VA grants eight percent boost for veterans and survivors
About 2.2 million veterans and nearly 320,000 survivors will receive an 8 percent increase in monthly compensation and dependency and indemnity payments as part of a law signed by President Ford on September 30. The raise, effective October 1, also expands clothing allowances, auto purchase aid, enhanced mortgage protection life insurance, and extra benefits for spouses requiring aid.
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Veterans Administration
Ford
Jack Coker
Child Proofing Bathrooms for Preschool Safety
Guidance on securing medicine cabinets, avoiding harsh cleaners, using locks, grab bars, and non slip mats. Emphasizes testing bath water, supervising, and avoiding electrical devices in bathrooms to prevent injuries. Warns that children cannot recognize danger and parents must stay vigilant.
Mosley rites set Monday in East Mountain Baptist Church
Funeral services for G. A. Cotton Mosley 61 of Gilmer will be held Monday at 2 p.m. in East Mountain Baptist Church with Rev. Aubrey Pate officiating. Burial at East Mt. Cemetery. Mosley died Saturday in the VA Hospital Shreveport after a lengthy illness. He was born Sept. 19 1915 in Wood County and was a truck driver for Rob Roy Industries. Survivors include wife Mardelle a daughter Diane Morris two sons Glenn and David two sisters and two brothers. In 1962 the first nuclear power plant started operation at McMurdo Sound.
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G. A
Cotton) Mosley
Gilmer
East Mountain Baptist Church
Aubrey Pate
East Mt
Mosley
Shreveport
Wood County
Rob Roy Industries
Mardelle
Diane Morris
Jacksonville, Ark
Glenn
David
Wilma Smith
Euless
Bonnie Fenton
Bossier City
Chester Mosley
White Oak
Connie Mosley
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Coker
National Cemetery
Martell Williams
Broadway School
Columbus
Broadway
Tangie Neeley
Unit D
Gregg County
Eugene Thomas
General Electric
Malcolm Stone
Quitman St
ZEMO
Oak Manor
East Texas Finest Nursing Home
Cole
Oak Manor Nursing Home
East Hwy
Elwanda Walker
McMurdo Sound
State Farm
Harold R. Wells
N. Main
Stam
Crate Farm
State Farmsurance
Booangwr. Bros
Hightower’s Credit Jewelers
Maxwell Distributing, Inc
Pabst Blue Ribbon
Andeker
Pabst Brewing Co
Pearl — Browing
Pearl Light
Texas
Pearl Brewing Co
JAX
New Orleans
Falstaff
Olympia Brewing Co
Carta Blanca
108Th Street
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