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The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, May 1, 1969 — PAGE 5
Gl Insurance
information
The Veterans Administration
which handles some six mil
lion policies, urges veterans or
their dependents who write to
VA concerning G. I. insurance
to include the policy number
on all correspondence to assure
an early reply.
If a veteran is unable to pro
vide the number that will id
entify his policy, then he is
advised to include his C num
Hugh H. Henderson, Contact
Officer, Columbia VA Region
al Office, said the identifying
insurance policy number or C
. number will allow VA to take
action on the request without
delay.
The veteran who cannot in
clude either number should re
port this fact when communi
cating with the VA and include
his military serial number, his
date and place of birth, along
with his full name.
Letters with inadequate in
formation have to be returned,
Henderson said.
premium payments—Philadel
phia or St. Paul.
Requests concerning informa
tion about other veterans bene
fits, including those relating to
the new G. I. Bill (which cov
ers veterans with service after
January 31, 1955), should be
directed to the Columbia VA
office or to the Veterans Coun
ty Service Officer.
Tests be given
at Richland Tec
High school seniors consider
ing courses at Richland TEC
next fall may take the school’s
entrance aptitude test Satur-
dey at the Midlands technical
education center, Registrar Jim
Southern announced today.
The test schedule is from
8:30 a.m. to 12 noon Saturday,
he said.
All applicants who have not
taken the College Entrance Ex-
imination Board test are re
quired to take the TEC en
trance test. Some departments
also require special aptitude
tests. This is true of students
considering courses in Data
Processing and Business Ac
counting.
The same tests will be giv
en May 21 from 6:30 p.m. to
9:30 p.m.
Richland T E C‘s summer
quarter starts on June 16. Pros
pective students who may have
a deficiency in a particular
subject may enroll at that
time in the school’s individual
instruction program during
summer school to bring their
scores up to those required for
admission in the regular de
gree program next fall, South
ern said.
For this reason, high school
seniors are advised to take the
entrance and the aptitude tests
during May to learn if they
need to take advantage of in
dividualized programmed in
struction during the summer.
Those who wish to take the
test should make application at
Richland'TEC, 316 Beltline, by
5 p.m. Friday, Southern said.
ber—the claim number which
is assigned to each veteran
who has filed for any VA ben
efit.
All correspondence concern
ing insurance should be sent
to the VA insurance office to
which the veteran sends his
Thomas H. Pope Pinckney N. Abrams
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