Postal rate hike approved by governors faces yearlong review
U S Postal Service governors voted to raise rates including a 5 cent jump on first class mail and a 19 percent overall increase. The plan, aimed at offsetting rising costs, could trigger a year of skirmishing before any changes take effect, and the post office projects a potential deficit of up to 1.6 billion dollars this year.
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Postal Rate Hike Sparks Industry Opposition
Tracey Jeft of the U S Chamber of Commerce calls the planned postage increase unreasonable and unjustified. Robert Kamerschen of ADVO System Inc unnamed as the nation’s largest mailer, worries higher rates will push profitable mail from the system when needed most. Frank pledges rates below inflation through 1995 with potential only one more rise this century. The plan must go to the independent Postal Rate Commission which has ten months to review hold hearings and issue a report.
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Poles study Chicago ideas in democratic reform tour
Polish reformers visit Chicago on a U S tour to learn how democratic local government operates after decades of Communist rule. Chicago chosen as sister city to Warsaw with many Polish residents, as officials discuss governance finance crime and courts while avoiding focus on past scandals.
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Richard M. Daley
United States
U.S
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