Zip codes don’t guarantee faster mail delivery nationwide test
A nationwide AP survey shows five digit zip codes did not reliably speed delivery. Nearly 8 test letters per city showed eight of ten without zip codes reached destinations as fast or faster than zip coded letters mailed simultaneously. The test also found airmail sometimes delayed or matched first class, with weekend timing and local factors affecting outcomes.
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Washington
Associated Press
U.S. Postal Service
Houston
Los Angeles
St. Louis
Joseph F. Jones
Postal Service
New York
Los Aneles
St,wis
Jones
Chicago
Bureau of Origin
Church Women Meet Sets Clock, Plans Fund Drive
Albion group discussed a wall clock purchase for the meeting room and voted to discontinue selling items. Frank Hoefer led prayer and a talk titled Keep Us From Pettiness. UNICEF cards and Church World Service Clothing Appeal were noted, with invites to nearby towns for next meeting on July 21.
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Albion Irs
Frank Hoefer
United Church Women's Meeting
Unicef
Church World Service
Demand Sioux City blackout for Omaha fight telecast
The Cormhusker Boxing Club demanded TVS exclude Sioux City and Council City from the blackout radius for the Wrazier heavyweight bout in Omaha. The club claims TVS station XTIV in Lions City falls within 150 miles, breaching their contract with TVS. Eddie Einher received the official request.
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Omaha
Neb
Cormhusker Boxing Club
TVS
Sioux City
Towa
Don Moran
T Af
XTIV
Lions City
Tvsthe Emand
Eddie Einher
Netawork
Turlyloes frog wins Calaveras Jumping Jubilee crown
In Angels Camp California the 1972 Calaveras County Jumping Frog Jubilee ends under sunny skies with about 10,000 attendees. Turlyloes leaped 17 feet 1,194 inches in three jumps to win 100 dollars. Ripple still holds the 1966 world record of 19 feet 3 and 1 inches. The event, dating to 1928, blends county fair with frog racing once linked to Gold Rush miners and popularized by Mark Twain’s Dan’l Webster tale.
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Ripple
Calaveras County
Mark Twain
Aggers Camp
Dan'l Webster
Drought and Heat Plague Eastern India Stricken Areas
In Nabaghara and surrounding districts drought and extreme heat crush wells and rivers, drying fields across West Bengal. Temperatures reach up to 120 degrees as Calcutta faces water shortages. about MH people die from drought related causes while Nabaghara residents praise a newly restored well offering their first clean water in weeks.
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Nabaghara
India
Haripada
West Bengal
Calcutta
Nabaghrra
Iday
Former Stanton County Sheriff Dies in Norfolk
Roy Whalen 83 longtime Stanton County sheriff for about three years died Friday in a Norfolk hospital after hospitalization since Wednesday Funeral services will be Monday afternoon in Stanton Survivors include one son Fred of North Platte
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Norfolk
Neb
Roy Whalen
Stanton County
Stanton
Fred
North Platte
Margaret Rutherford, Renowned Actress, Dies at 80
Dame Margaret Rutherford, famed for playing eccentric English women in film and stage, has died at age 80 in London. Her career spanned stage work from 1925, major film successes including Miss Marple roles, and a Hollywood Oscar for The Village.
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Margaret Rutherford
London
Atlantic
Hollywood
Duchess
Madame Arcati
Noel Coward
Fim
United States
John Gielgud
Lady Bracknell
Pimlico
Miranda
Miss Jane Marple
Agatha Christie
Lincoln men hospitalized after Piper crash near Eden's Sky Ranch
Two Lincoln men were hospitalized after a Piper aircraft crashed two miles from Lincoln on a private airstrip. Pilot William Kelly suffered lacerations and a broken leg, Kenneth L. Matthews had lacerations and possible head injury, while passenger John McGrea was uninjured. The craft failed to gain altitude after takeoff and struck high ground south of the runway.
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Lincoln, Neb
Lincoln
Uty “Sherif
S -Office
Kenneth L. Matthews
Sherif
John McGrea
Eden
Accountants to Convene in Omaha for Cooperatives Meet
The Mid-America Chapter of the National Society of Accountants for Cooperatives will gather at the New Tower Hotel in Omaha on Monday and Tuesday. Over 139 accountants from Nebraska Iowa South Dakota and Wyoming are expected to attend the event focused on agricultural cooperatives.
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Omaha, Neb
Mid-America
National Society of Accountants For Cooperatives
New Tower Hole
Nebraska
Iowa
South Dakota
Wyoming
Pharmacy College Switch Aimed At Three Year Program
Dr Haskell outlines a plan at the Medical Center to transition the Colleges of Pharmacy to a three year professional program within three years. Students would complete general college work before entering pharmacy studies, with the setting focusing on hospital and medical center interactions and drug education. The goal is to raise professional status and public health outcomes through more integrated pharmacy training.
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Omaha
Neb
University of Necraski
Pharmacy — College
Vor
Lincoln
Omabe
Albert
Te Haskell
Medical, Center
Profes
Son
Actyg
Glee Chaincellér
University of Tennessee
Maing
Medical Center
Haskell
Colleges of Pharmacy
Mexlicak Center
Schicks
Hie
Bart Haskell
Marion Laboratories
Kansas City
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