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Recruiting Main Station in Non-
Prior Service” by the Fourth
Recruiting District headquar-
tered at Ft. Sam Houston, Tex.
Recruiters in 38 recruiting
stations help the Dallas Army
The President’s goal of an
all-volunteer Army may w ell
become a reality if the recent
achievement of recruiters su-
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Recruiting Main Station is any
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Over $800 in "Mad Money" certificates redeemable in merchandise
from any Allen Merchants Association member is up for grabs in
our Easter extravaganza.
Ricker, ’conducted the
morial services.
Pallbearers were
One-Plus rates on out-of-state calls are even lower all day
Saturday and Sunday till 5 p.m.
Allen American
Mien Barber Shop
Allen Dry Goods
Mien Flower & Gift Shop
Allen Lumber Company
Allen Mechanical Contractors
Allen Pharmacy
Allen TV Sales & Service
Aurora Homes
Builders Hardware
C&M Food Mart
Chumbley Realtors
Command Homes
Esquire Realtors
The Family Restaurant
Strong Carpets
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The enlistment of 783 i ndi- 98 Texas counties extending
viduals into the regular an ny in over 125,000 square miles.. The
the last quarter of 1971 res ulted F ourth District includes
in the Dallas-based organi- Kansas, Arkansas, Louisiana,
zation being named “Outs tand- Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico,
ing Recruiting Main Stati.on of Colorado, and parts of Arizona,
the Quarter” and “Outste nding Missouri, Mississippi, Tennes-
see, Wyoming, and Nebraska.
Major Audis B. Garner, of
Centerville, Tenn., has com-
manded the Dallas Army Re-
cruiting Main Station since June
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distributed free to you. Each coupon has a number and all you have
Save your coupons. They’re good through Saturday, April 1. Numbers
on participating businesses change each Tuesday.
Everyone is eligible. There’s nothing to buy.
trop’ical city if you dial it yourself the One-Plus way from
5 p,.m.to 11 p.m., Sunday through Friday. It’s figured like this:
IFirst three minutes: 700 Each extra minute: 200
Melvin Gant Jr. of Houston;
Mrs. Percy Phillips of McKin-
ney, and Mrs. Stephen Brown
of Montgomery, Alabama; two
brothers, Lee Sutherland of
McKinney and Wre Sutherland
of Irving; and a sister, Mrs.
Delta Harvey of Dallas.
Rev. John Robertson of Kirk-
wood Methodist Church in Ir-
ving, assisted by Rev. Rickey
of the businesses. Participating businesses are:
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W.E. (Pete) Ford Real Estate
Gilliland Insurance
John Moon Texaco
La Fiesta Fashions
Marie’s Hair Fashions
Allen Bookkeeping & Tax Service
Rodenbaugh TV & Appliance
Royal Drive In
Sak N‘ Pak Grocery
Starr & Sons Shell Station
Stratton Brothers Contractors
Tiki Beauty Salon
Wanda’s Fashion Outlet
West & Browning Bravo Homes
Whitaker Furniture
Corcoran’s Holiday Cleaners
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Sutherland and Otis Hinsley.
Interment will be in Pecan
Grove Cemetery.
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| The February drop in un- Labor and the National Alliance dared. “The goal now must has grown from 18,629 veteran .Coker also pointed out that
employment for Vietnam era of Businessmen, has increas- be to sustain and improve upon trainees in fiscal year 1968 to VArs total educationsandtraine
3 veterans to 7.4%, the lowest ingly focused the attention of the big gains registered last an estimated total of 156,000 ing program under the GI Bill
§ figure in more than a year, was America’s employers on the job month by repeatedly driving veterans job training during the permitsiveterans to develop
w hiled today as a “real break- needs of returning Vietnam era home the fact that our Viet- current fiscal year. He antici- skins that win enhance greatly
:$ through” by Jack Coker, Direc- veterans. Governor Smith of nam era veterans offer maturity, pated further expanision of the their future employment pos-
3 tor of the Waco VA Regional Texas has formed a statewide discipline and excellent poten- program in view of the Presi- SiDlities.
3 Ofrice committee to deal with the pro- tial as prospective employees,” dent’s request to Congress for a VA expects total GI BiU
g “To* me it is a sign that the blem, and newspapers and radio Coker said the VA itself now 48% boost in VA training allow- enrollment during the current
g national Jobs for Veterans and television outlets the nation employes some 13,000Vietnam ance paid to veterans, and a re- fiscal year to number two mil-
Campaign is really catching on over have supported the cam- era veterans, and has operated cent VA drive that has opened lion veterans, up nearly 500,000
8 fire,” Coker declared. paign as have major veterans’ or co-sponsored more than 100 up about 40,000 more job train- overilast year. Last year’s en-
§ “It is also a tribute to pri- organizations, he added. Job Fairs in recent years. ing opportunities for veterans in rollment, in.turnwas 36%
g vate and public employers, the “I think we are meeting the He noted that VA’s GI BiU thousands of business esta- over 1970, 70% over 1969, and
8 people who make the jobs pos- challenge," the VA official de- on-the-job training program blishments. ; ______ over ww.
g sible, who are responding in in-
5 creasing numbers to President
8 Nixon’s appeal for a vital effort 1
3 to provide the returning veteran
: what he has earned, a smooth
3: transition to civilian life
3 and meaningful work.”
3 The latest Department of
8 Labor seasonally adjusted sta-
g tistics show a drop in unemploy-
3 merit for veterans 20-29 years
$ of age from 8.5% in January to
8 the 7.4% mark in February.
3 In addition to the overall de-
g cline in the age 20-29 veterans’
3 bracket, Coker cited as particu-
8 larly noteworthy the major drop
3 in unemployment for veterans
3 age 20-24 from 12.3% to 9.7%
3 and the narrowing of the gap in
g unemployment figures between
3 veterans and non-veterans in
3 the same 20-29 age range.
3 He noted that unemployment
3 among non-veterans age 20-29
3 was 7.0% in February, es-
g sentially the same as in Jan-
g uary and most of 1971, and that
g although non-veterans age 20-
g 24 have generally had a much
g lower unemployment rate than
g veterans the big drop for young-
g er veterans in February erased
g most of the difference.
§ Coker said the President’s
g Jobs for Veterans Campaign,
g spearheaded by the National
§ Committee chaired by James
§ Oates, by the Department of
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3 Funeral Home for Mrs. Viola
g Hinsley, who passed away in an
g Irving hospital.
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g Acie Hinsley of Irving; daugh -
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Camper, Buddy & Camper, Pat. The Allen American (Allen, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 35, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 21, 1972, newspaper, March 21, 1972; Allen, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1407259/m1/4/: accessed June 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Allen Public Library.