Postal Service Faces Uneven Performance Critics deem inadequate
Twenty months after its creation to provide economical and reliable mail delivery the Postal Service faces criticism over delays and reduced pickups. Postmaster General Klassen admits uneven service while supporters push for subsidies and standards to reach next day within cities and within three days nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David M. Maxfield
Congressional Quarterly
U.S. Postal Service
Congress
Pony Express
Old West
Postal Service
Milton-and- Hudson
N.Y
E. T. Klassen
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Senate
Associated Press
Gale W. McGee
Wyoming
Senate Post Office and Civil Service Committee
McGee
James H. Rademacher
National Association of Letter Carriers
Rademacher
Elwood Hillis
R-Ind
House Post Office and Civil Service Committee
Hill
Congressional
Hechler
Klassen
Robert W. Byrd
West Virginia
Byrd
Tampa
Sarasota
Fla
Jacksonville
Editorials Urge Compromise on Transit Aid Plan
The Illinois General Assembly and Gov. Daniel Walker should approve the Blair Choate compromise for mass transit subsidies to CTA and Chicago area systems. It provides 12.6 million for CTA matched by Chicago and Cook County, plus 2.25 million for commuter railroads, 2 million for buses, and 1 million for rural pilot projects, with fare freezes through June 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois General Assembly
Daniel Walker
Chicago Transit Authority
CTA
Chicago
Publican House
Robert Blair
Park Forest
Democrat House
Clyde Choate
Anna
House
Cook County
Blair-Choate
Senate
William Harris
Pontiac
House-Senate
Blair
Walker
Metro-East
Illinois
Automakers Fight EPA on 1975 Emission Standards
The Big Three Chrysler General Motors and Ford dispute 1975 auto emission rules under the Clean Air Act arguing other sources exceed vehicle pollution. They cite fungus shrubs fireplaces and furnaces as major CO and hydrocarbon sources while EPA supporters urge strict compliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chrysler
General Motors
Ford
Mazda
Mercedes-Benz
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
United States
Russians used own market system to outsmart buyers in wheat sale
The piece notes Russian buyers leveraged the U S marketing framework to secure wheat last summer, with insiders like Clarence Palmby and Continental Grain Co involved in secret talks. It discusses price sliding scales, shipping bottlenecks, and soybean price logic, plus officials moving between government and private industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Carr
Lindsay-Schaub
Clarence Palmby
Palmby
Continental Grain Co
Continental
Illinois
Decatur
Great Lakes
Upper Mississippi
Dollar cooperative defense urged to stabilise world currencies
An editorial argues six European nations plus West Germany form a joint float with the dollar to ease the monetary crisis. It notes the mark's rise, US help to defend the dollar, and the need for coordinated action with the Common Market and Japan to prevent devaluation and a potential trade war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Germany
United States
Europe
U. S. Federal Reserve Bank
Rsg
France
U. S
Japan
NATO
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D-W. Va
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James K. Adams
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