Postal service critique urges political control return
A veteran observer warns of a looming postal crisis as third class mail piles up and delivery slows. The piece argues the United States Postal Service operates best as a political entity with postmasters under pressure, urging a return to congressional oversight and earlier posting to avoid late Christmas deliveries.
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U.S
Kansas
Lawrence
Kansas City
Topeka
Chicago
New York
Los Angeles
Jim Farley
Farley
P.S
Phone rate hike takes effect today across Kansas
The Kansas Corporation Commission approved rate increases for Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. raising monthly charges for city and rural lines and extending a new overnight long distance rate. Residential one party lines rise to 6.20, business 14.20. rural eight party lines up to 4.60 residential and 8.20 business. extension rates to 1.75 for business. A new 11 PM to 8 AM one minute long distance rate applies for calls over 30 miles, up to 20 cents plus tax.
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Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Kansas Corporation Commission
Ed Carter
Kansas
Parish to Close After 308 Years
Newton Massachusetts First Church in Newton a 308 year old parish chartered 44 years after the Pilgrims land ed holds its last service Sunday After attempts to merge with two United Church of Christ parishes failed First Church voted to sell its building to the Greek Evangelical Church and give its funds to several social and religious programs Moderator Julian D Anthony said its better to go out with glory instead of using up our money trying to keep something which was useful 50 years ago but is not useful today
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Newton
Mass
United Church of Christ
First Church
Greek Evangelical Church
Julian D. Anthony
Retired KU professor J Neale Carman dies at 75
J Neale Carman 75 longtime professor emeritus of French and Italian at Kansas University died this morning in Lawrence Memorial Hospital. He taught at KU 49 years joining in 1918 and retiring in 1967 earning a PhD from Chicago in 1934. Funeral set for 2 p.m. Monday at Rumsey Funeral Home with cremation to follow. Memorials to the J Neale Carman Scholarship Fund at KU Endowment.
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J. Neale Carman
Kansas University
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Carman
University
Student Army Training Corps
Herington
University of Chicago
Kansas
Dread Society of Friends
Maybelle
Hampton Court
Justice Jr
Tar
Rumsey
KU Endowment Association
Jacqueline Onassis Nude Photos Reported By Italian Magazine
Italian weekly Playmen prints a 10 page color spread claiming Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis sunbathing nude on Skorpios. The issue says photographers used divers and hidden cameras to obtain images and paid up to 81000 dollars.
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Rome
Jacqueline Onassis
Skorpios
Playmen
Jacqueline
America
Museum Topic Monday Night at Douglas County Historical Society
Reservations should be made for Monday night's annual meeting at 6 30 p m in the Kansas Room of the Kansas University Union. Elizabeth M Watkins Community Museum plans are discussed. a 200 000 fund drive for the project is under way at the old City Hall. Curtis Besinger John T Andrews Dolph Simons Sr and Charles D Stough lead the program with Ethan Smith handling reservations.
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Douglas County Historical Society
Kansas Room
Kansas University Union
Elizabeth M. Watkins
Old City Hall
Ilth
Mass
Curtis Besinger
John T. Andrews
Dolph Simons Sr
Charles D. Stough
Historical Society
Ethan Smith
Two-Vehicle Crash Leaves Man Dead and Two Wounded
At Lawrence Memorial Hospital the victims, Angelos Pharmakidis 34 and Effie Galacatos 28, are listed in fairly good condition after a collision that killed Soltirios Lallos 34, the Kansas City driver of one car. The truck driver suffered only minor injuries.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Angelos Pharmakidis
W. 21St
Effie Galacatos
Stouffer
LMH
Kansas City
Soltirios Lallos
Talks Adjourned In Vietnam Negotiations After Rumors
Kissinger and Tho met in Hanoi amid reports that the United States backed away from key concessions in the October draft. Haig and Xuan Thuy accompanied their leaders as factions pressed for a settlement, while Schumann urged patience and denied exaggerated pessimism about Vietnam.
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Kissinger
U.S
David Lambertson
Tho
Maurice Schumann
United States
Schumann
Foreign Ministry
Vietnam
Washington Post
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Four Youths Face Drug Charges At Fort Leonard Wood
Four Waynesville high school students including sons of Army officers face federal charges for alleged marijuana sales on Fort Leonard Wood. Hearings set for December 18 before U.S. Magistrate Thomas D. Dwyer. The youths were released to parents after an appearance in Springfield.
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Fort
Springfield
U.S
Thomas D. Dwyer
Waynesville High School
Ft. Leonard Wood
Thomas A. Stites
Col
William Stites
Waynesville
Scott Allan Collins
Maj
Harold A. Collins
Raymond Rivard
Jacob Weber
Laquey
Paul Anthony White
Dwyer
Army
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Pilot Credited In Saving B52 Top Secrets
Captain Norbert J. Ostrozny of Lackawanna New York guided a crippled B52 into Thai land to avoid capture of top secret equipment. Navigator Robert Estes wounded, copilot Philip Foley injured. three other crewmen unharmed. Secretary Laird praised Ostrozny. aircraft lost to enemy fire in seven years of Indochina operations.
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Saigon
Air Force
Norbert J. Ostrozny
Lackawana
N.Y
Harker
Melvin R. Laird
Ostrozny
Thailand
Laird
Washington
Indochina
Robert L. Estes
Abilene
Tex
Philip Foley
Fair Haven
Larry T. Stephens
Adam Rech
S. Sgt
Ronald W. Sellers
Waco, Tex
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