Carrier Pigeon Service Raise Rates and Deteriorate
The new U S Postal Service faces higher costs and poorer efficiency under a mandate to be self supporting by 1981. Congressman Keith Sebelius plans an inspection trip to western Kansas this spring and urges mail users with problems to contact him. He notes rural delivery issues and suggests using carrier pigeon for timely replies, claiming overnight service would reach his office within two weeks.
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Keith Sebelius
Kansas
Cong. Sebelius
Washington
Trick of the Year bingo seeks skill game shift
Marion L. Feldhausen of Wichita launches a bid to reclassify bingo from gambling to a game of skill. He proposes an entry fee and prize structure akin to golf or tennis to reward skill, education, and suspense, with a patent pending detailing the card concept.
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Marion L. Feldhausen
Wichita
Feldhausen
A Song of Salina echoes from the prairie
The piece recounts Salina Kansas editor Whitley Austin praising Midwestern openness and connectedness in contrast to coastal provincialism. He notes travelers like neighbors and a mural by Lumen Martin Winter as evidence that Salina residents stay informed and curious about others despite the wintry plains.
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Salina Journal
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New Rochelle
N.Y
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Middle West
Nader Center blasts mobile home industry abuses
The Center for Auto Safety led by Ralph Nader warns the booming 3 billion mobile home sector shows sloppy work, safety defects, and questionable sales practices. Findings slated for fall publish reveal faulty warranties, inflated costs from hidden finance charges, dangerous construction, and unsafe parks with varied local fees. The report highlights warped insulation, flammable materials, poor bolting, and miswired plumbing, urging higher industry standards amid widespread consumer harm.
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Washington
Center For Auto Safety
Ralph Nader
Rome's Fall Echoes Modern Debt and Control Policies
George L. Potter of Lafayette Indiana argues Rome fell from internal decay caused by government overreach and price controls. He cites welfare, bread subsidies, rising taxes, inflating currency, and weakened private enterprise as parallels to contemporary U.S. policies, suggesting a cyclical warning from history.
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Enduring inequality and wage woes spark public grievance
A reader laments rising food prices, stagnant wages, and cuts to aid, blaming government policies and greed of the wealthy. The letter calls for unity among workers to challenge economic injustice and warns against moral decline if change does not come.
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Washington
England
Obese Women Health Edge Said by Hal Boyle
An odd collage of quotes and observations touches on health weight myths and social trends. It cites Hal Boyle and mentions dietary oddities and youthful fashions as part of a broad, talky snapshot of contemporary life.
Sensing the News Oil-Domestic or Foreign?
Oklahoma City column analyzes energy trends and policy. It weighs domestic oil and gas development against dependence on Middle East supply, noting quotas, deregulation, and risks of foreign control. It argues for boosting domestic output to reduce vulnerability and secure supplies.
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Oklahoma City
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Oklahoma
Alab
United States
Oland Gas Jounal
Tulsa
Okla
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Sniper Wounded Policeman Dies in New Orleans
New Orleans police sergeant Edwin Hosh, 30, who was wounded by a sniper on New Year’s Eve, died in a local hospital Monday night. The same .44 caliber magnum carbine used in the shooting was recovered after officers killed Mark Essex atop the Downtown Howard Johnson’s hotel on January 7, after he killed seven people.
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New Orleans
Edwin Hosh
Mark Essex
Howard Johnson’s
Short Bible Verse Reflections on Jesus Weeping
A brief meditation on John 11 35 36 noting Jesus wept and the Jews observed his love. It reflects how death brings sorrow to those left behind and the emptiness that follows.
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