Postal Workers Near Deal Hint Higher Rates Loom
Francis Filby, national president of the American Postal Workers Union, spoke at a news conference as his union neared a two-year contract with the U.S. Postal Service. Elmer T. Klassen indicated the first class rate could rise from 8 to 10 cents an ounce in January, aiming to boost postal revenue by about $1 billion. The tentative agreement covers 315,000 workers with wage increases above 5.5 percent, COLA adjustments every six months, enhanced health and insurance benefits, and a no-layoff clause. The article notes growing public resistance to rising costs and questions postal efficiency as competition and alternative communications rise.
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Francis Filby
American Postal Workers Union
U.S. Postal Service
Filby
Elmer T. Klassen
Postal Service
Postal Rate Commission
Klassen
U.S. News and World Report
Virginia House candidacy lines show GOP and Independents lead
The State Board of Elections this week confirmed that Republican and Independent candidates outnumber Democrats for the House of Delegates. Democratic leaders express optimism about reaching 60 seats. With 103 Republicans and Independents in the mix, a coalition or wave could shift control before the 1974 session.
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State Board of Elections
House of Delegates
Associated Press
Richard D. Obenshain
Joseph T. Fitzpatrick
Fitzpatrick
House
Virginia
Las Vegas
Nick the Greek
Henry Howell
Richmond
Obenshain
Godwin
New Man at the Pentagon Holmes Alexander Schlesinger
Holmes Alexander Schlesinger is introduced as the new civilian head of the Pentagon. The article reviews past defense secretaries, notes Schlesinger's wariness of reductions in military readiness, and outlines his stance on disarmament pace, deterrence, and maintaining technological superiority through steady arms development.
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Holmes Alexander Schlesinger
Pentagon
Elliot Richardson
Hanoi
Schlesinger
CIA
Atomic Energy Commission
Brezhnev
Defense Department
Red China
America
Defense
Toward a new code and the Nixon era critique
The piece surveys calls for a fresh code for American presidents and reviews how past leaders' families benefited from their power. It cites F D R examples like imperforate stamps and die proofs, Rosevelt wealth, and uses of WPA money to sway politics, urging an end to such practices.
Taxation Reform for Small Farmers to Halt Decline
The piece argues farming tax policy, not subsidies, threatens smallholders. It urges exempting agricultural land from inheritance taxes and abolishing death taxes, plus fair real estate assessment to curb suburban sprawl and preserve Michigan farms. It cites a federal study and cites Michigan's recent tax relief act as a positive step.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Federal Department of ‘Agriculture
Michigan
Parting Shots From the Office Grapevine Notes
A humorous survey notes psychologists view gossip as a stronger predictor than afternoon martinis for workplace talk while social bets compare wine as an investment. It mentions a woman who inherited a windshield wiper, tennis match observations, and a zoo installing a patent set for porillas that keeps them pacified amid questions about advertised health cures.
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New Orleans Zoo
Brezhnev and Nixon See Limited Gains in Global Realignments
The article argues all three global powers must seek accommodation to survive economic shifts as Europe, Japan, Taiwan, and oil producers gain leverage. Brezhnev’s agriculture woes highlight Soviet fragilities, while the United States leverages talks to reduce Vietnam presence, secure oil routes, and push for concessions on emigration. The piece foresees a long, delicate bargaining era with the Indian Ocean and strategic assets shaping future leverage.
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Russia
Red China
Brezhnev
Washington
Marc Chagall
Paris
Chagall
Mordovia
Kubyshev
U. S. Senate Subcommittee On Internal Security
Henry Jackson
U. S
Indian Ocean
U. S.navy
Diego Garcia
Somalia
Persian Gulf
Iraq
U.S
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Danville
Japan
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Harvard Law School
Sumitomo
Yale University
Washington, D.C
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Senate Armed Services Committee
James Forrestal
Robert McNamara
Johnson
World Bank
Louis Johnson
Truman
American
Melvin Laird
Mars
Willian F. Buckley
Mr. Nixon
Nixon
Rosalie Gordon
John P. Flynn
Massachusetts
F.D.R
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James
White House
Roosevelt and Sargent
Elliot Roosevelt
Eleanor
Id.r
Harry
Hopkins
Crep
Atben Barkley
Happy Chandler
Kentucky
FCC
Office of War Information
OWT
Federal Communications Commission
RCC
Gestapo
Russell Kirk
Doh Chamberlain
Soviet Union
Odessa
Baltic
Soviet
Inner Asia
Middle East
Southeast Asia
Mao
Kissinger
Vietnam
Cambodia
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