House passes postal reform bill to create U S Postal Service
The House approved a wide postal overhaul by a 359 to 24 vote, aiming to transform the post office into an independent U S Postal Service with an 11 member commission and postmaster general losing cabinet status. The measure includes a pay raise and collective bargaining for unions, sparking filibuster threats in the Senate over union shop provisions.
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Washington
UPI
House
Senate
Nison
Paul J. Fannin
R-Ariz
Strom ‘Thurmond
R-S.c
Winton MM. Blound
U.S. Postal Service
House of Congress
The Garr Telegram Subscription Notice Nebraska
Public notice from The Garr Telegram Columbus Nebraska announcing subscription rates by carrier or mail. Rates listed for Columbus and surrounding counties with yearly prices and instructions for change of address and delivery details.
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Uas
Columba
Habresea Bao
Carder
Columbus
Platte
Uocre
Buller
Cotax
Merrick
Nance
Post
Mall Ebe
Nebraska
Teel
Columbia Telegram
Americans drank more last year than the year before
UPI reports the Distilled Spirits Institute found American alcohol consumption rose in the latest year. Averages show 1.80 gallons per person in 1963, up from 1.73 and 1.64 in earlier years, with Prohibition repealed in 1933 and gradual rises since, though 1998 saw a dip to 1.24 gallons per person. New York and Illinois lead state totals.
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Washington
UPI
Distilled Spirits Institute
Institute
Toastmasters Club 744 Installs New Officers
Walt Strober elected president replacing Dr. Charles Grey. New officers include Dr. Charles Seger as educational VP Jerry Stavens as administrative VP Jin Sullivan as secretary treasurer and Dr. Charles Grey as sergeant at arms. Officers assume duties July 1.
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Toastmasters Club
Walt Strober
Charles Grey
Strober
Dale Electronics
Charles Seger
Jerry Stavens
Jin Sullivan
Electric bathers report shocks in Vienna river area
Police stated bathers were shocked while swimming near the river. Divers traced the danger to a short circuited electrical system whose current was entering the water from nearby river locks.
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Vienna
UPA
Damibe
Pat Nixon Plans Quiet Time For Father’s Day Event
Mrs. Nixon told a White House youth gathering that she rarely sees her husband due to meetings. She said a quiet time with Pat Nixon and family would mark Father’s Day and her wedding anniversary, likely at Camp David, with daughters Frida and Julie and David Hisenhower present.
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Washington
UPN
Pat Nixon
Camp David
Frida
Julie
David Hisenhower
White House
Violence erupts in Des Moines injuring at least 20
A riot in Des Moines following the police shooting of escaped convict Lewis Stephen Wheeler left at least 20 injured, including a deputy sheriff with three gunshot wounds. Police sealed a 30 block area as sniper fire and looting were reported, with a crowd centered outside Wheeler's hideout amid rumors of cold-blooded killing. Wheeler and accomplice David Green had just sparked a three day Iowa manhunt after overtaking a deputy and driving toward Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Iowa
About
Lewis Stephen Wheeler
Kansas City
Wheeler
Polk County
Robert Slycord
Slycord
Robert Hinkle
Wendell Nichols
Nichols
Nicols
State Penitentiary
David Green
East Moline
Donnellson Tan
Green
Shultz to Report Direct to President in New Budget Office
George P. Shultz said he will report directly to President Nixon as head of the new Office of Management and Budget. He leaves the Labor Department July to streamline federal programs, cutting his salary from 60 000 to 42 500 annually.
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Washington
George P. Shultz
Nixon
Office of Management and Budget
Shultz
White House
John C. Ehrlichman
H. BR. Halderman
Secretary of
Ali earns athletic scholarship to Kearney State College
Bruce Ali son of Maurice and Mrs Ali of Shelby received a $10 athletic scholarship to Kearney State College. He graduated from Aquinas High School in 1970.
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David City
Bruce Ali
Maurice Ali
Shelby
Kearney State College
Aquinas High School
Times of London cites Truman Dewey parallel in wrong year
The Times of London notes a Conservative upset trend likened to Harry S Truman defeating Thomas E Dewey, but mistakenly places the Truman Dewey race in 1960 while acknowledging the actual 1948 contest. The article argues for an upset prediction similar to the Truman victory despite the date error.
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London
UPD
Times of London
Harry S .Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
Harry Truman
Dewey
the Times
Passport Versus Visa Explained
A passport is issued by a government to its citizens while a visa is granted by a foreign government to certify that travel documents have been reviewed and approved. The passport proves identity and citizenship. the visa permits entry and stay in another country.
Cox accuses networks of bowing to Agnew on TV analysis
Former FCC commissioner Kenneth A. Cox says television networks did not provide adequate analysis of Nixon's Cambodia speeches and merely echoed the president's words. He cites Agnew's criticism and supports a bill to curb campaign TV spending, noting a pending GOP-majority shift if Nixon names a successor.
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Washington
UPI
Kenneth A. Cox
Federal Communications Commissioner
Spiro ‘T. Agnew
TE Seelmg
Cox
FCC
Nixon
Cambodia
Fulbright
Sen
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
U.S
Indochina
Congress
Sdon
Explanation due Lonron
Prime Minister Harold Wilson faced questions on party losses despite favorable polls. He stated public opinion polls have a lot of explaining to do.
Hughes Nevada’s biggest gambling casino owner
Howard Hughes has become Nevada’s leading gambling casino owner after winning Nevada Gaming Commission approval for an 11.5 million deal including Harolds Club in Reno. The deal marks his first Northern Nevada venture after already controlling Las Vegas casinos, mining claims, ranches, real estate, a TV station and an airport, with total state investments around 250 million and about 15 percent of annual Nevada wagering. Former actress Jean Peters, 43, announced a divorce from Hughes, 64, earlier this year, though no public record exists of the action.
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Carson City
Nev
UPI
Howard Hughes
Nevada
Hughes
Tecluse
Las Vegas
Nevada Gaming Commission
Harolds Club
Reno
Desert Inn
Paul Laxalt
Jean Peters
Welcome Agnew to the club in Trenton New Jersey
The New Jersey Bureau reports sending Vice President Spiro T. Agnew a telegram noting Julian Bond’s remark and inviting him to join the New Jersey Farm Bureau, while humorously advising him to keep the hinges on the gage well oiled.
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Trenton
UPN
New Jersey
Spire T. Agnew
Julian Bond
Georgia
New Jersey ‘Farm Bureau
Maryland
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