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Postal rate plan seeks 18c business, 13c citizen mail
Postmaster General Bailar proposed raising first class rates to 18 cents for businesses while individuals would pay 13 cents and retain a 13 cent citizen rate. He suggested no decision on ending Saturday deliveries, saying the plan could near self sufficiency by reducing a billion dollar annual deficit, with safeguards on citizen mail based on handwritten addresses and zip codes.
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Washington
Benjamin F. Bailar
Bailar
First Cless
Batlar
Postal Service