Fewer Christmas mail jobs at Postal Service
The Postal Service reduced temporary Christmas work by reassigning staff when not needed and relies on current workers to handle the surge. Facing a projected 1.4 billion deficit, Bailor’s cost cutting reduces hiring this season from last year’s 32,000, amid higher unemployment and a jammed Washington post office.
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Washington
Postal Service
Benjamin F. Bailor
Washington Post Office
Jesse Brown
Dutch Den Uyl waits on Moluccan hostage crisis outcome
In Amsterdam Premier Joop den Uyl says the Netherlands will wait out the Moluccan hostage situation at the Indonesian consulate, urging restraint and rejecting concessions as six hijackers released from a train near Beilen after 12 days. Separately at Niagara Falls New York, four people die and about 80 are harmed when a railroad tank car carrying chlorine gas explodes at Hooker Chemicals.
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
Joop den Uyl
den Uyl
Niagara Falls
N.Y
U S and Turkey Near A New Defense Pact
The United States and Turkey edge toward a defense pact to reopen some closed bases and allot greater Turkish participation. The talks follow Turkey’s July pause and a partial arms embargo lift, with critics warning on constitutional limits.
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Ankara
Turkey
United States
U.S. Congress
U.S
Santa Claus
Congress
Cyprus
Ihsan Sabri Caglayangil
Henry A. Kissinger
Suleyman Demirel
Fugitive Hatfield Family Hunted in Ozark Robberies
Snow and freezing rain stalled a manhunt for James Hatfield 43 and his family after a Peel Arkansas grocery store robbery in which an eight year old boy wielded a shotgun. The group includes Hatfield's daughter 23 and two granddaughters ages 5 and 3. Authorities say the fugitives have evaded capture while suspected of additional robberies in northwest Arkansas and southwest Missouri.
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Branson
Pauce
James Hatfield
Ozark Hills
Peel
Ark
Hatfield
Marie Hatfield
Williamsville
St. Louis
Arkansas
Missouri
Joan Little Arrested in Bond Violation Appeal
Joan Little, 21, previously acquitted of murdering jailer Clarence Alligood, was arrested in Durham for failing to post bond in her appeal of a breaking and entering conviction. Attorneys seek reinstatement of bond and release as she remains jailed in Raleigh.
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Raleigh
N.C
Joan Little
Miss Little
State Supreme Court
Durham
Beaufort County
O.E. Davis
Durham County
State Women’s
Beaufort Count
Clarence Alligood
Alligood
Bush vows no move to higher office amid CIA nomination
Sen John Tower says George Bush, Ford's pick to head the CIA, is willing to disavow plans for higher office. Church plans to testify against Bush at confirmation hearings, citing concerns he is too political for the agency. Bush says he will not engage in political maneuvering while leading the CIA.
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Bush
Washington
George Bush
Ford
William E. Colby
CIA
John Tower
R-Tex
Tower
Senate Intelligence Committee
Frank Church
Senate Armed Services Committee
Armed Services Panel
GOP
China
Church
Weather Outlook For Middletown Area
Snow flurries are forecast for the Middletown area tonight with lows in the mid-20s and highs tomorrow in the mid-30s. Yesterday's high reached 64 and overnight low 50 with 28 inches of rain noted. Extended outlook calls for rain or snow Wednesday and Thursday and fair skies Friday.
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Middletown
Suspect Arrested in Knight Slaying Case in Miami
Salvatore Soli, 38, of Philadelphia, linked to the killing of Knight- Ridder heir John S Knight ITI, was arrested at the Southwind Motel in Miami after a call from a guest. He faced multiple prior arrests, with two other defendants already in custody or deceased, as Philadelphia authorities plan to return him for Pennsylvania custody.
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Miami
Philadelphia
Soli
Pennsylvania
Beall
Southwind
Donna DePaul
Linda Mary Wells
Syracuse
N.Y
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Johan A. Manusama
Hooker Chemicals & Plastics Corp
Edward Chatman
Walter E. Fitzgerald
Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center
Clyde J. McBride
Raymond E. Zaso
James D. Colquhoun
Lester Docks
Oscar H. Bell
Niagara County
Melvin Dyster
Frank Bongiovanni
K-Mart Discount
Richard Hinkle
Brussels
Belgium
Germany
Ozarks
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