Blount cites system as greatest Post Office problem
Postmaster General Winton Blount told a congressional committee that the core issue is the system not money or manpower. He said the 18th century structure hinders 20th century service, keeping costs and investments controlled by Congress while the postmaster general bears running costs.
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Washington
Winton M. Blount
Blount
Congress
Associated Press
Post Office Department
Corry area social notes and postal union talks
Sunday visits scatter through Corry Wattsburg and surrounding towns with family gatherings and hospital news. In a separate interview, postal union leaders discuss wage raises a six percent retroactive increase and a further bonus tied to postal reorganization, excluding a right to strike, while noting ongoing congressional action and essential mail service safeguards.
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Bernice Marsh
George Green
Erie
Max Bemis
Sibley Wright
Wilfred Wallace
James Carpenter
Townville
Salvatore Elia
Jamestown
Amos VanEarden
Ernest TeWinkle
Clymer
Esther TeWinkle
George Morton
Bear Lake
McDonald
Ohio
Robert Marshall
Nancy Newhouse
Ether TeWinkle
Leon Newhouse
Susan Bemis
Houghton College
Merton Bemis
Gordon Bemis
Washington, D.C
David Bayle
Ronald Willey
Carl Bayle
Billy McDonald
Albert Bayle
Gordon Shampoe
Carl A. Marsh
Helen Rouse
Audrey Rouse
Florida
Fred Abigrin Sr
Richard Curtiss
Sherman
Jay Bowen
Ripley
May Sweet
Joseph Nakoski
Edward Priwar
Alex Nakoski
Albert Dindler
Scott
Balston Lake
N.Y
Dindler
Karen Nellis
Deborah Bemis
Darlene Bemis
Linnea Wright
Howard Wright
Postal reorganization debate and union bargaining plan
Erie County youths hear Rep. Forest Hopkins discuss postal reform. The interview covers collective bargaining as a keystone and the shift of salary decisions from Congress to an independent third party. Reorganization aims for workable structure, not a panacea, with new services like mailgram proposed.
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Congress
Post Office
Forest Hopkins
State Capitol
Erie County
Com-Sat
Intelsat
Skeseentah
Western Union
Swallowed Watch and Appendix Out in One Trip
Clearwater coed Linn Tucker, 21, swallowed a pendant watch at a party after dropping it from its chain. Doctors retrieved the watch surgically and removed her appendix during the same operation. She blamed a reflex for gulping the timepiece when bending to search for a broken clasp.
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Clearwater, Fla
Linn Tucker
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