tK way. Patrol
mßecruiting Men
RALEIGH The North Caro*
Blind Highway Pa.rol is
■ in' the piuceas of recruiting 30
I men lor an interim raa\>i train-
I ing school tentatively scheduled
I November 10 at u.e State rair-
V givunus' Youth Center in Ral-
I eigh.
..*ajcr E. W. Jones, who heads
the Patrol’s training and in*
I spectlon division, says the in*
terim school is necessary due to
increases in authorized strength
approved by the 1967 General
Assembly.
The legislature authorized an
increase in Patrol strength of
125 men over the biennium
1967-69.
Major Jones noted there is a
Patrol School underway now at
the Institute of Government in
Chapel Hill in which 34 men are
enrolled. This school will be
concluded on December 15.
•‘Currently,*' Major Jones
said, “There are 49 vacancies
in the enforcement division, and
we are not scheduled to begin
another school in Chapel Hill un
til January 8, 1968.”
The patrol officers sakl, “ac
cording to tentative plans, the
school will begin November 19,
at the State Fairgrounds Youth
- Center in Raleigh.
We would like very much to
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have 30 Qualified men to swear
in and place in this interim
school,” Major Jones said.
The basic requirements for be
coming a date trooper are:
21 to 30 years c 3 age, a U. S.
Citizen, with a high schrol dip.
loma or equivalent, at least 5
feet 9t4 inches in height and
160 pounds.
Any young man, who meets
these qualifications, can obta'n
additional information by con
tacting the local trooper, the
district sergeant, Troon head
quarters, or state headnuarte r s.
There are 36 serceart’s dis
tricts located throughout the
state, six troop hca / iquar* ar s
(Greenville, FavetteHi’e. Ral
eigh, Greensboro. Salisbury or
Asheville) and the Stale High
way Patrol Headouamfers. locat
ed in the Motor Vehicles Build
ing, Raleigh, N. C.
Veterans
Obtain VA
Home Loans
More than 140,000 veterans,
alines 5000 of them in North
Carolina, who have served since
the Korean C-nfiict have ob
tained V A-guaranteed home
leans totalling aimost $2.3 bill
ion under the GI Bill which be
came effective in March last
year, W. R. Phillips, Manager of
Ihe Winston Salem Veterans Ad
ministration Regional Office,
said today.
An additional 7,685 have ob
tained direct loans from Hie
Veterans Administration amount
ing to $92,488,000.
All figures are through July
1967, Phillips said.
Veterans eligible for this pro
gram include those who served
at least 181 continuous days in
the Armed Forces, with some
since February 1, 1955. Also
eligible are persons still in the
Armed Forces, provided they
had at least two years in active
duty status.
The 1966 law, PL 89-358, per
mits the Veterans Administra
tion to guarantee up to $7,500,
cr 50 per cent, of loans which
eligible veterans may obtain
fr.m private lenders. Hie guar
antee in many cases makes K
possible for veterans to obtain
home loans with a low down
payment or no down payment
at all.
VA also makes direct loans
to veterans in certain isolated
and rural areas where private
lending facilities are not avail
able. Under 1967 legislation, ef
fective October 1, the limit was
extended from $17,000 to $25,000.
Phillips said veterans plann
ing to buy a home may obtain
additional information and cer
tificates of eligibility from the
Veterans Administration Region
al Office, at 301 North Main
Street, Winston-Salem, N. C.
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