Post Office Needs More Money and Efficiency Push
The piece argues the Post Office requires a 10 percent budget increase to fix aging buildings raise postal pay and attract workers in a tight labor market. It critiques budget cuts and overemphasis on automation while noting reading and addressing challenges and compares public service to other agencies with deficits.
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Post Office
Customs Bureau
Customs
Department of Interior
Veterans Administration
Public letter questions O Briens Post Office plan
J Edward Day criticizes Larry O Brien proposal to privatize or reorganize the Post Office as a nonprofit government entity. He argues the plan delays addressing urgent needs and accuses supporters of overestimating private sector efficiency. He compares postal and private bureaucracies and cites his own insurance background.
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J. Edward Day
North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc
Washington
Larry O’brien
Post Office
O’brien
Insurance
Dutch Celebrate Birth Of Male Heir To Throne
In Utrecht crowds cheered the birth of the first male heir in 116 years to the Dutch royal family. Crown Princess Beatrix gave birth by cesarean to a healthy 8 pounds 7 ounces boy after about 300 minutes of labor. The birth sparked street celebrations in The Hague and holiday proclamations.
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Utrecht
Netherlands
Beatrix
Royal House of Orange
Hague
Holland
Juliana
Lottery Draw Fixes Low Number Dog Tags in Melrose
In Melrose Massachusetts City Clerk Paul Barter held a lottery to assign dog license tag numbers one through 25 after a competitive scramble for low numbers. The event followed an AP report on the tag number chase.
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Paul Barter
Marian Graham dies at 67 wife of ex senator Frank Graham
Marian Graham wife of Frank P. Graham United Nations mediator and former North Carolina senator died Thursday night at Doctor's Hospital in New York She was 67 The Grahams married in 1931 She leaves a sister Mrs J Cheshire Webb of Hillsboro two brothers Dr Robert Crane of Savannah and Frederick Blount Drane of Edenton Burial is set for Sunday in Chapel Hill NC
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New York
Marian Graham
Frank P. Graham
United Nations
U.S
North Carolina
Doctor’s Hospital
Robert Brent Crane
Edenton
N. C
J. Cheshire Webb
Hillsboro
Robert Crane
Savannah
Frederick Blount Drane
Raleigh
Graham
Chapel Hill
North Carolina House Approves Pay Amendment Bill
The North Carolina House passed a constitutional amendment to let the General Assembly set lawmakers pay. If Senate approval follows, the measure goes to voters for final ratification. Rep. Hugh Johnson urged action due to possible annual sessions and added time in Raleigh.
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Raleigh
Northlina
General Assembly
State Senate
House
Senate
Hugh Johnson
D-Duplin
Charles Phillips
Hargrove
Bowles
Guilford
James
Weatherman Has Problem
An elderly Boston caller teased the weatherman about his hair parting. The reporter recalls a spring time exchange where she threatened a permanent middle part with a hickory cane if it snows again.
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Boston
Altrusa International invites one woman per group
A brief description of Altrusa International explains it as a women executives organization that invites only one representative from each business or professional group in the community to join.
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Altrusa International
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Cumberland
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