Postal Boss Elmer Klassen Follows Horatio Alger Path
Washington AP says Elmer Theodore Klassen, born 1908 in Hillsboro Kansas, rose from office boy to president and later to Postmaster General of the United States. He credits American opportunity, Harvard management training, and 1960s reforms for his ascent and for a new era in the Postal Service.
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Washington
Elmer Theodore
Ted) Klassen
The
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Klassen
U.S. Postal Service
Horatio Alger
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Kans
California
San Francisco
American Can Co
Harvard School of Business
America
Associated Press
Postal Board of Governors
Winton M. Blount
Senate
Alabama
Postal Service
S. Klassen
Blount
Presidential Study Urges Bank Structure Overhaul
A presidential commission draft calls for major changes in bank supervision. It recommends a new state bank administrator agency and renaming the OCC, plus bringing all state banks and many savings and loan institutions into the Federal Reserve System. It also envisions a federal deposit guarantee agency to replace current deposit insurers.
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Savings and Loan Associations
Presidential Commission On Financial Structures
Associated Press
Comptroller of
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Office of the
Comptroller of the Currency
National Bank
Treasury Department
Federal Deposit Guarantee Administration
Humble Awards 3000 Grant To KU Geology
The Humble Companies Foundation awarded a $3,000 general grant to KU geology for the Wallace E. Pratt Research Fund. The fund supports KU paleontology research and field work and funds a paleontology graduate assistant, this year David McBride of Westwood MA.
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He Humble Companies Foundation
Wallace E. Pratt
Kansas University Department of Geology
William M. Merrill
Tucson
Ariz
Pratt
David McBride
Westwood
Mass
El Morocco Opens With Glitz and Nostalgia in New York
New York report on Club El Morocco’s reopening, a private nonprofit venture backed by 1,000 members from society and arts. The venue features a blue ceiling, champagne service, a fox trot, and decor echoing the original El Morocco of John Perona, appealing to both old and young crowds seeking a chic supper club experience.
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New York
el Morocco
Huntington Hartford
John Perona
Bers
Haskell's Budget Reduced Before Final Figures
Haskell Indian Junior College has not received a final 1971 72 budget figure. The tentative amount fell from 3.5 million to 3.18 million as the Bureau of Indian Affairs is said to be firming up a final figure. President Nixon's economic policies are cited as the reason for the cut.
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Haskell Indian Junior College
Haskell
Seth Irving
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Nixon
Kansas Traffic Deaths Log for December 24 1971
Topeka AP reports Kansas traffic death figures for the 24 hour period ending 9 am Friday. The log covers December 24 and compares with the prior year’s December 24 count and overall 1970 period.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
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