Postal Service Faces 30 Percent Rate Hike at Christmas
The article argues that the Postal Service was ready to accept criticism as rates rose by 30 percent for the holiday season. It contends the extra three cents was needed to cover inefficiency, mismanagement, and a bloated budget, acknowledging the necessity of the increase.
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Postal Service
Pshaw
Department
Nixon ordered Secret Service to monitor Kissinger calls
The account claims President Nixon ordered the Secret Service in December 1972 to record all incoming and outgoing calls from Henry Kissinger at his Palm Springs villa. Charles Colson, then a White House aide, describes Kissinger being kept from speaking to anyone about the Vietnam bombing and Nixon’s insistence on silence. The piece notes possible monitoring methods and Kissinger’s later rise to Secretary of State despite tensions.
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Nixon
Charles Colson
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Senate
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Colson
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White House
Joe Kraft
Washington Post
Henry
Harvard
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San Clemente
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Snow fills potholes in Pennsylvania highways
Residents praised a fresh snowfall as an effective temporary pothole filler, humorously crediting the snow and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for smoothing roadways. The lighthearted note highlights snow's unintended public works impact.
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Postal Service contracts health exams for executives
The United States Postal Service signed a 100 800 option contract with National Health Service Inc for medical examinations of top executives. The move, confirmed by a spokesman, is under review due to the service's financial condition as a deficit of about 1.4 billion is projected, while critics warn of ongoing rate hikes and service cuts.
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Paul Simon
Postal Service
National Health Service, Inc
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Benjamin F. Bailor
Bill Schmidt
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The Loser Who Became His Own Father on the Track
Vince Maloughney’s betting life unfolds from Caliente to Miami as he cycles through large wins, losses, and debts. Once a racetrack cashier, he navigates persistent losses, lending, and a yearslong compulsion to bet all back. A quirky tale of gambling, family ties, and urban legends.
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Dad Maloughney
Boikis Aspajchen
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Maloughney
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Economic reality in financial reporting program proposed
The article argues for current value accounting to remove inflation distortion in reporting assets and liabilities. It cites adjustments from 1965 to 1974 showing earnings decline when inflation is accounted, and notes Touche Ross promoting this as a government relevant refinement. The piece stresses consistent measurement sticks for true comparability.
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New York
Touche Ross & Co
U.S
Russell Palmer
Palmer
Touche Ross
Eleanor and Franklin TV drama airs with mixed reception
ABC debuts Eleanor and Franklin a two hour dramatization of Eleanor Roosevelt and Franklin D. Roosevelt. Review praises costuming photography and Jane Alexander but finds the adaptation slow with heavy source material by Joseph P Lash.
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ABC
Eleanor and Franklin
Eleanor Roosevelt
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Jane Alexander
Joseph P. Lash
James Costigan
Eleanor
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