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Red Blount reshapes U S postal service reforms
Winton M Blount the 59th postmaster general leads a sweeping overhaul removing politics from appointments and modernizing operations The program includes armed guards for high value mail shipments a bulk delivery system and a multiyear research and training push Blount notes public skepticism and reflects on his unlikely rise from Alabama business to national postal reform
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Staunton (Va.) Military Academy
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