Post Office Seeks 10.5 Percent Rate Increase
The Post Office Department asked the Interstate Commerce Commission to approve a 10.5 percent rise in parcel post and catalog rates, expected to generate about 86 million dollars yearly to offset higher payroll costs. The plan targets break even for fourth class mail, with tiered increases and higher minimum local and outbound parcel charges. If ICC acts within 30 days, rates auto approve. otherwise 180 days for review.
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Post Office Department
Interstate Commerce Commission
Parcel Post
ICC
Post Office Dept
Award Gibson School Gets Staff Shakeup In 1960s District Meeting
The board accepted ten resignations and elected eleven to the teaching staff. Junior High will replace Miss Blanche Richardson and Stuart Hart moves from counselor to psychometrist in the Diagnostic Center. Leaves of absence granted to Deborah Hickman and Jennis Schepper. Non teaching staff saw Mary Hill resign and new hires Brenda Carlyle Paul Cooper and Henry W. Fischer assigned.
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Blanche Richardson
Stuart Hart
Diagnostic
Deborah Hickman
Jennis Schepper
Margaret L. Collins
Trudy Hebert Davis
Dunnichay
William Jerome Evans
Richardson
Patricia Mason
Barbara Reisner
Kathryn S. Somers
Marilyn Stone
Nancy Willis
Nina J. Alexander
Larry Ewing
S. Flory
Minerva J. Griffith
Michael D. Sturm
Glen Edward Cassle
Rachel Calhoun Daum
Donna Kay Needham
Marilyn Rhode Petrycki
Roma Rigler Pearson
Judith Wuerch Roble
Mary B. Hill
Brenda Carlyle
Paul Cooper
Henry W. Fischer
Sailor-lashes 20-foot whale to ketch at Fort Lauderdale
Joe Flanigan hauled a 20 foot, one ton whale aboard his 50 foot sailing ketch in Fort Lauderdale after finding the injured whale likely attacked by sharks. The whale died before reaching the dock and Ocean World plans to use the carcass for fish food.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Joe Flanigan
Flanigan
Ocean World
Delegates Named for Pilgrim Holiness Wesleyan Merger
648 delegates from 32 countries attend the Merging General Conference at Anderson Indiana June 25 July 1 electing Donald Dishon Kendall Hayhurst and Melvin Smith from Vigo County to join in forming the Wesleyan Church. The merger will unite 122340 members 3600 congregations 282 missionaries in 32 countries with foreign delegates having full voice. Local Pilgrim Holiness Churches in Vigo County join the new denomination while the sole Vigo County Wesleyan Methodist Church remains at West Terre Haute 501 S 6th St.
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General Conference of the
Pilgrim Holiness and
Wesleyan Methodist Churches
Anderson
Indiana
Donald Dishon
S. 29Th St
Kendall Hayhurst
Melvin Smith
S. 20Th St
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Wesleyan Church
New Wesleyan Church
Paul F. Elliott
Harold K. Sheets
John Wesley
Africa
Central and South America
Australia
Japan
Philippines
Asia
Europe
Caribbean
James Storey
Fay Locke
Grace Smith
Arnold Dishon
Bert Linton
Pilgrim Holiness
Vigo County
United Denomination
Greenwood
Thompson St
Hulman Street
20Th
Hulman Sts
Sixth Avenue
6Th Ave
North Side
Lafayette Ave
South Central
Grant Sts
West Terre Haute
Prairie Creek
Seelyville
New Goshen
Lake Central Allegheny merger mood and route boost
Graham announced the Lake Central Allegheny merger will keep four daily Chicago round trips, add two Convair 580s to raise seating by about 50 percent, and repaint planes to Allegheny branding by Aug. 1. The deal spans nine shared cities and expands service from Indianapolis to major East Coast routes. The transfer date follows a CAB process and stock exchange terms. Lake Central, Indiana’s lone major carrier, serves 10 states and DC, with new management touting improved operations though financials remain challenging.
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Allegheny
Graham
Chicago
Lake Central
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Atlantic Seaboard
Boston
Cincinnati
New York
Charleston
W.va
Toronto
Pittsburgh
Allegheny Common
Lake Central Common
Indiana
States
District of Columbia
L. Thomas Ferguson
Editor's Mail letter on UN censure and Rhodesia
Chester S Williams, Terre Haute Peace Council co chair, responds to a recent editorial. He argues the UN should censure Communist nations and Rhodesia, noting UN officials cannot criticize governments, and urges public censure by UN fiat rather than unilateral sources.
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United Nations
Vietnam
U.N
Rhodesia
Britain
Chester S. Williams
Terre Haute
Nixon and McCarthy dominance in 1968 nominating race
The AP survey shows 445 delegates committed to Nixon and 180 to Rockefeller with 592 uncommitted or favorite sons. Secret Service protection extends to Reagan amid nondeclared candidacy. Fowler backs protection for Reagan. Democratic counts place Humphrey at 486 and McCarthy at 350 with 1,137 behind.
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Johnson
Coalition
McCarthy
Louisiana
John J. McKeithen
Humphrey
Wallace
Harris
Edward M. Kennedy
Kennedy
Nixon
Secret Service
California
Ronald Reagan
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry C. Fowler
Reagan
Associated Press
Rockefeller
GOP
Democratic Court
Sniffer radar aids Nassau County boat rescues
Nassau County Police helicopters use a Bendix built weather radar nicknamed The Sniffer to locate stranded boaters on water surfaces. The device speeds rescue by avoiding grid searches and pinpointing small craft in trouble amid up to 50 monthly SOS requests.
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New York
Nassau County
Long Island Sound
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Commons
William Eckert
Ohio St
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R. R. Richmond
S. 7Th St
Rocky
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Paul Newman
Universal Pictures
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Argyle Solar Productions
Strut
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