Viewpoint: Mailing costs threaten small publications
The U S Court of Appeals ruling in Washington on second class mailing rates could end many small papers and raise subscription prices. If not overturned, rates may double or triple, prompting cancellations and potential closures. Groups urge reconsideration or congressional action to amend the Postal Reorganization Act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Court of Appeals
Washington, D.C
National Greeting Card Publishers Association
Congress
Payson
Arizona
Roundup Printing and Publishing, Inc
Payson North
Gila County
Gila Co
We must act with wisdom to avert energy disasters
Bob Ritter cites a record cold spell and gas shortages across the U S, warning that continued dependence on foreign oil and delayed energy policy could trigger factory and school closures, unemployment, and water shortages amid droughts and pollution. He frames weather uncertainty and politics as delaying decisive action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
America
Weather Bureau
Iowa
Illinois
Howard Follin
Strawberry
Waterloo
Follins
Spingfield
Ill
Chautauqua County
N.Y
New York Times
New York
Gary
Ind
Cleveland
Lake Ewe
Trenholm D. Jordan
Chautauqua
Jordan
Los Angeles
Residents seek fire protection and park funding in Payson
Readers discuss Mesa del Caballo fire risk and costs of protection for elderly residents. They urge insurance coverage and park delays at Rumsey Park, while addressing national policy concerns and urging citizen letters to the Payson Roundup editor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesa del Caballo
W. T. Baker
Payson Golf Club
Payson
Payson, Az
Litter Laws Cited as Ignored by Arizona Drivers
A columnist notes broad awareness of anti litter laws yet reports fines from ten to one hundred dollars and jail terms from five to thirty days for littering on Arizona highways. The piece emphasizes enforcement and public responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona
Cost of carelessness in Arizona hits six figures
Arizona DOT reports 518,995 dollars spent on litter pickup along 6000 miles of state highways. Forty three percent of litter was paper and officials blame individual highway users for the problem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona
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Rumsey Park
Warner & Swasey Machine Co
Babylon
Rome
Americas
Burrocrats
Russia
Cuba
Art Students of
Eastern Arizona College
National Inquirer
National Cancer Institute
NCI
Phillippe Shubik
National Cancer Advisory Board
Jonathan E. Rhoads
Pennwall Corp
Rhoads University
Dixon’s Scrigg’s Foundation
Washington
Andy Worden
Ford
Princeton, N.J
Herbert Greenberg
Marketing Survey and Research Corp
Greenberg
Hans Schuerer
Fred K. Smith, Jr
Richard R. Robertson
Richard Robertson
Nancy Aldridge
Nancy Dawes
John Ebner
Karen Steiner
Freddie Slaughter
Jerry Taylor
Sec.Treas
Rev. Mgr
Jin Graham
Rosalind Schuerer
Peg Walker
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