Postal Service Curtailed Deliveries Spark Privatization Talk
Article reports the Post Office Department considering more cuts including removing Saturday mail and closing third and fourth class offices due to a budget shortfall. A Johnson commission urges privatization via a federal corporation to restore paying performance, ending patronage and setting rates, amid poor service experiences.
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Post Office Department
Post Office
Johnson
Postal Department
Congress
Frederick R. Kappel
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
New 10 Percent Surcharge Tax Takes Effect
The Johnson administration imposes a 10 percent income tax surcharge retroactive to April 1 for individuals and January 1 for corporations. It raises every employer deduction and funds the Great Society while reducing the budget deficit, with an expiry set for June 30 next year though extensions are anticipated.
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Johnson
Car Fire Safety Advice From Allstate Manager
A moving car fire can erupt suddenly and should be controlled calmly. If flames engulf the gas tank or trunk, call the fire department and steer off the road. Use a fire extinguisher properly or smother small engine fires with dirt or water on upholstery, and ensure all sparks are extinguished before reentry.
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Robert H. Peine
Allstate Insurance Company
Salem
Oregon
Peine
Penne
R. A
Bob’’ McKenzie
General Telephone Company
Coos Bay
Chamber
Coquille
The
Sentinel
McKenzie
Fisherwomen missing in Salmon Photo Incident
Apology notes recount two Charleston fisherwomen Mary Caudle and Vernita Barklow who posed with salmon for a Herald photographer. Film development erased both women and catch, leaving readers to wonder what happened.
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Mary Caudle
Vernita Barklow
Charleston
Herald
Mary
Vernita
McCall Seeks Funds to Battle Oregon Forest Fires
Governor Tom McCall directs the Department of Finance to seek from the State Emergency Board an additional general fund appropriation of 178265 dollars and a 300000 dollar reserve. The aim is to sustain the Forestry Department’s early aggressive fire fighting policy and mobilize state agencies for aid through a dry summer.
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Tom McCall
Department of Finance
State Emergency Board
State Forestry Department
Oregon
Finance Department
Emergency Board
Forestry Department
McCall
Department of Emergency Services
State Highway Department
State Milliitary Department
Itsigil
Local resident Mr Jay Francisco En seriously ill in Mast Hospital
Mr Jay Francisco En is seriously ill and admitted to Mast Hospital last week. The Francisco family welcomed the daughter and son in law Abe Mulkey and wife from Nashville Tennessee who arrived Sunday and are staying at the Francisco home.
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Mast Hospital
Francisco
Abe Mulkey
Nashville, Tenn
Herbert Butt
Jon
Irene
Naomi
Esther
Rachel
Newberg
Rodney Lorenzo
Coos Bay
Mrs. Newman
Coos River
Lonnie Hampton
Coquille
Brian Matthew
Ivan Laird
Ethel Abernethy
McKinley Grange
Lairds
New Zealand
Fiji Islands
Australia
Sun Valley
Bob Brian Laird
Laurie
Kenneth Laird
Bridge and Remote News from Myrtle Point Area
Local society notes list numerous families visiting relatives and attending reunions from Douglas Coos Curry counties. Camp Myrtlewood hosts 12 days of 4H campers in three groups of 100. Phyllis Pillette assists as counsellor.
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Warren Hathaway
Henry Hathaway
Powers
Richard St Clair
Camas Valley
Camp Myrtlewood
Douglas
Coos
Curry Counties
Phyllis Pillette
Coos County
Charles Gill
James Gill
John
Pete
Leslie
Willows
Calif
Earnest Sell
Steve
Anne Keller
Costa Mesa
Edgar Pillette
Bill Farmer
Fred Waterman
Elks Club
Pillette
Karen
Debra
Myrtle Crest
E. E. Shanahan
Christine Shanahan
Vancouver
Wash
Richard Shanahan
St. Helens
Portland
Joe White
Cathy Labshway
Seattle
Charles
Rex Oberman
Ray Oberman
Fortuna
Keith Smith
Sacramento
Gail Smith
Sitkum News Next Week At Camp Fircroft Junior High Rally
Sitkum News reports Rev and Mrs Neal Fisher lead junior high activities at Camp Fircroft next week with a fee of 9 dollars 50. Bridge hosts the Christian Men's Fellowship this Saturday at Camp Myrtlewood at 630 p.m.
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Camp Fircroft
Neal Fisher
Bridge
Christian Men’s Fellowship of the County
Camp Myrtlewood
Vandalism Strikes Myrtle Crest School Again
Police report details repeated vandalism at Myrtle Crest School with three rear windows broken by rocks leaving baseball sized holes. On Saturday July 13 the gym was broken into but nothing was taken.
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Myrtle Crest School
Myrtle Crest
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