Postal Service Improves and Slips Across 1973 Survey
AP survey of mail service in six cities shows overall improvement yet persistent delays. One local letter tied up 93 hours. intercity and air mail show mixed results with Friday still a poor mailing day. Cities: New York Washington Chicago St Louis Houston Los Angeles.
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Howard Angione
Associated Press
U.S. Postal Service
New York
Washington
Chicago
St. Louis
Houston
Los Angeles
Floods threaten 10.4 million acres across seven states
Floodwaters have inundated 10.4 million acres in seven states with damages estimated at 193 million dollars. At least 10 people are confirmed dead as Missouri levees fail and evacuations occur near St. Louis. Louisiana Arkansas losses top 6.8 million acres with oil and gas operations halted.
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Nick Tatro
Associated Press
Missouri
St. Louis
Boshetown
Gulf of Mexico
Great Lakes
Delta
Louisiana Conservation Department
National Weather Service
Middletown mail moving smoothly with central processing
Middletown mail is being routed through Cincinnati for most processing under a new system cited by Postmaster Frank Dobrozsi and local business reps. Companies like Ohio Bell CG&E and Barnitz Bank report no major delays or rise in complaints as mail is scanned and rerouted to Cincinnati before final delivery in Middletown. Local volumes peak around holidays with 80 000 to 85 000 pieces daily.
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C.J
Dayton
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
Cincinnati
Cg&e
Frank Neal
Neal
Barnitz Bank
Barnitz
Bill McCabe
Frank Dobrozsi
Middletown
Dobrozsi
City
Weather outlook for Mid dletown area tonight and Friday
Partly cloudy skies anticipated tonight in the Mid dletown area with lows in the 40s. Friday brings cloudy conditions with showers and highs in the upper 50s.
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Middletown
Nixon committee helped push poll
The Nixon re election committee mailed in more than a third of favorable responses to a local TV poll on mining Haiphong harbor. Spokesman DeVan L Shumway said the effort was not rigging. The final poll split was 5157 in favor and 1158 against. Agnew defended Nixon's integrity amid Watergate coverage.
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Washington
Nixon
DeVan L. Shumway
Committee For
Metromedia
WTTG
Haiphong Harbor
Shumway
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
Watergate
Los Angeles Times
Insurgents Overrun Posts Near Phnom Penh Amid Siege
Cambodian insurgents control a long east bank stretch near the capital after overrunning weak government positions across the Ekong and Bassac Rivers. Rockets hit the airport area killing 19 and wounding 62 as U.S. jets bombarded the east bank. Arei Ksath and areas near Prek Luong reported as captured or contested with government forces retreating from several villages.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Ekong
Bassac
Prek Luong
Arei
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