Rural Delivery Hasn't Changed Much Since Turn Of Century
A Corry area look at rural carriers shows daily tasks like sorting, mail pickup, and stamp sales remain similar since 1900 despite longer routes and higher wages. Weather and difficult customers persist as chief challenges, while efficiency measures and time studies meet resistance from veterans of the rural mail service.
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Corry
Yesteryear
Donnybrook
Ray Blynt
Blynt
America
Johnson signals Viet Nam arms cutbacks and steady buildup
President Johnson announced at a live conference that planned purchases of bombs and ammunition for Viet Nam may be reduced within three to six months with potential savings of hundreds of millions. He stressed current inventories are ample and production exceeds usage, but vowed to dispatch more men and material as the war continues and rejected any simple surrender of the conflict. He cautioned against predicting victory and favored a measured rise in strength.
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Congress
Johnson
Viet Nam
McNarama
South
Scranton Declines Maryland Governor Fishing Invite
Scranton of Pennsylvania turned down an invitation to Governor Tawes of Maryland for a gubernatorial fishing party on August 15 due to a prior engagement. Tawes indicated he hoped the event would become an annual tradition.
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Scranton
Los Angeles
William W. Scranton
Pennsylvania
J. Millard Tawes
Maryland
Tawes
Victim of Crime Can Get $15 000 Compensation
Gov Rockefeller won approval for a Crime Victims Compensation bill. It creates a Crime Victims Compensation Board, allows awards up to 15000 for bodily injuries, and requires $100 out of pocket medical losses or two straight weeks of lost pay to qualify.
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Albany
N.Y
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Senate
Assembly
Rockefeller
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