Worsham St., N, E,, Covington,
Ga., completed nine weeks of ad=
vanced infantry training April
20 at Ft. McClellan, Ala.
The course, which stimulates
Vietnam conditions, includes
training in such subjects as land
navigation, and communications,
patrolling, guerrilla and survival
techniques plus qualification with
infantry weapons.
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Phillip Daniel
FT. McCLELLAN, Ala.
(AHTNC)—Army Private Phillip
W, Daniel, 22, son of Mrs. Anne
Daniel, Route 1, Covington, Ga.,
completed nine weeks of advanced
infantry training April 20 at Ft.
McClellan, Ala.
The course, which simulates
Vietnam conditions, includes
training in such subjects as land
navigation, communications,
patrolling, guerrilla and survi
val techniques plus qualification
with infantry weapons.
Lester Manuel
FT, HOOD, TEX, (AHTNC)-
Lester Manuel, son of Mr, and
Mrs., James Manuel, 8112 Puck=
ett St., Covington, Ga., was pro=
moted to Army specialist five
March 25 at Ft. Hood, Tex.,
where he is serving with the
502nd Supply and Transport Ba=
ttalion,
Spec. Manuel, a supply clerk
in the battalion’s Headquarters
Company, entered the Army in
April 1966 and completed basic
training at Ft, Benning, Ga. He
was last stationed in Vietnam,
The 20-year-old soldier is a
1964 graduate of R, L, Cousins
High School.
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Deepest sympathy is extended
to the family of Chester Piper.
Mr. Piper passed away last week.
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Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Mcßae
visited relatives in South Georgia
over the weekend.
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Mrs. W, H, Corley, Jr., Miss
Cynthia Corley and Bill Corley
were guests Saturday of Mr. and
Mrs. Sam Allen in Eudora.
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Mrs. A, C. Ewing and Dr.
Alton Ewing visited Mrs. Ewing’s
sister, Mrs. Ina Ray in the nurs=-
ing home in Monroe one day
last week.
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Mrs., Lila Maddox and Mrs.
Hattie Hallas of Miami, Florida
were here last week and attend=
ed the funeral of their brother,
Chester Piper.
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The Rev. Eddie Walton of New=
born filled his regular appoint=
ment here Sunday morning. On
Sunday evening he showed slides
of “The Wild Rivers’’ after en=-
joying the Family Night dinner
at 7:30 at the Community House.
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Mr. and Mrs. Don Barnes,
Elaine and Donna Faye of Macon
arrived Friday to spend the week=
end with their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. A. C. Ewing.
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Dr. and Mrs. Alton Ewing and
girls left one day this week for
their home in Starkeville, Miss=
issippi.
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Mrs. W. H, Corley, Sr. visit=
ed Mrs., Wallace Jones last Sate
urday afternoon at Stewart.
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The friends of Debbie and
Wayne Pickens will be interested
to know that they won ribbons
at the Covington Art Show that
was held Saturday and Sunday.
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Mr, and Mrs. Sergant of Dee
catur were Sunday guests of Mr,
and Mrs. Olin Pickens and fam=
ily.
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Colonel Sanders
Declares May 21
Buck ets-Hope Day
New York=-Colone:r Harland
Sanders, founder of the Kentucky
Fried Chicken Corporation, has
declared May 21st Buckets-for-
Hope Day in his nationwide Ken=
tucky Fried Chicken outlets, For
every bucket of Kentucky Fried
Chicken sold on May 21st, one
dollar will be contributed to Mus=
cular Dystrophy Associations of
America,
At the Muscular Dystrophy
Telethon in New York Colonel
Sanders announced Buckets=fore
Hope Day and told Jerry Lewis,
National MDAA Chairman, that
the cooperation of his franchisees
made it possible topledge MDAA
a minimum of $50,000,
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SGT. E=s EDWIN L., KINMAN, son of Mrs. Mona E, Kinman of Athens, is on a six-month tour of
duty in Vietnam. He is an Armor Intellicence Specialist with the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
near Sajgon. Sgt. Kinman is a reconnaissance scout. At the time that this picture was made he is
shown with some Vietnamese children in a small village where he and the members of his troop were
assisting the medical corps in giving aid. His wife, Jeannette Remley Kinman, is staying with her
parents in Covington until his return.
President Johnson Calls For
Legislation To Aid Veterans
WASHINGTON- President
Johnson has called for the en=-
actment of a wide variety of leg
islation to aid America’s 26 mil
fon veterans and their families.
In a special message to Con
zress, the President said,
““America holds some of
its greatest honors for the men
who have stood in its defense
and kept alive its freedoms.”’
He said that as a result of
legislation over the past few
years, today’s veteran can:
— continue his education
through the new GI Billof Rights.
— buy a home with a Veter
ans Administration insured
mortgage.
— enjoy higher standards of
living through increased pension
payments. :
— receive medical and dis
ability benefits the same as those
available to veterans of earlier
conflicts.
The President called for a bud
get outlay of $7.3 billion during
Fiscal 1969 to continue these
services and begin new programs
to :
— Increase Serviceman’s
Group Life Insurance from a
maximum of SIO,OOO to a min
imum of $12,000 — with higher
amounts scaled to the pay of the
servicemen up to a maximum of
$30,000.
— Protect veterans against
disporportionate pension losses
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that could result from increases
in other income such as Social
Security.
— Increase the maximum
guarantee on GI home loans from
$7,500 to SIO,OOO.
The President also emphasized
the need so programs to help
veterans find jobs.
““A man who has fought for his
country deserves gratitudey’’ he
said. ¢‘‘But gratitude is no sub
stitute for the job he wants --
and needs.”
To aid veternas in their job
search, the President asked Con
gress to:
— Extend the benefits of Vo=~
cational Rehabilitation to ser=-
vice-disabled veterans being
trained on a part-time as well
as a full-time basis.
— Adopt a joint resolution
expressing the sense that pri
vate employers should give job
priority to our returning vet=-
erans.
— Enact the Veterans in the
Public Service Act of 1968 which
would enlist veterans in com=-
munity service jobs such as
teaching poor children, and work
ing in health services.
The President also stated that
he will soon sign an Executive
Order putting into effect a plan
through which a veteran may be
hired on a priority basis to fill
jobs open in the first five levels
of the Civil Service without hav-
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amination, if he agrees to pur
sue a part-time educational pro
gram under the GI bill.
He directed the Federal-State
employment offices to continue
their efforts to assist returning
veterans in their search for jobs,
and called for the extension of
training efforts through Project
100,000, a Defense Department
program to help disadvantaged
young men become eligible for
the service, and Project Tran
sition, which trains disadvantag
ed men before they returntociv
ilian life.
Olin Presley
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Vice-Chairman
Teacher Group
Olin C, Presley, 1958 graduate
of Newton County High School,
has recently been selected to
serve as Vice-Chairman of the
sth District of the Georgia Coun=
cil of Teachers in Mathematics.
Upon graduation from high
school, Mr, Presleyattended Ge
orgia Southern College in States=
boro, He began teachingatCam=
pbell High School in January
1967 and is currently serving
as chairman of the Mathematics
Department, sponsor of the Key
Club and a member of the Board
of Directors of the Fulton County
Teachers Association,
Mr, Presley is also working
on his masters program at the
University of Georgia at the pre=
sent time, ”
Red Cross Plans
Christmas Gifts
For Servicemen
WASHINGTON (ANF) —
The American Red Cross is
conducting a ‘“shop early”
program to provide Christ
mas gift bags for servicemen
and servicewomen stationed
in Vietnam during the 1968
holiday season.
For the third successive
vear, thousands of volunteers
in Red Cross chapters, busi
ness firms and civic, patri
otic, religious and fraternal
organizations across the na
tion will be cooperating in
the program.
Last year, more than
610,000 gift bags filled with
small comfort and recrea
tional articles were distribut
ed to Americans in Vietnam.
A similar plan will be fol
lowed this year.
The bags, red or green in
color, will be sewn and filled
by Red Cross volunteers and
cooperating groups. The gift
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manship.
Approximately eighty boat
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