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Show A o t i vi of M: n ' j I -yi i I ? i j I V - 1 I : , 'Xvt -.i.,. - i How to foster international friendships Almost 25 million Americans will travel abroad and an estimated 22 million people will visit the United States during this Olympic year. "The U.S. Postal Service will keep you in touch with old and new friends who travel or live overseas," Postmaster Donald F. Keele of Pleasant Grove said. "You can send messages, packages and money orders abroad through the Postal Service in a variety of ways. We will help you get the best service for your needs. Aerogramme8, at 30 cents each, offer a real bargain for international correspondents, the postmaster said, and they can be sent to all countries. Aerogrammes are sheets that are folded into the form of an envelope, sealed and sent by air mail. For extremely fast overseas delivery of your message, Postmaster Keele recommends INTELPOST service. Within seconds, an exact copy of a letter or document, in any language, is sent from one of five INTELPOST centers located in Chicago, Houston, New York, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. to a post office in another INTELPOST country. The message then is either picked ' up by the reciepent or delivered by post. The cost is five dollars page per page. Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany, France, Hong Kong, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom belong to the INTELPOST network. Another possibility is International Express Mail, a service that gets packages and letters to any of 34 countries in a few days. "Of course, air mail and surface mail are other options for international communications. One can send a letter to Canada or Mexico for only 20 cents, the same as domestic mail. Letters to most other countries are 40 cents per half-ounce.' Since regulations on parcels vary from country to country, the postmaster suggested customers get details at the post office. Postal customers also can send international money orders from some post offices. The fee for a $500 international money order is only $1.80. Last year almost 905 million pieces of mail were sent from the United States to other countries. , The ability to deliver mail" ; virtually anywhere on the earth's 57,259,000 square-mile land-area is make possible through the cooperation of 160 nations who belong to the Unviersal Postal Union. Members of the Gym Jets who recently won trophy in competition are front, L to R Amy Patf. Memlynn Steele and Malinda Austin. Back, Lisa Smith, Kristie Shoell, Natalie Mills and Michelle Shoell. |