Keep Postal Service Solvent Teeters on 22 cent stamp and labor talks
The U.S. Postal Service plans a 22 cent first class stamp next year after the Rate Commission rejected a 23 cent request. The agency seeks to remain self supporting, with unions JNA and APUW in contract talks since July over wage freezes and a two tier system. The USPS posts back-to-back surpluses of 802 million and 616 million, while subsidies were forgone for nonprofit bulk mail.
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Postal Rate Commission
U.S. Postal Service
Postal Service Board of Governors
Janet Steiger
Rate Commission
United States
Norway
West Germany
Australia
Japan
Canada
France
Britain
Postal Service
National Association of Letter Carriers
American Postal Workers Union
William F. Bolger
Welcome To The Club Aging Icons Loren Bardot Turn 30
Sophia Loren and Brigitte Bardot celebrate turning 30 this year with Bardot now a grandmother. Loren notes aging as a natural path, saying there is nothing wrong with growing older. The piece ends with a toast to time passing.
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Sophia Loren
Brigitte Bardot
Miss Bardot
Miss Loren
Bundles For America Foundation Builds US Education Ties
The Wall Street Journal reports Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. of Japan is establishing a $10 million foundation to support educational programs in the United States. The firm has already donated $1 million each to Harvard Business School and MIT, signaling Japan’s educational philanthropy amid postwar relief efforts.
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Wall Street Journal
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. of
Japan
U. S
Harvard Business School
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dear Dr Graham Advises Patience In Troubled Marriage
A reader, 16 at marriage, laments husband’s job loss and cannabis use. Dr Graham urges read with compassion, warns against abandonment, notes shaky foundation, and advises frank, loving conversation to address responsibilities and prevent self destruction.
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DR. Graham
M.J.H
Page editorials mix satire with politics and local notes
A collection of letters and opinions lampoons Miss America debates and gender roles, contrasts political figures Mondale and Jackson, and riffs on Charleston water quality. Contributors, including Melvin Fullerton and J J Mahoney, offer quips on elections and civic aging, ending with a playful senior citizen taxonomy and citizen grades.
Readers condemn Red Dawn as threat to liberty and world order
Letters criticize the film Red Dawn for depicting a Soviet and Cuban invasion and warn it mirrors real dangers. They urge the government to stop aid and trade with totalitarian states, stress limited constitutional government, and urge education as the strategy. Other letters discuss satellite TV investment and cable subscriptions.
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Hollywood
Red Dawn
U.S
Europe
Poland
Central America
Mexico
America
Times
Post
Hitler
National Cystic Fibrosis Week Highlighted Across U S
The piece notes National Cystic Fibrosis Week September 16 to 22, raising awareness of CF as America's leading inherited killer of children and young adults. It cites 30,000 CF victims in the U S, a 25 percent birth risk for children of two carriers, and an average life expectancy of 21 years for those born with CF. It urges awareness and doctor consultation if a salty skin kiss is observed and provides contact for the South Carolina chapter of the CF Foundation.
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America
U.S
South Carolina
The
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Steve P. Varnadore
S.C
Cablevision service concern prompts calls for franchise review
A reader argues Aiken Cablevision should be forced to improve or surrender its franchise after months of unacceptable service. Complaints before the County Council spur demand for accountability, noting subscribers rely on the service for entertainment and essential needs, including ill or disabled relatives.
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U. S
Aiken
Arthur Testa
Boardman Road
Aiken Cablevision
Cablevision
County Council
Edicts Versus Legislatures In American Governance
A historical note argues that the nation is drifting toward dictatorial rule as laws are increasingly made by unelected bureaucrats and federal edicts, citing agencies such as DOE OSHA FCC EPA DOT IRSS and NLRB. It contrasts this with Madisonian warnings and the Declaration of Independence about centralized power, urging lessons from history to avoid tyranny.
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America
Free Republic
DOE
OSHA
FCC
PSRO
EPA
DOT
IRSS
NLRB
Federalist
James Madison
Tweedles Dee and Dum: a voters dilemma in State Senate 24
Robert Schwartz argues in favor of Irene Rudnick as the sensible choice in Senate District 24. He contrasts Lexington and Aiken candidates, alleging ethical issues and political missteps by incumbents and rivals while urging Rudnick as the solution.
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Tweedles Dee
Dum
Lexington County
Shealy
Carmichael
Senate
Aiken
Savannah River
Thurmond
Hodel
Dee
Irene Rudnick
Robert Schwartz
Grace Circle
Letters to the editor process described for publicaton
A notice outlines that anonymous letters are accepted for publication with a standard format and no addresses or edge details. It notes condensed content and nonidentifiable authors, explains proofreading and spacing constraints, and mentions a sample mailing address for submissions in town.
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Billy Graham
Ashley Cooper
Penthouse
Basement
Texas
Junior
Charleston
Joan Middleton
Melvin Fullerton
Congress
Geraldine Ferraro
J. J. Mahoney
Mount
Pleasant
Walter Mondale
Mark Russell
Mondale
Mahoney
Jesse Jackson
Fritz
Gromyko
Jackson
Reagan
Sakharov
Afghanistan
Ashley
P. G
Tom Reach
John Birch Society
NAS
Tweedles Dee and
Oece
Daskoston
Thay
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