Stamp Proposals Would Not Take Effect Until May
Washington AP The postal chief proposed a citizen rate for stamps linking a 13 cent personal letter to a higher first class business rate by three cents with conditions for the rate. If approved the plan would go to the Rate Commission for up to 10 months before taking effect. Bailar also eyed ending Saturday mail delivery and closing more post offices, amid opposition but with some backing from greeting card publishers. About 20 percent of first class mail would qualify and inflation could raise the citizen rate if funds do not balance.
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Washington
Benjamin F. Bailor
Postal Service Board of Governors
Board of Governors
Postal Rate Commission
Bailar
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Peter
Paul
National Association of Greeting Card Publishers
United States
Bailor
cocaine use seen rising but health risks remain moderate
A four year study by NIDA reports cocaine poses moderate health problems while noting limited knowledge about the drug. It estimates nearly 8 million Americans have tried cocaine, about 1 million used it in the past month, and highlights risks from legalization and distribution. Prices run 60 to 100 dollars per gram.
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Washington
National Institute of Drug Abuse
Robert L. DuPont
NIDA
America
Citizens Ride With Policemen in Pittsboro
In Pittsboro North Carolina Chief Gary Lushis launches a citizen ride along program to show residents police work on weekends. Officer Ray Goodwin joins a late night check of downtown stores and a school window, noting the contrast between beachgoers and funeral home crowds as a kid friendly, if sparse, outreach effort.
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Pittsboro
N.C
Chatham County
Gary Lushis
Goodwin
Detroit Strikers End Walkout With Tentative Three Year Pact
Detroit city employees resume work after a ten hour strike ended by a tentative three year contract covering about 8 000 workers. AFSCME officials say the pact preserves cost of living raises health benefits and sick leave from the expired agreement. The walkout shut down the Detroit Zoo Institute of Arts and 21 pools during a 100 degree day affecting 1.3 million residents.
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Detroit
Institute of Arts
Chinese Air Force Defector Lands in Taiwan For Asylum
A MIG19 defector, 41 year old Fan Yuan yen, landed at Tainan after fleeing from Fukien crossing the Formosa Strait aboard his jet. He reportedly requested asylum and will receive gold worth about 700000 dollars. Fan carried coastal defense documents and said life on the mainland was painful. This follows two prior defections to Taiwan.
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Taipei
Taiwan
Chinese Defense Ministry
Fan Yuan-yen
Fan
Defense Ministry
Chintsian Military
Fukien Province
Formosa Strait
Tainan
Hong Kong
Carter Pushes Full Israel Arab Diplomatic Ties
President Carter urges a Middle East peace plan that includes open diplomatic relations and ambassador exchanges between Israel and Arab states. He speaks with 53 American Jewish leaders at the White House and plans to meet Prime Minister Begin later in the month.
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Merrill Hartson
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Carter
Middle East
Israel
Menahem Begin
White House
Begin
Washington
Jody Powell
Powell
U.S
Three Airlines Fight Slashing Beetle Spread by DDT Sprays
The Agriculture Department orders DDT spraying on planes from Dulles Cincinnati Dover and McGuire to stop hitchhiking Japanese beetles reaching the West Coast. United Airlines resists due to passenger safety and DDT concerns, while American and Trans World back spraying. EPA approved mist uses Levin with DDT aboard empty aircraft.
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Washington
California
Agriculture Dept
Dulles International
Department
Dulles
Cincinnati
Dover Air Force Base
Delaware
McGuire Air Force Base
New Jersey
United Airlines
United States
American
Trans
King Lovinger
Environmental Protection Agency
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Archdale Wholesale
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