Stamps Raise Mail Rates and New Issues Arrive
Postal rate hikes take effect increasing first class letters to 8 cents per ounce and airmail to 11 cents. A flood of new stamps arrives in May including 8 cent Eisenhow er designs and 16 cent Ernie Pyle commemoratives, with many envelopes and booklets issued to match the new rates. First day ceremonies for wildlife conservation stamps are planned at Avery Island on June 12, with four 8 cent stamps featuring a polar bear, a California condor, an alligator and a trout.
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U.S
Eisenhower
Ernie Pyle
Avery Island
Mayor Gets Surprise Box in Austin Case
An Austin mayor received a package from St Paul that began to leak a granular substance. Bomb disposal experts were called but found no bomb. Inside were two spark plugs a can of olives and two bags of marijuana.
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Austin, Tex
St. Paul
Community groups meet through midweek at local venues
A dense list of meetings covers Sunday through Tuesday across Monroe and surrounding areas. Posts include VFW, Exchange Club, Industrial Council, Weight Watchers, Monroe Firemen, Grange, Maple Park PTO, Madison Boosters, SPEBSQSA, Rotary, Optimist, Safety Council, Sertoma, Kiwanis, Lions, Sertoma, and Temple Beth Sholom. City committees and youth clubs host sessions at schools, halls, and hotels.
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Exchange Club
Ter
Industrial Council
Manchester
Fenwick High School
Monroe Firemen’s Associa
Tion
Monroe
Monroe Grange
BYU Mount Timpanogos Hike Discontinued Over Ecology
PROVO Utah AP BYU officials and the U S Forest Service say the annual Mount Timpanogos hike is discontinued to protect ecology. Once a few hundred participants, last year about 7000 joined. Officials note escalating hikers damaged the mountain each year.
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Provo
Utah
Mount Timpanogos
Brigham Young University
BYU
U.S. Forest Service
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Hunter-Clark Post
Young
Rotary Club
Optimist Club
Alfy
Madison Lions Club
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Sertoma Club
Middletown East Kiwanis Club
Holiday Inn
Butler County
Planned Parenthood Clinic
Verity Hall
Temple Beth Sholom
City Commission
Building
Toastmasters Club
Middletown
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Tred Avon River
Maryland
Sportsmen’s Club
Elks Temple
IOOF
Miami Lodge
FOE Lodge
Eagles Hall
Alcoholics Anonymous
BPOE
Eiktones
Church of the Ascension
Ecology
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Sears
Craftsman Lawn Sale
Eager
Craftsman
Hedge Trimmers
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