Postal service cancels planned rate increase as costs cut
Editorial notes Postmaster General Elmer Klassen calls the cancellation of a 450 million dollar 1973 rate hike historic. A March hiring freeze and early retirement program have cut about 4.5 percent of the workforce, with 685000 employed now and further reductions expected. Labor contracts due next July may revive rate pressures.
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Elmer T. Klassen
Postal Service
Congress
Klassen
Paul Harvey on capital punishment and scripture
The author debates capital punishment, noting translation issues around the word murder, biblical examples of punishment, and public opinion at colleges. He argues the Sixth Commandment does not excuse murderers and criticizes anti death penalty crusaders who support abortion.
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Paul Harvey
Supreme Court
Cain
Lamech
Noah
United States
Three Minutes A Day a teacher changed delinquents
Johns Hopkins researchers traced a 20 year old study showing youths on a crime pathway to a single influential teacher. A gentle white haired woman recalled loving every one of the boys and shaping their lives. The piece closes with a call to act in love guided by faith to address global problems.
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Johns Hopkins University
God
Nixon McGovern Debate Silence Sparks Family Spin
The piece mocks Nixon not debating McGovern and hints at political motives behind avoiding disputes within the Nixon family. It toys with the idea that marital silence at the White House mirrors public questions and suggests cigarette price pressure as a solving factor.
RAND Finds North Vietnamese Morale Unshaken In Vietnam War
Four RAND studies for the Defense Department show high morale among North Vietnamese troops in Vietnam, with leaders unlikely to yield under U S pressure. The 1970 report by Konrad Kellen, based on 22 prisoner interviews, warns that military force or political devices may struggle to root out the revolution, while noting potential for negotiated settlement.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
Vietnam
Defense Department
Rand Corporation
United States
RAND
Herbert Goldhamer
CCF
Goldhamer
North Korea
North Vietnam
Pentagon
Konrad Kellen
Kellen
S. Steel
Hitler
McKonkley Writes In On A Presidential Debate In A Pool Of 11
Columnist Don MacLean jokes about an implausible poll showing 85 percent don't know and a mock write in tally naming many figures. He ridicules political fever and suggests vacating the presidency or appointing a manager. G.O.P. critics joke about a McGovern benefit dinner as satire.
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Don Maclean
Washington
McGovern
Nixon
Washington Japan wage gap narrows as costs rise
US Japan wage data show 15 16 percent gains in 1972 across large firms with 13 16 percent yearly growth over the decade. Fringe benefits climb to about 17 percent of cash wages while pollution controls push unit costs higher. Rising Japanese labor costs may shift investment and trade toward Asia and Latin America, boosting US sales and buying power.
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Ray Cromley
Washington
Japan
U.S
United States
Nixon
Kakuei Tanaka
Buti
Islands
Asia
Latin America
Connally may lead Democrats banner in 76
John Connally the former Texas governor and Nixon-era treasury secretary heads the Democrats for Nixon group and is seen as a leading moderate likely to influence Democratic fortunes in 1976. The Texas Democrat remains cautious about 1976 while focusing on 1972 tasks and keeping party allegiance with Nixon.
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William S. White
Washington
John Connally
Cesares
Texas
George McGovern
McGovern
Democrat Party
Democratic Party
John B. Connally
Nixon
Richard Nixon
Biddeford Saco Journal Public Notices Summary
The Biddeford Saco Journal lists publisher and staff details and current subscription rates in Biddeford Maine. It notes Associated Press affiliation and postal registration information for second class mailing.
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Adams Street
Biddeford
Maine
W. Paul Casavant
E. P. Ingalls
Telephone Business
Associated Press
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