Study Praises Postal Service Growth and Costs Cut
SAN BRUNO CALIF. AP The USPS is lauded for cost reductions and productivity gains since 1971 though efficiency upswing may have hurt courtesy. A 1981 study urged rate reform and stronger use of technology while noting a $24 million surplus against expectations and stamp price likely holding through early 1984.
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San Bruno
Calif
U.S. Postal Service
Postal Service
Post Office Department
USPS
Public Administration
Dean
Board of Governors
Bolger
Foreign experts stage rare march in Peking calling for no nukes
In Peking, about two dozen Western teachers and students led by Anna Johnston marched from the Soviet to the U S Embassy to urge disarmament. Police protected the event, Chinese onlookers curious as banners in Chinese and English proclaimed No Nuclear Weapons.
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Peking
U.S
China
Anna Johnston
Miss Johnston
Brighton
England
People’s University
Court martial hearing for Vietnam desertion at March AFB
Richard Dienst, 37, an airman, appeared before a court martial board at March Air Force Base California to plead innocent to a desertion charge from Vietnam era. He was arrested after a March traffic stop. His wife Linda kissed him as he faced the proceedings.
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Richard Dienst
Linda
Vietnam
March Air Force Base
Calif
Suzuki hints Japan may exceed 1 percent GDP military spend
In Diet remarks Prime Minister Zenko Suzuki suggested Japan could surpass the traditional 1 percent of gross national product cap for defense spending. Analysts say the wording leaves impact unclear and reflects U S pressure to boost military budgets.
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Tokyo
UPI
Zenko Suzuki
Japan
Suzuki
U.S
Diet
Justice Department seeks stay on Haitian refugee release
The Justice Department asked the 11th Circuit to halt about 1,900 Haitian refugees release after Judge Eugene Spellman ordered them freed pending asylum hearings. In Miami, two Haitian sea captains faced no speedy-trial charges over deadly 199 from a voyage from Haiti. Ronald Selig, acquitted in 1980 for three hunter deaths, drowned at Big Sandy Reservoir as officials search for his body years later amid renewed family reactions.
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UPI
Justice Department
U.S
Thomas E. Moseley
Miami
U.S. 11Th Circuit Court of Appeals
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Spellman
Haiti
James L. King
Cheyenne
Wyo
Ronald Selig
Loyce Ely
Selig
Big Sandy Reservoir
Wyoming
Sheriff's
Montana
Horse Creek Mesa
Big Horn Mountains
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United States
NIF
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Poland
Solidarity
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South Africa
Kloof
Here
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Witwer Insurance
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