Heading For The Sidetrack By William J Conway
Railroads plan to drop railway post office cars from 162 passenger trains amid rising mail revenue losses and declining ridership. A AP survey notes 43 trains may be eliminated pending regulatory approval, with 800 sorting cars remaining nationwide and Zip plan routing mail by air rail or highway.
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William J. Conway
Associated Press
Chicago
The
Arrow
Phoebe Snow
Post Office Department
William J. Hartigan
St. Joseph
Hannibal
Jesse James
U.S
Navy
Edward Denby
Rondout
Ill
Erie-Lackawanna
Hoboken
N.J
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
Vermont Ski Country Goes High-Tech With Snow Machines
Vermont ski areas push artificial snow and upgraded apres ski to sustain growth. Jay Peak and Mount Mansfield Co plan early snow production above 3000 feet, aiming Nov to May seasons. Madonna Mountain unveils a $10 million expansion. Stowe and Okemo expand lodging, dining, and entertainment to lure affluent skiers.
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Associated Press
Montpelier
Vermont
Green Mountains
Jay
Mount Mansfield Co
Stowe
Spruce Peak
Fred Pabst
Manchester
Big Bromley
Killington
Rutland
Maple Valley
West Dunmore
Mount Tom
Woodstock
Okemo Mountain
Ludlow
Madonna Mountain
Vermont Development Department
Dr Spath to Attend Hartford Chancellor Installation
Dr Richard J Spath president of St Francis College will represent his school October 22 at the University of Hartford chancellor Archibaké Woodruff installation. The ceremony starts at 3 30 p m in the Physical Education Center with Yale President Kingman Brewster Jr as main speaker.
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Richard J. Spath
St. Francis College
Archibaké M. Woodruff
University of Hartford
Kingman Brewster Jr
Yale University
Andre Garnerin's First Parachute Jump from Balloon
Andre Jacques Garnerin became the first to perform a parachute jump when he leapt from a balloon over Paris in 1797. The feat established early aerial descent as a practical spectacle and influenced later parachuting experiments.
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Andre Jacques Garnerin
Paris
Miss Poirier Guest At Biddeford Shower Ahead Of Wedding
Miss Diane Poirier of 77 Washington Street Biddeford was guest of honor at a miscellaneous bridal shower hosted by her mother Mrs Sylvaine Poirier at the Fremont Club hall Alfred Street Biddeford. She will wed Richard Cassette of Boom Road Saco on November 4. A buffet lunch followed gifts with many relatives and friends in attendance.
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Diane Poirier
Washington St
Biddeford
Sylvaine Poirier
Fremont Club
Alfred Street
Poirier
Richard Cassette
Boom Road
Saco
Pauline Cassette
Laura Poirier
Anna Mori
Rita Gilbert
Raymond Audet
Di‘ana Metayed
Theresa Learvitt
Marguerite Mailhiot
Wilfrid Cassette
Leo ‘Paul Petit
Fernande Cro
Youths Told to Write I Will Not Be A Bad Egg
Five 18 year olds pleaded guilty to egg throwing injuries after a driver escaped. Gerald G. Glaser must pay fines and write 1 000 times IT will not be a bad egg. The piece notes a safety campaign in Long Beach urging pedestrians not to cross mid blocks.
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Associated Press
Bismarck N.D
Theatar Wara Ardarad
Gerald G. Glaser
Long Beach
Calif
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