Postal Service urges wrap standards to reduce damage
The Postal Service began a no damage campaign urging customers to wrap parcels with reinforced tape and avoid masking tape paper or plastic. twine is discouraged but allowed. Clerks will assist mailers to ensure proper wrapping and caution that paper wrapping can tear and lose addresses. A “do not bend” container requires stiffeners for protection.
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Washington
Postal Service
Francis Gardner
Tion
Farmland set aside plan deemed risky by Bergland
Secretary Bergland at the National Farmers Union says a modest land set aside with added farm storage is prudent this year due to weather unpredictability. He warns against all out production, advocates for steady predictable trade policy, and favors parity via free market rather than heavy government intervention.
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Salt Lake City
Bob Bergland
Bergland
National Farmers Union
Agriculture Department
United States
Sen
Herman E. Talmadge
D-Ga
San Francisco Artist Plans Mission Street Giant Guitar
San Francisco artist Terry Fox envisions transforming Mission Street into a colossal guitar by stretching piano wires across a block of rubble-filled basements and striking them with mallets, creating a public art instrument.
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San Francisco
Mission Street
Terry Fox
Concession contract wastes millions report
An aide to Cook County Board President Dunne holds an exclusive no bid contract with the Chicago Park District, costing taxpayers millions. William J. Burns’ firm Consolidated Concessions has run the deal for 30 years, paying the district either 105000 dollars a year or 15 percent of gross, whichever greater, with no public bidding. The Chicago Tribune says bidding could bring 30 percent of sales and estimates losses between 1 and 4 million dollars since 1970.
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Chicago
Cook County Board
George W. Dunne
Chicago Park District
William J. Burns
Dunne
Soldier Field
Chicago Tribune
Burns
Consolidated Concessions, Inc
Park District Board
Park District
Detroit
New Orleans
Milwaukee
Oakland
Seattle
Philadelphia
the Tribune
Midwest
Consolidated
Park
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