Rural Carrier Salaries and Retirements Debate
Rural letter carriers weigh salaries and equipment allowances amid federal budget cuts. The Georgia ARPO notes hoped restoration of the equipment allowance by Oct 1 and a meeting with Senator Walter George to press for equality with city carriers. Thirteen carriers in Georgia face retirement on Oct 1. nationwide totals and ages are listed, with rosters needing updates for transfers and retirements.
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Post Office
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Pyless
Wrvice
Ouratonal
W. G. Armstrong
Joseph C.o'mahoney
Armting
National Board
Tuhington
Atlantic City
Sen
Walter George
Vienna
G.H. Thompson
Senator George
Georgia
United States
George Wilson
Rural Letter Carriers’ Association
Horace Peacock
Fairburn
Horace
N. F. Land
Jackson
Thornton
Des Moines
Wall
Georgia Briefs and National News Snippets
Seventeen hundred men including 200 war veterans will enroll in Georgia beginning Oct 2 for replacement in CCC camps. Five Georgians named as presidential candidates to take West Point entrance exams next April. Abdel Wahab Pasha visits Georgia to study relief methods for cotton region. Brunswick seeks share of 10 million federal road funds for Brunswick Atlanta highway. Southeast Georgians urge early paving of State Highway 17 Nancy Hart Highway. Fear for the future of Fort McPherson in Atlanta grows.
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West Point
Abring
B. W. Henry, Jr
Newton H. Sherburne
Ft. McPherson
Wm. Dunn
Winfield Sherburne
J. S. Mueller
Riverside Military Academy
Abdel Wahab Pasha
Brunswick
Nancy Hart
Fort McPherson
Atlanta
What Will Kill You Health Advice from a Georgia Health Column
The author urges strict hygiene and regular medical exams to delay death, stressing the family physician as a key ally. It cites Georgia mortality data with heart disease leading at 4,102 deaths, followed by kidney disease 8,216, pneumonia 2,444, cerebral hemorrhage 2,392, tuberculosis 1,938, and cancer 1,531.
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