Uniform card size plan targets greeting cards in mail
The Postal Service will restrict envelope sizes effective April 15 1978. Smaller than spec envelopes banished and larger ones face a later surcharge set by the Rate Commission. Most current envelopes fit, but greeting cards with varied shapes will be hit hard. A 12 cent first class mail discount for large business mailers sorting their own mail begins July 6. The program aims to cut costs and attract patrons back to the service.
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Washington
Postal Service
Postal Rate Commission
Board of Governors
Bloodworm diggers end strike in Maine bid for higher pay
Bloodworm diggers in Wiscasset return to tidal flats after voting to end a strike for seven cents per worm, two cents more than the last five years. Sandworm diggers remain off the job seeking three-fourths of a cent more than the three-cent rate. Worms shipped nationally as bait, strike disrupted supply. officials note rising digging costs since five years ago. Postal changes proposed in 1973 and approved by governors, with savings not yet estimated. Some big mailers and card publishers joined the agreement. National Greeting Card Publishers abstained.
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Wiscasset
Maine
Postal Service
Postal Rate Commission
National Association of Greeting Card Publishers
Court narrows Nadjari jurisdiction in Albany ruling
The New York Court of Appeals limits special prosecutor Maurice Nadjari to criminal justice court actions. It reinstates an indictment against Philip Dondi but requires trial by Queens County district attorney. The decision affects 30 to 40 pending Nadjari cases stemming from a three year corruption probe.
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Albany
UPI
Court of Appeals
Maurice Nadjari
Lawrence Cooke
New York City
Queens County
Philip Dondi
Nadjari
High Court
Dondi
Cooke
Charles Breitel
Bronx
Patrick J. Cunningham
Scaffolding Fall Kills Five in Tel Aviv Building
In central Tel Aviv a high-rise scaffolding collapse killed five construction workers and injured four others. Shoppers heard a loud crash from the 16th floor and feared an Arab attack as debris rained onto an arcade street below. Rescue teams searched the rubble for additional casualties. The workers, largely Arabs, plunged onto a rooftop over Ibn Guirol Street’s shops and cafes.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Ibn Guirol Street
British pound slides to new low in London trade
In London the British pound fell further against the dollar, losing about two cents to reach a fresh 1.7010 dollar rate as investors remained cautious amid global market volatility.
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London
Britain
Man Arrested in Double Killing near Freeway Exit
In San Francisco an AP report says a 34 year old man Tilman Brooks was booked on suspicion of murder after two women motorists were fatally shot at a freeway exit during rush hour. Police arrested him at gunpoint minutes after the shootings yesterday afternoon.
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San Francisco
Tilman Brooks
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