VA Loans Available For Mobile Homes
The Veterans Administration offers a free pamphlet titled Questions and Answers on Mobile Loans to Veterans. It explains obtaining a Certificate of Eligibility, choosing a VA‑standard mobile home, securing a lot, and applying to a lender. Eligible individuals include active duty servicemen, World War II veterans, Korean War veterans, and those after January 31, 1955 eligible for VA's $12,500 conventional guaranty.
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Veterans Administration
Jack Coker
Waco
Coker
One Million Veterans Now Training Under GI Bill
Administrator Donald E. Johnson said 1,064,000 veterans are in GI Bill training or school, up 36 percent from last year and 240 percent since 1966. Over 60 percent are enrolled in college studies. total trained under GI Bill nears 2.4 million, with 20,000 in police and fire on-job programs nationwide. Johnson urged eligible veterans to contact VA offices or veterans service reps.
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Administrator of Veterans Affairs
Donald E. Johnson
Johnson
Police and Fire Department
Veterans Service Organization
Littering by age and gender patterns reveal gaps in behavior
A study finds adults aged 21 to 35 produce three times as much litter as those over 50 and about twice as much as the 35 to 49 group. Men litter nearly twice as much as women, indicating gender differences in waste disposal.
Anniversaries Noted in The Herald Listings
The Herald invites birthday and wedding anniversary notices for May couples including Griffin Barrett Prokisch McLerran Gandy Hardwick Williams Perkins Miller and others. Submit by two weeks before the date to ensure inclusion in the column.
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the Herald
Nutrias Become Pests In West Texas Areas
Nutrias or coypus are becoming pests along Colorado and San Saba rivers in West Texas. Introduced from South America in 1938 for fur and from Louisiana to Texas in the late 1940s, they weigh 15 to 25 pounds and reproduce twice yearly. Their burrowing damages banks, habitats, crops, boats, and barges, with few natural enemies beyond hunters and trappers.
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San Angelo
Texas
Colorado
San Saba
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Louisiana
South America
U.S
State Textbook Committee To Select School Books
The State Board of Education named 15 teachers and administrators May 3 to form the new State Textbook Committee. They will pick books and guides for public schools starting September 1, 1972, emphasizing flexible basal readers and diverse cultural content across 14 subject areas.
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Austin
Texas
State Board of Education
Texas Education Agency
More Trees Needed to Meet Growing Wood Demand
The Southern Forest Institute reports the United States must double current woodland productivity and plant 30 million additional acres by 1985 to satisfy wood and wood products demand through 2000. The new forest area would equal all forests in Florida and South Carolina combined.
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Southern Forest Institute
South
Florida
South Carolina
Birthday list honors numerous names for May celebrations
The notice lists many individuals including Mrs. John Henderson Jr., Mary Irene Burtis, John Pope, Calvin Allison, Pat Barrett, Mrs. Betty Silvey, Odell Biggs, and others. It reads like a local birthday roll call with dates May 10 and May 11 attached to some names, and includes titles such as Mrs. and Mr. in a community remembrance context.
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John Henderson Jr
Mary Irene Burtis
Pat Barrett
Betty Silvey
Odell Biggs
Gwedolyn Dickey
Alice Tamez
Moses Salazar
Myrtle Riddle
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Smith
Frank Hildebrand
Texas Tourist Development Agency
Don Epperson
Texas Tourist Council
Tom Taylor
Texas Highway Department
Market Report
Cameron
Mrs. Griffin Barrett
Archie Prokisch
Olen McLerran
Jim Gandy
Terry Hardwick
Lester Williams
David Perkins
B. L. Miller
O. B. Harden
Gerald Cobb
Brian Cobb
Paula Fleming
David Cobb
Ronald Cobb
Brownwood
Mark Twain
Missouri
Twain
THE
Cameron Herald
Happy
John Pope
Calvin Allison
Jimmy Hauk
Bonnie Ball
F. E. Jackson
Susan Layne Moody
Terry Lee Hardwick
Danny Colbert
Varanda Pope
Della Laywell
E. J. Manning Monroe Bruedigan
George Roberson
Susan Moore
Amelia Reyes
Jim Titsworth
Alma Burleson
Sheryl Rubac
Catherie Thompson
Billie Arnold
Renee Hensley
Voguetype
Conchi
Fabulous
Vogue
America
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