Likely 10-Cent Stamps For 1974 Post Service
Postmaster General Elmer T. Klassen says the Postal Service will probably seek a 10 cent first class rate in January to cover rising labor costs. He noted a possible airmail reduction and questioned the value of special delivery, tying higher prices to wage-related expenses and overall service economics.
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Washington
UPI
Postal Service
Elmer T. Klassen
Postal Rate Commission
Klassen
U.S. News and World Report
Nixon Brezhnev Summit Opens Amid Rainy Washington
President Nixon welcomed Brezhnev at the White House for a seven day summit amid rain to discuss a potential new treaty limiting offensive nuclear weapons. The talks may address MIRV deployments and could lead to ratification within 12 to 18 months amid security concerns and public demonstrations protesting Soviet emigration policies.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Leonid I. Brezhnev
White House
Brezhnev
Camp David
Nikita Khrushchev
United States
U.S. Capitol
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Jackson
Charles H. Percy
R-Ill
Thorntown Textile Plant Readies Reopen After Lightning Fire
A lightning sparked blaze at Thorntown Textile, 125 South Pearl Street, caused up to 200000 in damage. Two floors of a three story building are expected back in operation soon with 25 percent fewer workers as repairs proceed. No injuries reported.
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Thorntown
Thorntown Textile
South Pearl Street
Robert Williams
Thorntown Textile Co
Williams
Advance
Sugar Creek Township
Bobbi Brooks Clothing
Ship N’ Shore Co
Northfield Village
Northfield Shopping Center
Brendan Wood
Sunnybrook
Lebanon
Nelson
Indianapolis Avenue
Lau, Inc
Civil Defense Unit
David Anderson
Philadelphia
Anderson
Bell Denied Hearing Continuance By PSC
Public Service Commissioner W. W. Hill Jr. denied a motion to continue the hearing on Indiana Bell rate increases. He ruled Bell is entitled to a hearing, though not guaranteed an increase, and rejected delaying the proceedings until Phase IV guidelines are known.
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Bell
PSC
Indianapolis
UPI
Public Service
W. W. Hill Jr
Indiana Bell
Solomon L. Lowenstein Jr
Indiana
Public Interest Research Group
Bloomington
Nixon
Commission
Hill
U.S
Weather outlook with warm highs and showers ahead
Partly sunny and warm today with increasing clouds tonight and a chance of showers or thunderstorms by morning. Showers and thunderstorms likely Tuesday with highs in the 80s and lows in the upper 60s to low 70s. Winds southerly 10 to 15 mph today rising to 14 to 22 mph Tuesday. Precipitation chances 40 percent tonight and 60 percent Tuesday.
Grave rescue situation as divers fail to reach trapped sea scientists
Navy divers grappled with a midget submarine 360 feet down the Atlantic as two crewmen in the aft compartment reportedly passed out from carbon dioxide. Amid severe currents and limited barralime CO2 absorption the operation faced a critical deadline around noon. Two scientists aboard Edwin Link's Johnson-Sea-Link remained in contact but peril persisted.
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Key West
Fla
UPS
Atlantic
Thomas W. Cuddy
Tringa
Johnson- Sea-Link
Key West Naval Station
Edwin A. Link
McVey
John H. Maurer
Navy
Ball Point Pen Blamed For Modern Day Love Letters
Vancouver librarian John Martin spearheads a collection of old love letters to show how personal writing once conveyed emotion. A diary inspired his project and he urges searching attics for grandma’s letters, citing a 1892 note praising devotion and warning that fast ball point writing harms careful expression.
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Vancouver
UPI
John Martin
Martin
West Vancouver
Oxbow
Sask
Malcolm
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