Editorial on Postal System Needs Changes and Public Service
The Star-News argues mail service should remain a tax supported public institution at current levels and warns against closing Reed and Vinson post offices or reducing Sunday box service. It criticizes four day or five day delivery, notes reform goals dropped due to costs, and calls Congress to restore standard service while stressing the impact on small communities and the need for responsible mailing.
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Star-News Belives
Reed
Vinson
Mangum
Reed Post Office
Reed and Vinson
New York City
Los Angeles
Congress
Fishy Windstorm Tales From Mangum Neighborhood
Larry Briscoe recalls a wild southwest Oklahoma wind storm as townspeople share rain woes and a series of local fish stories. The piece notes aerial debris from a downtown fire warning, a power outage, and a family escapade with a giant Northern Pike from Vallecita Lake in Colorado, with light, humorous reflections on daily life.
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Oklahoma
Tom Cummings
American Legion
Wade Ridley
United
Sotre
Vallecita Lake
Colorado
L.O
Mike
Grateful thanks to Greer County search volunteers
A Terre Haute family visiting Granite expresses heartfelt thanks to neighbors, horsemen, CB friends, Roger Barber, the Sheriff's department, and a state trooper for helping locate their son Stephen after he went missing near the river. He was found miles away and the family’s relief is personal and enduring.
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Roger Barber
Sheriff's Department
Stephen
Greer County
Jim
Sue Grady
Everhart
Jamie
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