Delayed birth proofs via Census search advised
Readers ask for primary evidence of birth for passport use. The Census Personal Search service can provide an Age Search. fees cover up to two censuses and one copy. Expedited searches cost more, with typical turnaround from two weeks to about a month.
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Europe
Personal Census Service Branch
Bureau of the Census
Pittsburgh
Kansas
Board of Health
Health Department of the State
Piedmont name rooted in foot of mountains in NC
The Piedmont region derives from Italian pied meaning foot and mont meaning mountain. It describes land at the foot of mountain ranges between coastal plains and mountains, a standard geographic term. The discussion notes doctors in High Point charging a $2 call fee for prescriptions, with mixed practice across physicians and a challenge to measure time spent on phone consultations.
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R. V. Moss
High Street
High Point
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Nixon to Nominate Blackmun for Supreme Court
A Washington source says President Nixon will nominate Judge Harry A. Blackmun of Minnesota to the Supreme Court. The White House announcement is expected soon. Blackmun, a former Eisenhower appointee now on the 8th Circuit, is allied with Chief Justice Burger. GOP leaders discussed nominees and noted Humphrey’s comment may not hurt Blackmun’s prospects.
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Washington
Senate
Nixon
Harry A. Blackmun
Minnesota
Supreme Court
White House
Blackmun
Warren E. Burger
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
St. Louis
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard G. Kleindienst
Capitol
GOP
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Scott
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
Apollo Astronauts Retain Their Cool in Crisis
Apollo 13 astronauts kept their poise during a life threatening power failure and oxygen system imbalance. Captain James Lovell and Fred Haise, with rookie John Swigert, guided the damaged craft while mission control provided crucial but limited support.
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Houston
Roger Fred
Fred Haise
John L. Swigert Jr
Apollo
Water Oxygen And Power Major Worries Of Return
Apollo 13 astronauts Lovell Haise and Swigert fought to conserve water oxygen and power as they looped the Moon en route to a Friday splashdown in the Pacific. Mission Control warned the crew they were barely stable with limited life support and minimal electrical power.
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Howard Benedict
Associated Press
Winter Space Center
Houston
Earth
Mission Control
Pacific
James A. Lovell Jr
Fred W. Haise Jr
John L. Swigert Jr
New Zealand
Glynn Lunney
Lovell
Haise
Swigert
Mission Control Faces Moon Crisis Under Lunney Command
Glynn Lunney leads a calm, decisive team at Mission Control as Apollo 13 faces abortive landing and life threatening danger 202000 miles from Earth. The bulletin-style report highlights the crew and control room dynamics during the crisis.
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Bill Stockton
Space Center
Houston
Glynn Lunney
Lunney
Mission Control
Mission Control Handles Apollo 13 Power Up Delay
In a late night scene at NASA Mission Control the Apollo 13 crew led by Lovell Haise and Swigert proceeded through a lunar module electrical system activation as controllers weighed a faster path by skipping steps. Tension and calmness mixed as officials debated the procedure.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
James Lovell
Fred Haise
John Swigert
Mission Control
Apollo 13 aborts moon landing as LM used as lifeboat
In EST chronology from 10:15 p.m. to 12:13 a.m., Lovell reports electrical problems and oxygen loss, Swigert confirms multiple failures, Haise notes venting and pitch, and Mission Control shifts to an LM lifeboat plan with a Friday return after canceling the lunar landing.
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John L. Swigert Jr
Swigert
Fred W. Haise Jr
Haise
Mission Control
Lunar Module
Earth
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