Postal Service faces closures and Saturday delivery cuts
The piece argues the federal postal system loses money but must remain a public service. It criticizes mismanagement, eroding service, and cuts that harm users, noting zip codes and bulk mail efforts by the public. It urges Congress to prioritize good service over balance sheets while praising workers for their efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Congress
Departments of Agriculture, Commerce and Defense
P.S
Ancient tax bills haunt Maricopa County landowners
Decades old bills from 1933 prompt scrutiny as 87 northeast Phoenix property owners owe an average 81 cents each. Tax office studies 900 parcels, costing taxpayers, while the law bars write offs. County treasurer calls for statute of limitations on late taxes.
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Maricopa
Phoenix
Glenn Stapley
Stapley
Arms control theology blocks MX missile deployment
A White House science panel backed by prominent arms controllers urges delaying full MX mobile missile development. They argue SALT limits promise US safety, conflicting with Defense views of Soviet SS-18 accuracy and the need for a mobile system to deter. Carter faces choosing between parity seeking experts and strategic deployability.
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Washington
White House
Carter
Defense Department
Defense
Harold Brown
U.S
Thomas McIntyre
New Hampshire
Brown
Senate
Jimmy Carter
Decadence Begins Early in Suburban Satire
Arthur Hoppe lampoons affluent parents buying designer clothing for children. Leonard Crannich, nine, flaunts a $400 Pierre Cardin suit, car and wine knowledge as his family moves from neighborhood gatherings to a ski trip in Gstaad, contrasted with siblings Imphasia and Nero. The piece mocks shallow values and warns parents.
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Arthur Hoppe
Newsweek
Yves Saint Laurent
Leonard Crannich
Leonard
Imphasia
Nero
Pierre Cardin
Crannich
Gstaad
Kipling
Merry Farmer
George Bush defends CIA during Houston talk
In Houston George Bush, then Texas congressman and former CIA head, addresses Petroleum Landmen. He defends the CIA against congressional attacks, questions Soviet détente, contrasts U.S. and Soviet militaries, and criticizes human rights policy as hypocritical. He says he has no burning desire to return to Washington politics, though someday he might.
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John D. Lofton JR
Houston
Barbara
George Bush
Bush
Texas
United Nations
America
China
CIA
Republican National Committee
GOP
U.S
Prescott Bush
Lone Star State
First International Bank
Houston Oaks
Petroleum Landmen
United States
FBI
Africa
Carter
Brazil
South Africa
Cuba
Vietnam
U.N
Cambodia
Washington
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Energy Research and Development Administration
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IBM
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Princeton
Saul Buschbaum
Bell Laboratories
Jack Ruina
MIT
Garwin
Air Force
Pentagon
Minuteman
Soviet Union
Bown
Bob Carr
Michigan
Geneva
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H.E
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Scottsdale Daily Progress
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