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Danville Register

Location

Danville, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Apr 20, 1977

Page

3

Postal Service reports first recent surplus in year

Postal Service posts a roughly 5 million surplus for the year ending March 25 and a 43.3 million fiscal year gain through March. Postmaster General Bailar says costs under control, no rate rise yet though inflation and wage hikes loom. He notes UPS strikes and winter stress as comparators in a regional forum speech.

Miami Beach Fla.apy Benjamin P. Bailor Bailar United Parcel Service

Harry Bridges Plans Retirement and Senior Group Work

SEATTLE AP Harry Bridges 73 retires as president of the International Longshoremen and Warehousemen's Union after mandatory retirement. He may form a senior citizens group, citing culture's cruelty to the elderly, and reflects on decades leading West Coast docks.

Seattle Harry Bridges International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen’s Union Bridges Munday San Francisco Los Angeles San California National Guard ILWU West Coast Longshoremen's Association American Federation of Labor Congress of Industrial Organizations

Cattlemen Upset Over Carter Food Day Menu

Washington AP reports cattlemen criticize President Carter for a vegetarian Food Day menu at the White House. The dinner features black bean soup muffins salads and fruit while critics warn it could harm the beef industry and urge a meat include diet.

Washington Carter White House Wray Firmey American National Cattlemen’s Association Association Finney United States

European Leaders Back Carter Energy Plan Boosting Small Car Sales

European officials and automakers anticipate President Carter's energy program will lift U S sales of European subcompacts while triggering more competition from U S makers expanding fuel efficient models. VW and Fiat see rising diesel interest. Britain and Denmark urge tougher energy policies, with media and experts weighing global impact and political support.

Carter U.S Britain Roy Jenkins European Community Commission Washington United States Ivar Noergaard Fiat Wolfsburg West Germany Volkswagen Ian Felis Newcastle University Christian Winter Winston Churchill Churchill Congress Rome 1 Tempo Il Tempo Middle East Kuwait Abdul Aziz Hussein America Hussein

Coffee Hijacking in Nairobi Stole Ugandan Export Carriage

Five gunmen hijacked a truck convoy carrying 420 bags of coffee from Uganda to Mombasa in Nairobi. The cargo valued at $140,000 was seized after threatening the driver and helper, then the abandoned truck was found later. Police note a string of similar robberies linked to a wider coffee smuggling racket across the Kenya Uganda border.

Nairobi Kenya Uganda Mombasa Indian Ocean Charles Edward Eke Gald Kenyanganda

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