Postal woes and nostalgia mix in Las Vegas column
A Las Vegas column notes postal glitches from new addresses and box access to a 24 hour center, contrasts with Pony Express motto, and recalls a UNLV concert hall opening. It also shares stories of widows, a braille Playboy edition, students touring Europe, and a recipe baked with oatmeal mix.
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Pony Express
Las Vegas
Charles Vanda
UNLV
Artemis W. Ham
Philadelphia
Playboy
U.S. Exports Seen Rising as North Africa Near East Demand Grows
Commerce officials report oil wealth in North Africa and the Arab world spurring record demand for American goods. 1975 exports to the Near East and North Africa projected at 10 billion dollars, up from 6.3 billion in 1974, with growth in farm products aircraft and services.
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UPI
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North Africa
Arab World
United States
Rogers C.B. Morton
Commerce Today Magazine
Near East
Eilberg Doubts UN Repatriation Efforts for Vietnamese Refugees
In a far East fact finding tour, Eilberg criticized the UN high commissioner’s efforts to repatriate 1,620 refugees in Guam and about 200 on the US mainland, urging neutral intermediaries such as Switzerland or Australia. He cited a possible rejection of UN mediation by the PRG and questioned a plan to return all 1,600 aboard the vessels that brought them. He also alleged criminal conduct by Air Force Col. H R Austin over a May 1 drugging incident at U Tapao and noted Austin’s May 13 relief from command and reassignment.
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U Tapao
Thailand
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Austin
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California
Former Greek Dictator Defends 6 Year Rule
Former dictator George Papadopoulos on trial for high treason issued a declaration defending his six year rule and warning against wild Communism. He and 19 associates returned to court after a holiday break. He accused a dark coalition of ousting him and said Greece remains loyal despite “sensational documents” that could be produced.
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UPI
George Papadopoulos
Papadopoulos
Triar
Greece
Dimitrios Ioannides
Papadoupoulos
Cyprus
Ioannides Papadopoulos
Peron To Vacation For Rest
President Isabel Peron will take a short seaside vacation in Mar de la Plata to rest amid a political and economic crisis. Interior Minister Vicente Damasco, a military figure who recently took the post, announced the trip and faced questions from discontented officers as turmoil around the appointment grows.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
UPI
Isabel Peron
Vicente Damasco
Mrs. Peron
Mar de la Plata
Damasco
Television tombstone promises 10 minute video obituary
Donald Wells of Margate Florida sells a $6000 stainless steel grave marker with a built in color TV and bulletproof glass. The unit stores a 10 minute videotaped obituary and recharges batteries in a three foot control column at the cemetery office. Posthumous videos can be assembled from home movies. Wells says the Eternal Monument may not appeal to all buyers and has faced censure.
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Margate
Fla
UPI
Donald Wells
Wells
Solons Show Reluctance On Broad Gun Control
Rep. John Conyers Jr says Congress shows little will to pass strong gun controls. He cites leadership problems and a split mood, noting it may require curbing handgun production and that prospects for change are not hopeful without citizen pressure. He spoke after an interview with Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Washington
Mutual Broadcasting System
Conyers
Viking Mission Prepares for Mars Life Search Launch
Engineers report the Viking orbiter and lander atop the Titan Centaur rocket as health checks begin. After repeated delays from technical issues they swapped to Viking B for liftoff and face a Wednesday launch window.
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Cape Canaveral
Fila
UPI
USPS Employs More Than Seven Hundred Thousand People
The United States Postal Service operates with a workforce exceeding 710000, reflecting its large national operations and staffing across mail processing, delivery, and administrative roles.
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The
U.S. Postal Service
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