Postal chief calls for revamping mail service reforms
Postmaster General Marvin Runyon urged Congress to overhaul the USPS arguing current 1970s laws hinder 1990s operations. He pressed for labor rule changes, flexible pricing, faster product launches, and mixed electronic and printed mail to boost competitiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postal Chief
Washington
Marvin Runyon
Congress
Runyon
Art Sackler
Mailers’ Council
Gene A. del Polit
Advertising Mail Marketing Association
The
Treasury
Tougher teen smoke controls favored
A Robert Wood Johnson Foundation survey shows 73 percent support restricting tobacco advertising to text and banning images and cartoons that may attract teens. The poll, by Mathematica Policy Research, also finds strong backing for behind-the-counter sales, banned vending machines, and ending coupons and promotions, with lower support for age 21 or plain wrapping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Said
Wautia
Sue Tobacco Institute
Mathematica Policy Research
Mathematica
Hearing delayed for Salvi in clinic shootings
John C. Salvi I, charged with murdering two women in a Dec. 30 abortion clinic attack, had a pretrial hearing postponed to Feb. 15. Prosecutors cited wounded witnesses and ongoing grand jury work while an heated exchange erupted between prosecutors and defense attorney J.W. Carney Jr. Judge Herbert Goodwin struggled to manage the confrontation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookline
Mass
John C. Salvi I
Salvi
John Kivlan
Norfolk County
Herbert Goodwin
Kivlan
J.W. Carney Jr
Also Mentioned on This Page
Postal Service
National Press Club
Ket
the Postal Service
Newspaper Association of America
BO Bond Ai
America
Luden
Lorain Rd
Westlake Loehmann's
Motrin
Schick
Armstrong
Robessional
Serenity
Armsti
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!