Mail delays and scam warnings flood reader letters
A jumble of letters discusses delayed pay and forwarding issues in Tennessee and Maryland, questions Nixon's Quaker ties, and a car repair saga. Readers warn about a postal service fault, praise Nixon era policy nuances, and recount a warning about an addressing kit scam from New York City with Better Business Bureau cautions.
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Mary Jardine
New York Ciy
Volke
Hagerstown
New York Better Business Bureau
Ibd
Vgainst
Customer complains over replacement winter coat with holes
Mrs D M of Greencastle Pa asks what to do after a Cleveland clothier failed to replace a defective coat and sent a too large substitute. She notes delays since August and seeks guidance on returning the item or securing a proper size, with payment terms unclear.
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Danvery
Greencastle
Tiedertman
Blom
Mr. Leidsoy
Memorial Day Sale and Postal Rates Noted in Town Listings
Fragmented OCR notes reference Memorial Day observances and a postal rate table. It mentions Independence Day, addresses on Summit Ave and Harperstown Md, with price lines indicating weekly rates and monthly or yearly totals. The text is garbled but shows a local notice style with figures such as 30 cents per week and annual totals around 324.00.
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Summit Avengerstovic
Med
Zipcoda
Sage Pesteke
Haperstown
Saperated Press
Face Saving Settlement Over Tapes Court Urges Nixon Cox Compromise
The U S Circuit Court proposed a face saving settlement on Watergate tapes. If Nixon and Cox agree, portions could go to grand jury while avoiding a ruling on constitutional issues. A memorandum urged mutual agreement to submit only necessary material.
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Court
Margaret Gentry Washington
Nixon
Archibald Cox
Cox
Charles Alan Wright
White House
Court of Appeals
U.S
John J. Sitka
Brand
Wright
Executive Branch
Appeals Court
CIA Shakeup Under New Chief Signals Intelligence Reform
The CIA faces a large leadership shakeup as new chief William Colby plans to replace the old Board of National Estimates with specialized National Intelligence Officers. The move aims to centralize dissent and improve defense, China, and Soviet analyses, drawing from CIA, Pentagon and State Department sources.
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Barry Schweid
Atomic Energy Commission
Washington
Dickland
Army
Navy
William EB. Colby
Air Force
CIA
Nixon
U.S
China
Soviet Union
Colby
Latin America
Jadimirals and
Living Merchant
United States Intelligence Raage
Cathy
Defense Intelligence Agency
Treasury T
He Caneels
Pentagon
State Department
Ser
Stuark Symington
D-Mo
Chile Military Leaders Build Temporary Political Base
Chilean military chiefs who toppled President Allende gained temporary political support from moderate and right wing parties. The Christian Democrats and National Party expressed approval, while leftist blocs faced fleeings and crackdowns as gun battles waned and regime control solidified.
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Robert D. Ghman
Santiago
Chile
joverLiven
Salvador Alene
Tio Rtoderate
Christian Democratic Party
National Party
Allende
Christian Nemacrats
Ev Aryone
Party
Providem Patrieto Aylwis
Sergio Onofre Jarpa
Hel
Asl
Rugekbone
Popular Unity Coalition
France Ends Nuclear Tests in South Pacific
Paris reports that France completed its 1973 nuclear weapon tests at the Moruroa Atoll in the South Pacific. An official notice cancelled maritime warnings and confined a 60 mile zone around the atoll signaling the tests’ end for the year. Curfews and street restrictions occurred in Santiago amid Chilean unrest and exile rumors of Prats leading counter-revolution forces.
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Paris
South Pacific
Ofiicial
Slotr'glear
Miruroa Atoll
Templeville Faces Revenue Sharing Cuts and Delays
Templeville officials and residents criticize federal revenue sharing rules as unnecessary and costly. The town received 144 dollars this year but owes 126 dollars for debt service development projects, prompting calls to halt the checks. The Templeville commission, led by Harry Knotts, has asked federal agencies to stop further payments while awaiting confirmation of the nomination of J. Reed Ruckelshaus to the No. 2 post in the Justice Department.
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Templeville
Harry T. Knsotts
Office of Revenue Sharing
Giesn Anne’s
I County Commission
Washington (Ap
Ilia DL
Ritekelshims
Senate
Alby
Senate Judiciary Com
Jocal
Ruckelshans
Knotts
Justlee Department
Laos Peace Pact Forms Coalition Government
VIENTIANE Laos AP The Vientiane government and the Pathet Lao signed a four point peace pact creating a coalition government for Laos. Premier Souvanna Phouma will head the new government and hopes to meet by Oct 10. US pledged continued aid and cooperation, with 50 million in economic aid and reduced military support. Foreign forces to depart within 60 days, with North Vietnam kept on the Ho Chi Minh trail. Lang remains divided with Pathet Lao controlling about 40 percent of land and a third of the population.
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Nixon
Fojibe
Society of Friends
Cambodia
Watergate
J. J
Haserstown
Und
BR. Whittier
Calif
Whittier
Eugene Coffin
Hea
Kb, Whittier
Friends Committee On National Logisla 3i
FCNL
Washington, D.C
Society
of Friends
Viey
Vietnam
Laos
Ahat
Ndochina
PCNL
China
Clotfin
White House
Friends
E Whittier
Vientiane, Laos
Vientiane
Pathet Lao
Souvanna Phouma
Pheng Phongsavan
Ngon Sananikene
Vientiane Goverment
Phoumi Vongvichit
Phoumi Siprasuth
Pathet Iaa
U.S
United States
US S
Skylab Crew Remains in Top Shape After 49 Days
Skylab 2 astronauts Bean Garriott and Lousma approach the end of their 9 day mission in good condition, matching Skylab 1 progress after 28 days. Space Center Houston reports slight increases in heart rates but no serious abnormalities from tests aboard the station.
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Space Center
Houston
Space Agency
Gove. Almna
D. Bean
Jack F
Lousma
Owen K. Garriott
Pacific Ocean
Space
Royce Hawkins
Orbiting Space Station
Hawkins
Bean
Garriott
Tousma
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