Electronic mail service lets businesses bypass sorting by mail
The Postal Service launched E-COM a system allowing companies to send 200 or more computer originated messages for printing and delivery with regular mail. Aimed at first class mail, it links company computers to the postal network via 25 carrier offices. fees include 50 dollars annual plus per-page charges. 123 firms requested certification, including Merrill Lynch, Shell Oil, and General Electric.
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Washington
Postal Service
Justice Department
William F. Bolger
Bolger
E-Com
Karen Uemoto
ECOM
Powell
Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc
Shell Oil Co
General Pire and Rubber Co
KCOM
Nual
BCOM
USPS Launches Electronic Mail Service for Businesses
The Postal Service will let E-COM businesses send bills and messages via a new electronic mail service. Computerized messages bypass traditional handling and are delivered with regular mail in ordinary envelopes.
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U.S. Postal Service
Public backs new nuclear plants if not in their neighborhood
A study of 228 surveys shows overall public support for adding nuclear power plants, provided they are located elsewhere. After Three Mile Island in 1979, opposition rose and remains higher, while willingness to accept limits on nuclear power persists alongside broad backing for more plants under unspecified sites.
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Washington
UPI
William Rankin
Battelle Human Affairs Research Centers
Seattle
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Rankin
Department of Energy
Three Mile Island
Pennsylvania
FDA approves nifedipine for angina treatment in oral form
The FDA approves nifedipine for angina, a second calcium blocker for this use and the first in oral form. Pfizer will market Procardia. the drug will reach drug stores in weeks. Hayes calls it a significant advance for patients not helped by other drugs.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Arthur Hull Hayes Jr
Procardia
Pfizer Pharmaceutical Company
Hayes
Social Security tax rises and wage cap updated
The 1982 payroll tax rate increases from 6.65 to 6.7 percent and the income ceiling rises to 32 400. The maximum Social Security tax for 1982 will be 2 170 80 for workers and employers. In 1981 a 10 000 earner paid 665. a 20 000 earner paid 1 340.
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Washington
Cardinal train to resume three weekly runs to New York
Amtrak announced the Cardinal will resume service three times weekly from Washington to Chicago via Cincinnati and extend to New York City. Sleeping car service returns. The train had halted Oct 1 after government subsidy cuts and Congress ordered its revival last month to attract more riders. The Cardinal will run Sundays Wednesdays and Fridays with similar schedules as before.
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Washington
Cardinal
Chicago
Cincinnati
Amtrak
New York City
Jung Lee
Congress
Lee
Young to Make Jobs Top Priority as Mayor
Atlanta selects Andrew Young as its second black mayor with vows to attract private capital to create jobs and boost public safety after 28 young black deaths in 22 months. He will be sworn in and host a $100 dinner for 2,500 supporters, aiming for a new city era.
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Atlanta
Andrew Young
Young
Jimmy Carter
United Nations
Maynard Jackson
Sidney Marcus
Georgia
Howard M. McIntyre
Augusta
Richmond County
Lewis A. Newman
Williams murder trial jurors near final pool in Atlanta
In Atlanta AP reports eight more jurors qualified for Wayne B Williams murder trial bringing pool to 59 with 35 black and 24 white. Judge Cooper may add two or three extra jurors. Testimony could begin as early as tomorrow or Wednesday.
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Atlanta
Wayne B. Williams
Williams
Nathaniel Cater
Jimmy Ray Payne
Superior Court
Clarence Cooper
District
Lewis Slaton
Cooper
Slaton
Reagan sticks to opposition to mandatory minority hiring quotas
President Reagan remains against mandatory hiring quotas for minorities. White House spokesman Mort Allen said the administration’s position was stated by Justice Department officials, with Attorney General William French Smith citing plans to use cases to seek a Supreme Court ruling against quotas. The Weber case involved a voluntary affirmative action program with quotas, which Reagan initially defended as beneficial to training and advancing minorities.
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Washington
Reagan
White House
Mort Allen
Justice Department
William French Smith
Smith
Supreme Court
Mith
Weber
Administration
Allen
Brian F. Weber
Kaiser Aluminum
United Steelworkers
Nixon tapes disclosure delayed to 1987
Washington AP reports the Nixon White House tapes public disclosure will be delayed due to a National Archives budget cut. Only 19 of 31 technicians remain, delaying work by about twice as long as planned and extending completion into 1987, says James Hastings deputy director of the project.
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Washington
National Archives
Richard Nixon
White House
James Hastings
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