[rolling_stone]

Then do you have an excuse for the missing records? A guess? What does logic tell you? Do you believe the clown who said they might have been destroyed? Does that make sense only part of the records destroyed and only for Stanley Ann? Does that sound like a professional reply or BS?

By the way ten dollars in 1960 would be equivalent to about 73 dollars today.

[patlin]

US State Dept Records retention Dec 2008

pg 5

5. Retention

a. How long is information retained?

The established retention period for electronic records in PRISM is presently 100 years in accordance with published record schedules of the Department of State and as approved by the National Archives and Records Administration.

http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/96122.pdf

[lucysmom]

Then do you have an excuse for the missing records? A guess? What does logic tell you? Do you believe the clown who said they might have been destroyed? Does that make sense only part of the records destroyed and only for Stanley Ann?

Do you know that only records for her were destroyed? Sounds like the "clown" doesn't know what happened and is offering a possibility.

Like I said, I could make up stories, but that's all they would be - stories.

By the way ten dollars in 1960 would be equivalent to about 73 dollars today.

In 1965 it would take 8 hours work at minimum wage to pay for a passport. In 2009, it would take 13.75 hours at minimum wage. Don't know that that means anything, but there it is.