Editorial Page Urges Postal Service Reform Now
The editorial laments a Post Office Department muddle and warns of worsening service as planned workforce cuts threaten Saturday deliveries and rural mail. Rep. Kyros vows to back a bill exempting the USPS from the 1968 Act, arguing 30,000+ lost jobs would undermine a booming economy. It compares the USPS unfavorably to the United Parcel Service and calls for decisive reform or a stop-gap solution to avert chaos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter N. Kyros
Dulski
D-N.y
Post Office Department
Revenue and Expenditure Control Act
Maine
Kyros
House
U. S
FBI
Postal Service
United Parcel Service
Post Office
Hempstead
N. Y
Handcuff the wrong hands in Supreme Court ruling critique
Paul Harvey laments recent Supreme Court decisions he says shackled police and hinder protection from crime. He warns of a recurring observer named Sam with a long rap sheet, arguing legal limits prevent preemptive action and endanger public welfare.
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Supreme Court
Sam
Williams
John C. Bell Jr
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
United States
Order of Police
High Court
Eisenhower kin letter targets Magnuson in trade clash
Washington columnist Drew Pearson reports Ed Eisenhower urged Seattle voters to back his claim that blocking U.S. communist trade would curb democracy in the eastern bloc. The piece cites bipartisan trade policy and notes Magnuson’s support for trade with Europe’s communist states. It also covers Oklahoma Rep. Wickersham’s bid for Congress, gun control debates, and secretaryship clashes over the U.S. Travel Service.
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Drew Pearson
Ed Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Seattle
Edgar Eisenhower
U.S
Washington State
Sen
Warren G. Magnuson
Johnson
Len Magnuson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Truman
Kennedy
John Tower
Tex
Yugosla
Paul Findlay
Yugoslavia
Poland
Europe
Victor Wickersham
D-Oklah
Oklahoma
Congress
South Korea
Tom Steed
Wickersham
Steed
Washon
Vic
World Comedian Joey Adams Writes New Book
Comedian Joey Adams has penned two show business mysteries You Could Die If I Was a Comic for the FBI and The Swingers and sent a self deprecating note amid promotion. The piece mixes humor with anecdotes from New York Stamford Conn Findlay Ohio and a playful jab at crime and publishing.
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Don Maclean
Joey Adams
FBI
Himalayas
Mickey Spillane
Erle Stanley Gardner
Mystery Writers of America
Poland
New York
Stamford
Conn
Findlay
Ohio
Liberals and youth clash over promises of perfection
Washington liberals from old to new face disillusion after decades of grand social schemes. Welfare and public housing prove flawed, while student militants and antiwar figures push for sweeping change now. Critics warn of false hope and unattainable perfection, labeling reformers as specialists in false hope.
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Bruce Biossat
NEA
Washington
America
Save this countrys beauty through historic preservation
Russell Kirk laments rapid demolition of cities and countryside by developers and traffic. He cites Anthony Kerrigan’s Yearbook survey on preservation, praises the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and urges private initiative. He notes Charleston and urban renewal as paths to reconcile growth with heritage.
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Russell Kirk
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Anthony Kerrigan
Dublin
Palma de Mallorca
Kerrigan
United States
National Trust For Historic Preservation
Jackson Place
N.W
Washington, D.C
Trust
National Trust
the Interior
Porners of Transportation
Department of House and Urban Development
The
James Biddie
Charleston
S.C
Broad Street
Battery
North America
Fas
King Street
Meeting Street
Market Hall
Henry James
America
Galena
Ill
Savannah
Providence
R.I
Anthony Bailey
Biddeford Maine Newspaper Rates and Editorial Contact
Subscription rates are listed as one month 2.60 six months 15.50 and one year 31.00. Editorial and business departments with phone numbers appear, and the paper notes AP news rights. Entered as second class postage at Biddeford Maine.
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Biddero Maine
Peete
Ingaan Tenons
TED Press
Associated Press
Biddeford
Maine
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Free Enterprise Postal Service
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Paul Harvey
Angola
Joliet
Lothario
Ike Kin
Czechoslovakia
Sen. Magnuson
Ster Wolff
Wolff
C.R. Smith
American
John Rooney
Dn.y
Commerce Department
Rooney
John Black
U.S. Travel Service
Flushing Meadow
Brooklyn
Smith
Black
USA
Italy
Venezuela
Benelux
London
Paris
Frankfort
Mac's
Pentagon Building
Peace
Charles Geisler
Colombia
S.A
Chares
Gov
Ronald Reagan
California
James Haight & Co
Richard Nixon
Bureau of Customs
Middle East
Pharmacists
Humphrey
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