Postal Commission Signals 1985 Changes to U.S. Mail
A federal commission recommends ending Saturday mail delivery to save money and raising first class rates to 22 cents by 1985 while seeking more taxpayer subsidies. It says Congress may reject the plan but warns without reform the 28 cent rate would be needed. The panel also pushes electronic messaging and weighs rural post office closures.
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Washington
Congress
Commission On Postal Service
Post Office Dept
Commission
Postal Service
Stuck With Stickers After Tar Heels Lose NCAA Final
North Carolina fan Richard Armfield sold bumper stickers and posters for the failed 1977 title bid. He printed 1,000 posters and 1,000 bumper stickers priced at 50 cents and 1 dollar respectively, losing about 400 dollars as the Tar Heels fell 67-59 to Marquette. Armfield planned more if the team had won and likened yogurt sales to flexible advertising.
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Chapel Hill
North Carolina
Marquette
Richard Armfield
Armfield
Tar Heels
Tape evidence questions takeoff clearance in Tenerife crash
Deput y airport official in Santa Cruz says the KLM jet did not receive clearance to take off, based on taped conversations with tower and pilots. Pan American said the last order was hold, indicating no clearance. The disaster killed 249 aboard the KLM jet and 326 on Pan American. Survivors were transported to the United States for care and evacuation.
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Santa Cruz DE Tenerife
Canary Islands
Santa Cruz
Juan Linares
Pan American
Linares
Franz van Reysen
Dutch Civil Aviation Authority
KLM
Z.A.V. van Zanten
United States
Las Palmas
U.S. Army Burn Center
San Antonio
Tex
Victor Grubbs
Centerport
N.Y
Air Force
McGuire Air Force Base
N.J
U.S
Maj
W. E. Owen
de Funiak Springs
Fla
Amsterdam
Homeowner seeks help after shoddy house construction
A reader seeks guidance on recovering damages from a contractor who used 2x8 floor joists instead of 2x10s in a new home. She questions bank responsibility and building inspections, noting years of inaction despite legal advice and inspections. Government agencies advise contacting applicable county or city inspectors and pursuing remedies.
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High Point
G. A
Better Business Bureau
Contractors’ Association
BBB
Consumer Protection Division
Trade Association of Contractors
Guilford County
Senate May Scrap Tax Rebate Plan
The Senate may replace President Carter's proposed $50 tax rebate with a permanent tax cut as debate on the tax proposals begins. Key figures express skepticism toward the rebate while Republicans push for the permanent cut, signaling a potential major clash with the White House as Congress returns from Easter recess.
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Senate
Washington
Carter
Congress
White House
Robert C. Byrd
D-W.va
Byrd
Howard H. Baker
R-Tenn
Baker
Harry F. Byrd Jr
Virginia
Fishermen Use Flooded Street to Catch Carp in Dallas
Heavy weekend rains in Dallas helped S. B. Bell and E. Attaway try a new angling technique as they paddled down a flooded residential street near the Trinity River. They netted a good sized carp and said big ones were biting all day along the street.
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Dallas
Tex
Ty River
S. B. Bell
E. Attaway
Assassinations Panel Faces Dissolution Amid JFK MLK Leads
The House assassinations committee reports new leads on JFK and MLK cases including claims of Oswald ties to CIA anti Castro groups and mob meetings in Miami. It also probes alleged bounty discussions for King and possible conspiracies, with its survival hampered by GOP resentment toward chief counsel Richard Sprague.
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House
John F. Kennedy
Martin Luther King Jr
Jack Ruby
Cosa Nostra
Miami
Kennedy
House Committee
Oswald
FBI
Mexico City
Richard Sprague
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