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ARMED FORCES NEWS
Johnny Hightower
USS KITTY HAWK (FHT—
NC)—Airman Apprentice Johnny
C. Hightower, USN, son of Mr.
aryl Mrs. Richard Hightower of
6100 Bank, Covington, is serving
aboard the aircraft carrier USS
Kitty Hawk off the coast of Viet
nam.
While off Vietnam, planes from
the Kitty Hawk help provide air
support to U. S. and Allied gr
ound forces fighting the enemy.
In addition the planes also des
troy enemy targets in South Viet
nam. Upon completion of flight
operations the Kitty Hawk will
return to Bremerton, Washing
ton where she will undergo a yard
period.
The carrier became the first
ship to receive the Presidential
Unit Citation during the Viet
nam war.
I Dr. William G. McCart I
I Announces His Entry Into I
I The Practice Os Veterinary I
I Medicine. I
I - Temporarily Restricted I
ITo Large Animal Calls- I
I Phone 786-0522 I
BUDGET
FOR
NEWTON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION
July 1, 1969 through June 30, 1970
Anticipated Receipts:
Taxes and Local Sources *
State Sources ’ Mom
Special Funds and Incoming Transfers
Anticipated Beginning of Fiscal Year Balances:
Committed $419,536.72
Uncommitted - 120,000.00
Total Balances 299,536.72
Total Receipts and Beginning Balances $3,207,148.84
Anticipated Payments: . fta
Administration $ ^625.88
Instruction
Special Instructional Programs and'an
Attendance Services
Pupil Transportation
Maintenance ^Operation of Plant
Fixed Charges
Food Services 421’200 00
Capital Outlay *21.200.00
Debt Services
Special Funds ^.e ß3 06
Transfers to Other Funds <
Anticipated End of Fiscal Year Balances-.
Committed $32,977.93
Uncommitted 25,130.94
58,108.87
Total Ending Balances —
Total Payments and Ending Balances $3,207,148,84
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Waiter Marks
FORT KNOX, KY.—PVT. Wal
ter Marks, son of Mr. and Mrs.
James O. Marks of Rt. 4, Cov
ington, a graduate of R. L. Cous
ins High, Covington, has been as
signed to advanced Individual tr
aining as a Reconnaissance train
ee with Troop D of the 2nd
Training Brigade’s Ist Squadron
at the U. S. Army Training Cen
ter, Armor (USATCA) here.
The 2nd Brigade, a major unit
of USATCA, conducts eight weeks
of advanced training for those
soldiers who have already com
pleted eight weeks of basic com
bat training. As a Recon trainee
the future scout is taught the
principles of mounted and dis
mounted combat and reconnais
sance patrols, the establishment
of observation and listening
posts, map reading and area
reconnaissance.
USATCA, one of the largest
training centers In the Army,
supplies many of the skilled tech
nicians and all of the Armor
soldiers which make up today’s
modern Army.
Oscar Parry Motes
US ARMY TRAINING CENTER
(AIR DEFENSE), FORT BLISS,
TEXAS - Private Oscar Perry
Motes, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Raymond G. Motes, 16 Walnut
Street, Porterdale, has gradua
ted from advanced Individual tra
ining at the Army Training Center
(Air Defense) at Fort Bliss and
will become an automatic wea
pons crewman.
He was assigned to A Battery,
Ist Battalion, Ist Advanced In
dividual Training Brigade.
Pvt. Motes attended Newton
County High School in Covington.
He entered the Army in February
1969, and completed basic com
bat training at Fort Benning.
Douglas Sawyers, Jr.
u. S. AIR FORCES, Thai
land—Sergeant Douglas Sawyers
Jr., son of Mrs. Bessie K. Saw
yers of 4126 Briscoe St., Coving
ton, Is on duty at Takhli Royal
AFB, Thailand.
Sergeant Sawyers, a food ser
vice specialist, is assigned to a
unit of the Pacific Air Forces.
He previously served at Hamil
ton AFB, Calif.
The sergeant Is a graduate of
R. L. Cousins High School.
Morion B. Brown
FAIRBANKS, Alaska—Marlon
B. Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Harold A. Brown of Newborn,
has been promoted to staff ser
geant in the U. S. Air Force.
Sergeant Brown, an adminis
trative specialist at Eielson AFB,
Alaska, is assigned to a unit of
the Alaskan Air Command.
The sergeant is a 1963 grad
uate of Newton County High Sch
ool, Covington. His wife, Doro
thy, is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. R. H. Crow of Ravendale,
Calif.
Mrs. Cason Given Commendation
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MRS. DOROTHY CASON, manager of the Covington Veterans Service
Office, has been presented a Commendation Certificate by Veterans
Service Officials in a meeting at Columbus, Ga. Shown looking over
the commendation are Evan F. Jordan, Manager of the Monticello-
Covington Division of Veterans Service, and Mrs. Cason, Veteran
Service Officer in Covington.
Merrill J. Mixon
BAN ME THOUT, VIETNAM
(AHTNC) — Army Warrant Of
ficer Merrill J. Mixon, son of
Mr. and Mrs. William E. Mixon,
Route 2, Milledgeville, was as
signed to the 155th Assault Heli
copter Company near Ban Me
Thout, Vietnam June 14 as a
helicopter pilot.
His wife, Linda, lives at Uni
versity Trailer Park, Covington.
Georgians Have
Received Record
Gl Benefits
The economy of Georgia has
been boosted more than $1,560,-
837,873 in the past quarter of a
century by the G. I. Bill loan
programs, A. W. Tate, manager
of the Atlanta Veterans Admin
istration Regional Office, said
today.
Since the World War n pro
gram started on June 22, 1944,
the VA has guaranteed or in
sured more than 147,925 loans
in the amount of $1,560,837,873
for Georgia veterans, he said.
Nationwide, the VA has guar
anteed or insured more than 7.4
million loans amounting to near
ly $75 billion in the past quarter
of a century. Nearly 7.1 million
of these loans in the amount of
approximately s7l billion were
for homes, Mr. Tate explained.
Os the 147,925 VA-guaranteed
or insured loans in Georgia,
5,064 amounting to $87,465,408
were obtained by Viet-Nam era
veterans.
Throughout the country, Mr.
Tate pointed out, nearly 150,000
loans amounting to almost $2.6
billion were for Viet-Nam era
veterans. All of these were home
loans, he said, since the present
Post-Korean G. I. Bill does not
provide for business loans to vet
erans whose military service be
gan after Jan. 21, 1955.
Georgia veterans have proved
to be responsible home owners,
Mr. Tate said, citing the fact
that 62,288 loans in the amount of
$450,468,145 have been repaid in
full.
Nationwide, more than 3.6 mil
lion loans in the amount of $27.2
billion have been repaid in full.
Currently, Mr. Tate said,
nearly nine out of every ten
loans being guaranteed by the
VA are for veterans who served
after Jan. 31, 1955.
Information on securing a G. I.
loan may be obtained from any
VA regional office.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
VA Appraisals Os
Homes Prove
Successful
In the past year only one out
of every 14 home-buying veterans
paid more for his G. I. home
than the Veterans Administra
tion’s appraisal price, A. W. Tate,
managerofthe Atlanta VA Re
gional Office, said today.
Hiis indicates that the VA’s
reasonable value appraisal is fair
for the builder or seller as well
as for the veteran, he said.
Mr. Tate explained that pub
lic Law 90-391, which went into
effect on May 7, 1968, gives
veterans the right to pay more
for a home than the VA’s rea
sonable value appraisal.
However, he added, the VA re
quires that this difference be
paid in cash.
In the first 10 months follow
ing enactment of PL 90-301, the
VA guaranteed or insured a total
of 198,814 home loans. Os this
total, only 14,325—0 r 7.2 per
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Vet Benefits
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MACON—More than 6,500 per
sons from the Middle Georgia
area crowded Into the Macon Coli
seum today (Friday) to take ad
vantage of a “supermarket” of
veterans' and related benefits In
a large program sponsored by the
Georgia Department of Veterans
Service in cooperation with 20
other State and Federal agencies.
State Veterans Director Pete
Wheeler, who coordinated the
one-day event, said, “This was,
by far, our most successful pro-
cent—had a purchase price in ex
cess of the VA’s reasonable value
appraisal, Mr. Tate said.
The Atlanta VA Regional Office
manager noted that In more than
half of the higher than appraisal
value sales (7,785) the difference
amounted to SSOO or less.
Veterans paid a $5Ol to sl,-
000 difference in approximately
3,600 or the 14,325 above ap
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Mr. Tate added that 1,210
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gram of this type yet. As a re
sult of this gathering of various
agencies, many people in the Mid
dle Georgia area will begin re
ceiving benefits for the first time.
Many of these people didn’t even
know they were eligible.”
Although primarily designed to
assist veterans, their dependents
and military personnel, the coun
seling service attracted many
people who were interested in
other areas of benefits such as
Social Security, Internal Reve
nue Service, Small Business
loans, and Farmer’s Home loans.
Mr. Wheeler said, “I think
it is certainly unique that we can
assemble 21 government agencies
in one location and then actual
ly file claims on the spot. I es
timate that we filed over 5,000
claims today. In a few weeks,
when these people begin to re
ceive benefits, it is actually com
parable to bringing a new indus
try to an area. Generally, the
money received from these be
nefits flows directly into a com
munity enhancing the economic
growth.”
This was the fifth such pro
gram for metropolitan areas of
the state. Others have been held
successfully in Columbus, Au
gusta, Rome and Savannah. Mr.
Wheeler said Albany will probab
ly be the next city in which such
a program is held.
Thursday, July 3, 1969
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Thursday, Friday, Saturday
July 3,4, 5
Rex Harrison-Samantha Eggar
"DOCTOR DOOLITTLE"
General Audiences
Monday, Tuesday, July 7, 8
James Garner
"THE PINK JUNGLE"
Wednesday thru Saturday
July 9-12
Elvis Presley
"THE TROUBLE WITH GIRLS"
And
"HOW TO GET INTO IT"
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Thurs., Fri., July 3-4
James Garner-Joan Hackett
"SUPPORT YOUR
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In Color
Also
Barrie Ingham-James Hayter
"A CHALLENGE FOR
ROBIN HOOD”
Saturday, July S
David Niven-Faye Dunaway
"THE EXTRAORDINARY
SEAMAN"
In Color
Also
James Stewart-Maureen O'Hara
"THE RARE BREED"
Technicolor
Sunday, July 6
Michael Sarrazin
"EYE OF THE CAT"
Technicolor
Also
James Stewart-Maureen O'Hara
"THE RARE BREED"
Technicolor
Monday, Tuesday, July 7-8
Michael Sarrazin
"EYE OF THE CAT"
Technicolor
Wed.. Thur. Fri., July 9-11
George Kennedy
"GUNS OF THE
MAGNIFICENT SEVEN"
In Color
Also
Elvis Presley
"FRANKIE AND JOHNNY"
Technicolor