Postal rate rollback praised but fears of shifts loom
The piece argues a first class rate cut from 10 to 8.5 cents would not save the public and could trigger steep rises in second class and other costs. It warns of redistribution of postal costs, potential higher overall bills, and tax-funded subsidies, urging lawmakers to block the commission's radical changes.
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Seymour Wenner
Ratesetting Postal Rate Commission
Commission
Postal Service
Wenner
Congress
Hub readers plea for support to save community gathering place
A community poem appeals for help to keep the HUB, a safe, inclusive space for youth and families, open amid financial strain. Writers note it offers employment and prevents trouble by offering activities and support, urging readers to contribute.
Jobs outlook clashes with rising activity in late summer
Economists predict faster business activity but only a slow drop in unemployment. Firms restrain hiring amid uncertainty and seek efficiency gains. Skill mismatches and demographic growth keep the jobless rate lagging the recovery, though hiring and recalls rise in many sectors and initial unemployment claims fall from February peaks.
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New York
Argus Research Corp
Argus
Contingency plan for seven million New York City refugees
Art Buchwald sketches a satirical scenario in which New York City faces bankruptcy and its residents become a nationwide refugee crisis. Nostrum jokes about housing, language, culture, and security checks as governors refuse to take in New Yorkers, with a final note that the feds might lease the city to convert it into a refugee camp.
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Washington
Waldo Nostrum
New York City
Beame
United States
Peoria
Texarkana
Nostrum
New York
Kopechnes retrace Chappaquiddick steps amid Kennedy doubts
Joe and Gwen Kopechne, Mary Jo Kopechne’s parents, visited Chappaquiddick with the aim of verifying Kennedy’s account. They spoke with local diver John Farrar and deputy Look, questioned Kennedy’s narrative, and discussed publishing their own account if Kennedy runs for president.
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Washington
Joe
Gwen Kopechne
Mary Jo
Kopechnes
Chappaquiddick Island
Edward Kennedy
Chappaquiddick
Edgartown
Dukes County
Christopher Look, Jr
John Farrar
Kennedy
Look
Poncha Pond
Farrar
Swiftwater
Kopechne
Dike Bridge
Mr. Kopechne
Senator Kennedy
Watergate
Nixon
Boston Globe
Congress Nibbles at Energy Tax Vote Failures
In a tense House debate on energy, a three cent gas tax for an energy research fund failed 209 to 187 as many Democrats opposed it. Speaker Albert supported the tax while Brademas and McFall voted against it amid auto industry lobbying. A later mileage standard plan passed as a civil penalty instead of a tax. Congress showed parochial pull as it faces the 1980s energy challenge.
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Washington
Congress
Bunker Hill
House
Energy
Thomas O'Neill
America
O'Neill
Carl Albert
John McFall
California
John Brandemas
Indiana
Spiro Agnew
Brademas
Michigan
Auto
Auto Workers Union
Cadillac
Joseph Fisher
D.va
Detroit
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Teddy Bare
Zach Rust
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McFall
United Automobile Workers Union
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