Postal Service Struggles With Holiday Package Surge
Postal officials say they can handle the extra volume if consumers mail early, with guidelines to send parcels by December 3 and cards by December 10. A 15 state UPS strike clogs the mails and may worsen as Christmas nears, with negotiations opening after more than a week. A Springfield Massachusetts postmaster notes that even a settlement may not end the backlog.
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United Parcel Service
Springfield
Mass
UPS
U.S. Postal Service
Arthur B. Morin
New England
Oscar B. Sloan
Charlotte
N.C
James Donovan
Albany
N.Y
Teamsters
Maine
South Carolina
East
Postal Service
Washington
Associated Press
Winter tire supply varies by tire type and timing
Akron industry spokesmen say shortages depend on tire type and timing with radial winter tires scarce and recaps available, while new winter tire sales lag forecasts due to the ongoing United Rubber Workers strike.
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Akron, Ohio
Rubber Industry
United Rubber Workers
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
B.F. Goodrich Co
Uniroyal, Inc
Goodyear
Firestone
Home Buying Up Despite Price Jump
Washington AP reports that home purchases remain strong with sales expected to exceed three million in 1975 despite a 61 percent price rise over four years. Analysts note two-income households and lower mortgage rates enabling more buyers to afford median-priced homes.
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Washington
National Association of Realtors
Census Bureau
The
Realtors Association
Joint Economic Committee of Congress
Library of Congress
John C. Weicher
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Income Gap Widens Between Men and Women in 1974
The Labor Department reports in 1974 the average full time male earned about five thousand dollars more than the average female. The gap has widened since 1955 from 56.4 to 74.8 percent. Median earnings show women at 6772 versus 11835 for men, with discrimination suspected. The report notes women are underrepresented in high paying jobs and that black women closed the gap from 1960 to 1974. It also discusses home prices, mortgage data, and housing market affordability impacting buyers.
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Washington
Labor Department
Census Bureau
Athens Snowstorm Delays Santa Parade and School Closures
Snow blanketed Athens and surrounding areas with two inches in town and up to six inches further north causing icy roads and widespread school cancellations. Santa’s parade in Middleport was postponed while Athens events proceeded with precautionary measures and warmups for students and band members.
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Athens
C. L Colmer
Ohio University
Geography Department
Messenger
Santa Claus
Middleport
Athens High School
Conve Center
Steve Berry
Retail Merchants Association
Athens Kiwanis
Rotary
Lions
Sertoma
Jaycees
Santa
Ohio
Quake Victims Hit by Blizzard in Eastern Turkey
In CALDIRAN and Van province, a severe blizzard strikes quake survivors with heavy snow and icy winds. Authorities mobilize rescue squads for men 18 to 65, confiscate private vehicles, and rush snow clearing equipment as isolation and food shortages threaten hundreds in border villages.
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Caldiran
Turkey
Muzaffer Yuce
Ahmet Tosun
Van
Court to Hear Nixon Argument on Tapes
The Supreme Court agreed to review Nixon bid over White House tape recordings and related records. The case challenges the Presidential Materials and Recordings Preservation Act of 1974 governing 42 million pages and 888 five inch reels, with GSA control and public access rules.
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Nixon
Washington
Supreme Court
Richard M. Nixon
White House
Congress
General Services Administration
Executive Branch of
GSA
Senate
House
US Circuit Court of Appeals
Watergate
David L. Bazelon
Windfall in Budget Could Bail Out Athens Fund
City councilman reports a windfall in the budget that might rescue Athens general fund this year and possibly avert layoffs next year. State data show October jobs up in Athens County with unemployment at 6.3 percent, down from September. Floyd Hiles retires after 344 years of service with Logan Fire Department. Actress Rosalind Russell dies after cancer and arthritis complications.
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Athens General Fund
Athens County
Logan
Logan Fire Department
Floyd Hiles
Ohio Thanksgiving traffic toll tops twenty one in weekend crash
In Columbus Ohio four people died when their car skidded on an icy northern Ohio bridge and plunged into the Huron River bringing the holiday toll to 21. The nationwide count showed 447 highway deaths by early today, below earlier NSC projections.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio
Huron River
National Safety Council
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Yugoslavia
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Altigol
John D Ehrlichman
HR Haldeman
John Dean
Rosalind Russell
Los Angeles
George
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