The Post Office Reform Proposal in View
A 22 page commission report urged replacing the Post Office Department with a federal corporation to end political patronage set true collective bargaining and fix rates by executives subject to congressional veto. The panel led by Frederick A. Kappel cites lack of cost data and rigid rules as barriers to modern management and efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence O'Drien
Postal Department
Special Commission of Postal Organization
U.S
Frederick A. Kappel
American Telephone & Telegraph Company
Commission
Post Office Department
Congress
Kappel
Special Commission
Johnson
Ramn
New York
San Francisco
Commission On Postal Organization
Congres
Overregulation Critique From a Radéi Magazine on U S Utilities
A radéi magazine criticizes the heavy mix of official and unofficial regulators across federal state and local levels in the U S utilities sector. It argues extreme regulation can backfire by wearing out regulators and hampering management discretion just when oversight is most needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Radéi
U.S
Uais
Integrated Metals Company Growth and Diversified Ventures
An analysis of Diversiied Metals Corp focusing on its 1960s growth strategy. The firm builds an integrated complex to process scrap copper and expand through subsidiaries in ballpoint pens, metal castings, alloy parts, and software. Investment rationale cites management, potential gains, and the need for diversification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Integrated Metals Company
Diversiied Metals Corp
M Manufacturing
NYSE
Grand Central Station
York
N.Y
Pot danger and drug addiction warned by Paul Harvey
Paul Harvey warns that more young Americans are exposed to marijuana through unpaid ads and advocates urging legalization. He cites medical officials and crime data, urges sobriety, and warns of drug spirals from marijuana to heroin and broader social harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alf
Henry Giordano
Bureau of Narcotics
United States
State University
Pentagon
Vietnam
Chicago
Acapulco
New York City
Gen
Fea, Corp
The Health Column Debunks Expensive Beauty Therapy Claims
A reader letter questions wave therapy facial treatments advertised by Brady’s Health Service. It notes high costs and dubious claims that electrical devices and masseuses can exercise facial muscles, urging skepticism and offering a response from Dr. Brady at Beverly Hills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tam
Beatty
Brady
William Brady
el Camino
Beverly Hills
California
Short Thoughts on Chicken Pie and Beef Steak Pie
Instructions describe cutting chicken into pieces with mace nutmeg pepper and butter, layering with oysters and hard boiled yolks, sealing with pastry and baking. Beef steak pie method uses rump steaks cooked tender with seasoning, butter on each piece, water in the bottom, and a pastry lid.
Aunt Maude Teaches Secret Ribbon Revive Method
A Chicago-based aunt named Maude Murray shares a home remedy to revive discarded typewriter ribbons by applying a few drops of oil, claiming it produces a richer black imprint that lasts weeks. The letter also critiques postage stamps and first class presentation, promoting a booklet on advertising psychology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude Murray
Chicago
Maude
Aunt Maude
Liev
Roosevelt
Jook
Folklore and Proverb Fragments Across Cultures
A collection of misread or garbled proverbs from Yiddish immigrant sources with scattered lines in English French and German. The notes mix sayings about wisdom love duty and fate alongside references to candles pits taverns and weddings in a mosaic of origins and eras.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohera
Humphrey Faces Tough Campaign as Kennedy Faction Grows Weak
The piece argues Hubert Humphrey remains Democratic frontrunner yet faces strong Nixon opposition and naval, economic, and domestic turmoil. It cites Kennedy rivalry, McCarthy resistance, and Wallace as possible spoiler while Johnson’s support lingers behind the scenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert Humphrey
John F. Kennedy
West Virginia
Humphrey
Kennedy
Europe
Jahnson
Richard Nixon
Nixon
California
Finois
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
New York
Wallace
Anon
White House
Rialoric
Yesteryear
Pyeat
Humphrey Vois
Johnson
McCarthy
Ken
Pak
Vietnam
Congress
Ami Adajoe
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Roger E. Speer
Ae Herald Eene
Yee
Thorns
Anderson Newspape Ghongs
D. Crittengergel
Procdent
Charles W.laughan
Latmowd
A. Emrusom
Medien
Medisen
Kdvoe
Harald
Cery
Tpauel Maparger
Goa
Associatio
Lecal
Reed Faye Deat
Paul Harvey News
Harvey
Brady's Health Service
Acai
Mrede
Audi
Folklore
By William Wade
Dante
God Akme
By Russell Kirk
Truman
Tim
Cope
Gen. Fea. Corp
United Sales of America
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