Post Office Snails Threaten Mail Service in London
In London, mail dropped in letter boxes is reportedly being eaten by snails, a problem prompting investigations. Postmen pour salt into boxes as a remedy, while observers joke about training snails to sort junk mail, potentially turning them into an asset though concerns about ecological balance remain.
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Richmond
U.S. Post Office Department
Great Britain
London
Arthur Lowe
The Postal Problem and Its Unwanted Mail Flood
A reader laments post office inefficiencies and rising rates while criticizing mail duplication. He notes catalogs, library notices, and government leaflets flood his small-town mailbox, urging better address accuracy and fewer redundant items. He muses on using telegraph or phone for urgent messages and jokes about fetching mail with a wheelbarrow.
Worthington liquor license dispute stalls license decision
Readers’ letters recount Worthington Selectmen suspending all license action amid a heated public hearing on replacing a restaurant club license with an innholder license and a package store license request. The debate touched on meat department closure and town revenue, while writers urge support for local emergency services and individual freedom.
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Worthington Selectmen
Variety Store
High school echoes in a pacifist writer’s Washington visit
Burt Vonnegut Jr. recalls high school influence on views of politics and weaponry as he visits Washington and contemplates pacifism, the Lairds in the Pentagon, and the uneasy cheerfulness of leaders who back doomsday devices. The essay blends memory, satire, and a call for humane dialogue.
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Mrs. Laird
Community Letter Opposes Public School Sex Education
Mrs Joan C. Lockey of Pittsfield argues against sex education in Berkshires public schools. She contends the programs are chaotic, contested by parents and clergy, and question promises of success, urging home instruction and warning the program may be an experiment with potential harm to children.
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Pittsfield
Boston
New York
Indianapolis
Barbara Masters
Richard M. Nixon
Mr. Nixon
Cape Cod
Ernest.j. Sternglass
Esquire
Sternglass
University of Pittsburgh
Laird
Berkshires
Dalton School Committee
Eagle
Stecus
Sex Information and Education Council of the
U.S
Joan C. Lockey
Elminean Ter
Tax Reform's Complicated Tidewaters of Computations
America faces a tax chaos as the House reform bill promises two or more separate calculations for many earnings and deductions. Tax professionals warn of monumental work to untangle the new rules and potential dual computations across old and new law before any simplification by the Senate.
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de Gaulle
France
Israel
Sweden
Britain
Israeli Air Force
Joshua J. Alpiern
M.D
West Romneya Drive
Anaheim
Calif
New York
America
Treasury
Tman
House
Leon Geld
The
Research Institute of America
U.S
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United States
Vietnam
Southeast Asia
General MacArthur
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Africa
Asia
Australia
South Vietnam
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Washington
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