Passport time at Carbondale Post Office rises with travel demand
Ed Blair, who has processed about 1,200 passports in two years at the Carbondale Post Office, notes peak application months April through June. Passports are processed via Chicago central office after complete forms, two photos, and a $13 fee.
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Bonnie Johnston
Southern Illinoisan
Edward Blair
Carbondale
Southern Illinois
Blair
Japan
Central Passport Office
Chicago
Passport Basics and Pitfalls for U S Citizens
A photographer notes passport photo needs and citizens prove birth with birth cert or old passport. Blair outlines substitutes like baptism or naturalization records, rush options at a post office, or visiting the Chicago Federal Building for speed. Parents must plan for children 13 and older, and renewals cost 10 dollars by mail.
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U.S
Blair
Post Office
Guide Helps Choose Vocational Schools Amid Secondhand Boom
A Department of Health, Education and Welfare reprint advises questions to ask before selecting a vocational school. Watch for gimmicks, check refund policies, verify instructors' credentials, assess open admissions and required services, read contracts, and pursue written promises. Free copies are available by postcard request to the Consumer Information Center Pueblo Colorado 81009. The piece notes a used clothing buying bonanza impacting stores like Jeze bels Clothing in New York. The Bruno Walter Memorial Foundation gifts totaling 450000 to New York Public Library and Juilliard to support the Bruno Walter Auditorium at Lincoln Center.
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Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Consumer Information Center
Dept
Pueblo
Colo
Consumer Protection Office
Consumer Information Catalog
General Services Administration
Music
New York
New York Public Library
Juilliard School of Music
Bruno Walter Memorial Foundation
Museum of the Performing Arts
Lincoln Center
Bruno Walter
Trampoline guidelines urge safe use in schools
University of Illinois professor Kenneth Clarke released national trampoline guidelines to reduce crippling injuries. The plan requires opt in use, bans somersaults except for advanced students with a safety harness, and urges better injury records. Illinois lifted a PE trampoline ban. NCAA rules may differ for varsity athletes.
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Robert Lee Zimmer
Champaign
University of Illinois
Kenneth Clarke
College of Applied Life Studies
American Alliance For Health, Physical Education and Recreation
Clarke
American Academy of Pediatrics
NCAA
How to Sew a Bridal Gown at Home
AP features writer Vivian Brown outlines a budget approach to bridal wear. Designer Claudia Ein says a $900 gown can be made for about $78 with home sewing, stressing patience, fabric choice, and lace techniques as key to professional-looking results. The book details lace usage, sleeve and neckline options, and muslin fitting, guiding readers through fabric sources and style matching for various figures.
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Vivian Brown
AP News
Alencon
Chantilly
Cluny
Claudia Ein
Miss Ein
Poundridge
N.Y
New York City
Doubleday
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