Post Office Marks 179th Anniversary
Washington observes the 179th anniversary of the United States Postal System with the selection of Benjamin Franklin as continental postmaster general by the Continental Congress on July 26, 1775. Postmaster General Summerfield cited Franklin’s administration and referenced historical milestones from the Revolution era.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Free America
Benjamin Franklin
Summerfield
Continental Congress
Franklin
Continental
Lexington
Concord
Bunker Hill
Pushkin Assigned as East German Ambassador and High Commissioner
Georgi Pushkin a veteran Moscow expert on German affairs arrived in East Berlin by air to assume duties as ambassador and Soviet high commissioner for East Germany. He succeeds Vladimir in the post, signaling a shift in East German leadership relations.
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Berlin
Georgi M. Push
Semyonov
Exkin
Moscow
East Berlin
East Germany
Pushkin
Vladimirl
National Guardsmen Raid Phenix City Vice Dens Again
National Guardsmen and state troopers conducted a second raid on Phenix City vice dens, with hundreds watching. Maj. Gen. Walter J. Hanna and Col. James H. Brown discussed continuing crackdowns as martial law kept police replaced by guardsmen. Weapons and gambling gear were seized amid a broader cleanup following the Patterson case.
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Phenix City
Ala
Walter J. Hanna
Alabama
James H. Brown
Col. Brown
Gordon Fewersons
M National
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Kathleen Hughes
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Diers
Russell County
Albert L. Patterson
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Patterson
Long Beach
Basic Diagnostic Office
Southern California
W. M. Farr
D.C
East Broadway
Okinawa
Tokyo
Upi
Army
Buffums
Insurance Furniture
Long Beach Blvd
Detroit
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