Mailing Choices Grow More Complex for USPS Users
Washington AP report details seven mail service options plus regional differences, from priority and parcel post to special delivery and express mail. It explains cost and delivery times, notes logic of informing individuals, and compares mailgrams and Western Union night letters. The piece notes figures for a one pound book and outlines guaranteed delivery under express mail and air mail rules. It also mentions forthcoming BC legislation allowing birth certificate sex designation changes.
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Washington
The
Postal Service
New York
Postal Services
William A. Rissell
Rissell
Ai ‘Parcel Post
Parcel Post
Metropolitan
Express Mail
Los Angeles
Western Union
Strikes Plague Planes Papers And Hospitals
A panel begins binding arbitration over a contract dispute that sparked New York Citys first full scale firefighters strike. Officials say the walkout endangered the city and volunteers helped cover fires as unions push for settlement amid hospital and airline strikes nationwide.
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Associated Press
New York City
Uniformed Firefighters Association
John T. O'Hagan
Richard J. Vizzini
Milwaukee
Wis
The
Daily News
Afl-Cio
New York Newspaper Guild
Trans World Airlines
New York
TWA
Airline Stewards and Stewardesses Association
Transport Workers
New York Times
Times
Blacksmith To Wedding Diplomat Omission Shocks Officials
London AP reports Princess Anne’s November 14 wedding to Capt Mark Phillips will host 1500 guests with only Commonwealth nations invited for official representation. Villages around Phillips home town provide Abbey seating for local workers including Bert Tidmarsh the blacksmith, saddler David Barnes, and their wives. Buckingham Palace cites a family and friends focus. Americans may attend only as personal guests if invited. Twenty three foreign royal family members attend, thirteen related to Anne.
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London
Bert Tidmarsh
Westminster Abbey
Anne
Walter H. Annenberg
United States
Queen Elizabeth
Mark Phillips
Wiltshire
Great Somerford
Phillips
England
Tidmarsh
Abbey
David Barnes
Buckingham Palace
Palace
Royal wedding boosts Britain souvenir trade worth millions
London AP reports Princess Anne's upcoming marriage to Capt. Mark Phillips is forecast to generate over 15.5 million dollars for the souvenir market. Steven Jackson of the Commemorative Collectors' Society says items like 18 carat gold jewel boxes, gold goblets and other keepsakes will flood the market, with taxes exceeding 500,000 dollars. He notes no deep royal loyalty trend, just affluent interest in collecting. The royal wedding is set for November 14 at Westminster Abbey with about 1,500 guests.
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London
Elizabeth II
Anne
Britain
Mark Phillips
Duke of York
Mary of
Teck
Steven Jackson
George V
Queen Mary
Jackson
Westminster Abbey
McNamara Not After Abominable Snowman
World Bank president Robert McNamara arrived in Katmandu on vacation and denied plans to search for the abominable snowman. He, his wife, and two friends will spend ten days in the Muktinath area near the China border and visit a monastery near Mt Everest, with meetings scheduled with King Birendra and officials.
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Katmandu
Nepal
World Bank
Robert
McNamara
U.S. Defense
Himalayas
Muktinath
China
Mt. Everest
Birenda Bir Nikram Shah
Pollutant Bonds Defeated In St Charles County
Voters in St Charles County rejected a 12.8 million bond proposal to fund pollution treatment facilities. With a light turnout 2571 favored to 4043 against, the measure failed to reach the four sevenths majority, prompting concerns that federal standards could trigger a local building ban.
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ST. Charles, Mo
St. Charles County
Cellist Du Pre Denies End of Public Plays
London reports quote cellist Jacqueline Du Pre denying she will never play again after Barenboim says medical tests show a mild case of multiple sclerosis. The 28 year old, who studied with Pablo Casals, has not appeared in concert since February.
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London
Jacqueline du Pre
Daniel Barenboim
Miss du Pre
Pablo Casals
Crack Down On Eagle Feather Sales
Philadelphia AP reports Lou D. Lovekin of Riegelsville Pennsylvania is charged with illegal possession and sale of eagle feathers after selling two 19th century Indian war bonnets to federal agents for 1150 dollars. A Friday raid seized five more bonnets a stuffed golden eagle medicine shields a scalp vest and a lance.
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Philadelphia
Riegelsville
Lou D. Lovekin
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Lovekin
Bucks County
Massacre of Custer's Regiment in 1876 Highlighted
Lovekin, aged 60, valued items at 25000 dollars. This signals the start of a stronger federal program to end the illicit eagle feather trade, according to U.S. Attorney Robert E. J. Curran.
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George Custer
Lovekin
U.S
Robert E. J. Curran
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