Mail delays Part II shows new postal machine upgrades
Postal service aims to cut first class delays with faster machines and new optical readers. Planned LSM upgrades, quieter consoles, and error reduction targets accompany tests in Cincinnati and Rockville to integrate computer sorting and bar code tech, while rates questions delay full airmail expansion.
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Howard Angione
Associated Press
Postal Service
Don Haag
Letter Mail Systems Development
Rockville
Cincinnati
Ohio
LSM
Jesse T. Ellington Jr
Postal workers push for right to strike after contract
The American Postal Workers Union and the National Association of Letter Carriers ratified a three year contract with the U S Postal Service amid threats of a strike. Labor leaders push legislation to allow legal strikes after a 49 day cooling off period, with essential mail protected.
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Jeffrey Mills
Preen Wether
Washington
American Fast Workers ’ Union
U.S. Postal Service
National Association of Letter Carriers
Kuries H. Ra
Demacher
Lettercarters
Rademacher
Postal Service
Cnult
Hut
Ford Administration
Ford says First Lady's remarks misinterpreted
President Ford defended Betty Ford amid misread comments on premarital sex and family morals. He praised her attempt to highlight moral standards, while acknowledging the fallout from interviews and magazine excerpts. The Reuters/Associated Press report also notes polls showing Ford leading Reagan among Republicans and independents for the GOP nomination.
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Milwaukee
Ford
Betty
Susan
Iter
Metall
Fords
White House
Huston
Aup
California
Reagan
Midwest
Rein
GOP
Tasheen Orgie
Miners Battle Police in Wild WV Strike Parade
About 300 striking West Virginia coal miners began week three of a wildcat walkout with a parade that sparked scuffles as police tried to block a legal march and seize a pickup. No injuries or arrests were reported as the protest widens the strike to tens of thousands across four states. The march followed Sunday rallies in coal country as miners pressed for union grievances and to use the contract grievance procedure instead of court orders. The dispute includes a jailed union leader and a surprise approval of a grievance board after weeks of tension.
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Charleston
W.va
West Visglnia
Llegally
Ist
West Virginia
Kentucky
Ohio
Virginia
K. K. Hall
Hall
Logan County
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
United Mine Workers Union
The
Coal Association
Sim Howze
UMW
Howze
Fragmentary Text Noted For Archive
Readable fragments hint at a dated notice or listing. The text references carriers by week or mail, a price or fee figure, and names like Garet Teathe, but specifics are unclear. The incomplete items resemble a classified or distribution notice from a local paper.
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Suntay
Mat
Cee
Garet Teathe
Lockheed Halt Ordered Over Secrecy Payments
Lockheed Aircraft Corp faces a government halt after revelations of $22 million in secret payments over 12 years to foreign officials and organizations to aid aircraft sales. Treasury head and Senate committee members label the actions bribes or kickbacks, while Lockheed cites business reasons and refuses to name recipients.
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Washington
White House
Senate Intelligence —Committee
Philip W. Buchen
Justice Department
District
Baden
Tim
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Salvador Allende
Chile
Lockheed
Williem E. Simon
Jet
D. J. Houghton
Lockheed Aircraft, Corp
Senate Banking Committee
JAP Wirephoto Government Board
Simon le 2
Haughton
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Treasury
William E. Sinton
Simon
D.J. Haughton
Rhodesian talks pause as ANC debates border talks
Victoria Falls dispatch reports Rhodesian constitutional talks recessed as African National Council leaders meet in Livingstone to decide whether to accept Prime Minister Ian Smiths demand for talks to resume inside Rhodesia. Smith plans to return to Salisbury to sign a preliminary accord if accepted.
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Victoria Falls
Rhodesia
Ian Smith
African National Council
Livingstone
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Moynihan
Oneonta
Waldorf-Astorial Towers
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Warsaw
Prince Philip
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Imeratoa Equestrian Federation
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Willams
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