Congress Convenes as Postal Service Faces Budget Crisis
Congress returns from recess to tackle the Postal Service deficit of 4.5 billion dollars amid service cuts. The semiautonomous agency, created in 1971, has halted same-day downtown delivery and slowed local mail by mixing it with area routes. Door-to-door service is lacking in new suburbs and air taxi routes were cut.
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Postal Service
Congress
Treasury
United States Postal Service
Senate
Ernest F. Hollings
D-S.c
Hollings
Board of Governors
House
Passengers Released as Egyptian Hijacking Ends in Luxor
Egyptair Boeing 737 hijacked at Luxor airport is reported to have released all passengers and arrested seven hijackers. Lebanese Libyan Algerian and Palestinian gunmen led the group. Negotiations continue with Premier Mahmoud Salem and War Minister Gen. Mohammed Gamassy overseeing the talks.
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Cairo
UPI
Middle East
Egyptair
Luxor
Tel Aviv
Valley of the Kings
Karnak Temple
Interior Ministry
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Mahmoud Salem
Mohammed Gamassy
Maj
Omar El-Meheishi
Intercepted Letter Expresses Frustration With Mail Delays
The fragment notes an intercepted letter to Cha lamenting late mail while bills keep arriving, hinting at ongoing postal delays and financial pressures.
Weather outlook with heat and storms this week
Area forecast calls for mostly sunny and hot conditions through Tuesday with highs in the low to mid 90s and overnight lows in the mid 60s. Isolated afternoon and nighttime thunderstorms may develop with light to variable winds.
Land Bank Assn plans new Chanute building
The Federal Land Bank Association of Chanute outlines plans for a 3200 square foot office complex at the southeast corner of K 39 and Western with construction slated for fall. The current Chanute HQ at K 39 and Forest will be vacated after July, as borrowers in 12 southeast Kansas counties rely on more than 65 million dollars in long term credit.
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Federal Land Bank Association of Chanute
K 39
Western
Larry Rose
Association
Prigmore and Allen
el Dorado
Rose
Chanute
Forest
Land Bank Association
Kansas
Allen
Bourbon
Chautauqua
Cherokee
Crawford
Elk
Greenwood
Labette
Montgomery
Neosho
Wilson
Woodson
U S. Diplomats Resume Ties With Christian Leaders in Lebanon
UPI reports that US envoys Robert Houghton and David Mack met Christian leaders in Jounieh near Beirut as fighting tightens around Tripoli. The talks with Sarkis signal a preference for moderation over Franjieh, amid ongoing clashes and reported offensives in Ain Rumanneh and Chiad.
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Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
U.S
Tripoli
Robert Houghton
David Mack
Elias Sarkis
Jounieh
Suleiman Franjieh
Francis Meloy Jr
No Man’s Land
East
Sarkis
Tony Franjieh
Franjieh
Marada
Armadillos May Unlock Leprosy Cure and Cancer Insights
UPI reports Dr. Waldemar Kirchheimer of the Public Health Service, at the Carville leprosy center, argues armadillos offer a path to curing leprosy and possibly cancer. A $100,000 federal grant funds armadillo studies, aiming to explain human susceptibility and immune responses to cancer and leprosy.
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Carville, la
UPI
U.S
Public Health Service
Waldemar Kirchheimer
Kirchheimer
PHS
Carville
United States
Bus driver honored for rescuing abducted children in Chowchilla
Ed Ray, the Dairyland School District bus driver, was celebrated in Chowchilla after guiding 26 children to safety from an underground van. About 5,000 people attended a July 15 barbecue and awards event at the Madera County Fairgrounds as suspects face grand jury action.
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Chowchilla
Calif
UPI
Ed Ray
Madera County Fairgrounds
San Joaquin County
Ray
Dairyland
Livermore
Here
Madera
Bus strike strands L A commuters in Los Angeles
Los Angeles faced widespread travel disruption as drivers and mechanics of the Southern California Rapid Transit District walked out after failing to reach a deal with RTD management. About 750,000 bus riders sought alternatives as UTU rejected RTD’s last offer and called for arbitration.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Southern California
United Transportation Union
RTD
Amalgamated Transit Union
UTU
Orange
San Bernardino
Riverside
RTC
Jack Gilstrap
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Murray Brown
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Mary Ann Krone
Olive Ruble
John McMeekin
Albert Kihm
Charles Henshall
Carol Davis
William Boone
Richard Tucker
Eric
Jim Guffey
Neosho County
Washington
Mohammed Ali Haitham
South Yemen
Cha
Yours
Tonya
Jeremy Hoffman
Jim Hoffman
S. Evergreen
Land Bank Assn
L.A
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