Zip Code Debate Slowdowns Mail Sorting in Middletown
DAVID BARRETT reports Middletown post office practices show zip codes aid long distance mail but local sorting relies on city or state names. A New York to New Jersey example yielded slower delivery with a coded address, while letters to distant states are sorted by zip code in Suffern.
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Middletown
New York
West Orange
N.J
Suffern
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Illinois
California
Florida
Texas
Post Office Zip Code Push Aids Mail Sorting
A discussion of ZIP codes improving mail sorting, citing Suffern officials and clerks. The piece notes nearly universal support among clerks, fears of job losses among union members, and the potential for automation if Congress funds widespread coding. It contrasts coded versus uncoded mail and mentions a move to sort Pennsylvania mail by ZIP code.
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Suffern
Suffern Sectional
Thomas J. Byrne
Pennsylvania
Postal Clerk Union
Congress
Post Office
Pattern for Progress calls for high speed rail in Mid-Hudson region
The Mid-Hudson Pattern for Progress outlines improvements to rail, air and highway links centered on high speed rail along the Penn Central and Erie Lackawanna lines. It urges commitments to build aviation airports, accelerate a $2.9 billion MTA program, and coordinate land use with new transit to guide growth in towns like Poughkeepsie, Beacon, and Hudson.
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New Paltz
Penn Central
Erie Lackawanna
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
New York
Albany
Hudson River
Poughkeepsie
Beacon
Hudson
Erie Lackawanna Line
Orange County
Pattern
Penn- Central
Lackawanna
Mid-Hudson
State Urban Development Corp
UDC
H. Peter Stern
New York Metropolitan
Long Island
New Jersey
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Matthew H. Jaworski
Father Jaworski
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