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Show Ask Them Yourself FOR LEWIS B. HERSHEY, FOR FRANCES KNIGHT, Which mre the busies! months for passport up- ,- plication? Del Laiceps, Burien, Wmh. J May and June, when most of the summer travelers and college students are applying for passports. Our highest week so far this year was May 15 through May 21, when we processed 60,633 passport 1 applications. On May 19 we received applications, the highest daily figure in our history. 13,-46- FOR VICTOR HOLT, JR. President, Goodyear Rubber Co. Tire and Were men really rejected from the draft in World War II because they were illiterate? Bernice An derson, Devils Lake, N.D. At the beginning of World War II, the minimal mental standard required for acceptance was the ability to read level In and write on a fourth-grad- e August, 1942, educationally deficient registrants were accepted for induction on a quota basis. In June, 1943, illiterates began being trained, and the quota restrictions on induction of this group were lifted. Then mental tests were given at induction centers to all registrants who were not graduates. many blimps are available for advertising purposes? How much does it cost to advertise with Goodyear blimps? Don F. Carroll, Ventura, Cai. By the end of this summer, three airships will be in operation. Goodyear blimps are not available for advertising, except by nonprofit, nonpolitical public-servic- e organizations, for which Goodyear provides free advertising. FOR BILL FRANCE, President, National Association Auto Racing for Stock-Ca- r Rumors are that money from the Government poverty program is ficonstruction nancing of the International Motor Speedway at Talladega, Ala. Is this true? If not, where is the money coming from? Matson A. Heath, Talladega, Ala. The rumors are untrue. The Alabama track was financed by sale of 1,000,000 shares of International Speedway Corp. stock to the Union Oil Co. of California and through regular credit channels. FOR PAUL HARVEY TX"! On one of your to appear-ancevoit mentioned a i President Atchison who teas in office for a short Li period due to a religious Who belief of the President-elec- t. was this President? Mrs. Arlene ColUtrd, Ogden, Utah s. ' James Knox Polk, our 11th President, ended his term of office at noon on a Sunday. President-elec- t Zachary Taylor declined to take the oath of office until the next day. During this brief period, Sen. David Rice Atchison (Dem.-Ky.- ) was President FOR DORIS DAY 1 l. Harold Spears, Yo-ly- n, W. Va. I made the final selection, and I agree with you. Man's Bt't-Wh- at? Do not try to cultivate the friendship of a strange dog, warns the Women's Medical News Service; he may not want yours. Instead, if he ignores you, do the same, if he growls, stand still; do not look him in the eye. If he doesn't cease, try soothing with soft words, no gestures slowfy walk past. If he imps you, cover face with arms, each hiid holding the opposite elbow. If worst comes to worst, and you're thrown down, roll on to your stomach and cover your head and neck with your arms. With dogs as with people don't be a pushy type. Camp Henry Horner, the pioneering camp Round Lake, 111., that previously integrated the handicapped boy with the normal boy, this year expanded its program to include girls for the first time. Sponsored by Young Men's Jewish Ccjncil, the nondenominational program gives the emotionally, men- - O All play together Steady Job Benjamin Harrison was - President of the United States when Joe Carrolo got a job in 1890. working on a Now he's 92 and still in the carousel business, working eight hours a day, seven days a week at his ride in God- - 2 lJi son, VU comedian As a schoolteacher, how did you get into show busi- FOR DR. PAUL DUDLEY WHITE ness? n, Idaho No, it definitely is not. .. fates a ride dard Park, Warwick, R.I. He figures he has given some 15 million persons rides. His daughter Alice, 67, also runs a carousel. Joe complains: 'Trouble today is you can't get good young help. They're all in love, and carousels come second. Carousels must come first!" Revival -i p 'ZJt "Tilititi"-- Automated balloon blower Car-ro-o balloons the kind that d stay up in the air were becoming a rarity. They required helium tanks and professional balloon men to operate them. Balloon men, too, were fast becoming a vanishing breed. But now there's an automated balloon blower to remedy the problem, Insert a coin, out comes a balloon, then a big puff of helium. Simply detach the lighter-than-a- ir balloon and hold it tightly. Helium-fille- FOR SAM LEVINSON, I did not weigh 18 pounds. It was only 12 pounds even. hand ami Joe you continue it inside. Burning charcoal gives off carbon monoxide in odorless amounts that can cause illness or death if permitted to accumulate in an unventilated area, according to the National Safety Council. Solution: indoors, place charcoal burner near an open window or door with an outdoor draft or in a fireplace with the damper wide open. My lifetime home runs through 1968 were 162, with a batting average of .298. 4) hjinin feet often a possible symptom of heart trouble? Mrs. Merrill Evans, Ash-to- what is your batting aver- age? David Neill, John nd Outdoor Cooking Indoors If a sudden summer shower interrupts your outdoor barbecue, think twice before Boston Red Sox runs do you have, and merry-go-rou- tally, or physically handicapped child the opportunity to experience the problems and joys of everyday living in a nonhandicapped world. He participates in all camp activities. Ifs not unusual to see a boy in a wheel chair playing first base, a blind girl diving off the pier. According to YMJC, the "living experience" for the "normal" youngster is no less important: he learns compassion. FOR CARL YASTRZEMSKI, I I have heard that you weighed 18 pounds when you were born. Is this true? If not, how much did you weigh? Betty Button, Clmrksville, Tenn. David Deutsch, Jamaica, N.Y, I got into show biz via the New York City chool system. I used to emcee faculty luncheons. This spilled over to the world outside. Teachers are still my best audience, too. rn to mtk through (hit rolamn, and we'll get prrin ejeweliaa?jrtMYea etoicaale. Sead qantica, prefrrabhr ea a Ike wwer froaa tkr araniat-n- l pemm peel rani, to Aefc Tae Yearerlf, Feaaily Weekly. 641 Lrxiagtaa An, New York, N.Y. me om.iI. tS will be raid far 10022. Wa caaae ackaawlrdc Van WORLD! at How many lifetime home of "Bonanza" faata Who selected the two chil dren in the "Doris Day Show"? They are wonder-fu- FOR DAN BLOCKER "1 V e high-scho- How rv.lA Camp with Compassion Selecting Service Director Director of VS. Passport Agency Im WHAT Family Weekly The Newspaper LEONARD S. DAVtDOW FntUmU MORTON RAKX PiMUktr W. MIX THOMPSON Aifrtinn Director OONA10 K. HUFFOU AmocM AdvrtUini ROKRT E. 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