Postal fee hikes take effect nationwide on Saturday
The Post Office announced increases in money order insurance registry and C O D fees across the country effective Saturday. The changes aim to reduce a $60 million annual deficit in special services, with estimates of a $36 million annual shift to user payments. Details include higher money order fees, insurance brackets, combined registry fees at 75 cents, C O D brackets capped at 60 cents, and a 10 cent rise for Certified Mail to 30 cents. Losses funded by the U S Treasury.
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Postmaster General
Federal Treasury
Marsh Says U S Food Capacity Must Be Used
Rep John O Marsh Jr urged rapid use of U S agricultural capacity to meet world food needs. He spoke at a meeting of feed poultry production leaders at the Holiday Inn in Harrisonburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisonburg
John O. Marsh, Jr
United States
Marsh
Holiday Inn
Brunswick Adds 300 Negro Voters
In Lawrenceville Virginia the Brunswick County voter rolls grew by over 300 Black registrants after a week long drive by college students from Smith Bucknell Boston University and DePauw aided by St Pauls College and Russell High School. The effort by the NCYWCA and the Brunswick County NAACP aims to boost participation with 1100 residents pledging to register. remaining were to register at the next date April 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrenceville
Brunswick County
Smith College
DePaw
Bucknell
Boston
St. Paul’s Colege
Russell High School
National Council of the Ywca
Corning Glass Workers to Attend Grand Feature Parade
The Corning Glass Works Martinsburg plant will give employees a holiday for the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival Grand Feature parade day. About 700 seats in special bleachers near Handley library will be set up for the April 29 parade at 1:30 p.m. Winchester Kiwanis will manage seating.
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Corning Glass Works
Martinsburg
W. Va
Winchester
Ernest E. McIntyre
Department of Public Safety and Public Service
Corning Company
McIntyre
Handley Library
Winchester Kiwanis Club
GFP
Gary Sibert
Kiwanis
Winchester - Frederick County
Citizens’ Band Radio Club, Inc
Radio Club
PBX Conference Aids Winchester Firms In Management Meet
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co hosted a field management conference at the Darlington Motor Inn with 17 area firms attending. Talks and films stressed trained PBX attendants proper procedures and etiquette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chesapeake and Potomac
G.B. Masters
the Telephone Co
Virginia
Con Life Insurance Company
Winchester District
Darlington Motor Inn
Wincheste
Agement
Offici
Procendurasc
Fice
G. L. Riggs
Winchester
C and P Telephone Co
Ruth Turner
Phyllis Grim
Two Men Rescued After Boat Capsizes in Willoughby Bay
NORFOLK AP reports two men Charles R. Hardison and Millard L. Hardison clung to a small boat for two hours after it capsized in Willoughby Bay. They were rescued by a Navy crash boat and later pronounced in good condition by a Navy physician. The men were fishing when the incident occurred.
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Norfolk
Willoughby Bay
Charles R. Hardison
Washington, D.C
Millard L. Hardison
Navy
Ebert Buick Dealership Through Generations
The H W Ebert Buick showroom on N Loudoun St contrasts with the first customer in 1916 George Burrell of Millwood. Since 1916 about 25 000 cars have been sold and three generations led by H W Ebert Sr and Jr. factors include White House drivers Gibson Baker and Franklin D Roosevelt Jr. and a 1950 peak of 195 new autos. Terry Ford joins as a part time salesperson at 17.
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Gibson Baker
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Eleanor Roosevelt
White House
Ebert
Virginia Students Hold Peace Rally at Federal Reformatory
Thirty one members of the Virginia Student Civil Rights Committee staged an hour long peaceful demonstration at the federal reformatory near Petersburg over the weekend to protest the Vietnam War. Warden D M Heritage directed them to a suitable site and urged no incitement of inmates. The students sang protest songs and read a statement citing three inmates jailed for draft resistance as the reason for choosing the site.
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Winchester Service
Ferrum College
James Wood
Ferrumunior College
William E. Fitzgerald
Division of Fine Arts
Ferrum
Kernstown
Clinton Ritter
Pring
Roanoke
U.S
Brunswick
Corning Glass
Masters
Canning Company
Little Miss Canning Co., Inc
Berkeley Springs
W.va
Southern Packing Co
Baltimore
Little Miss Canning Co
Little Miss
Cooper & Auerebach
A.S.A
Copley Square
Mass
City of
Cooper
Clarke T. Cooper, Jr
Cooper & Auerbach
Potomac Valley
A.L
Washington Metropolitan
Adams
Merchants’ Post
Calvin R. Adams
Brucetown
Pittmar Plaza Merchants Association
Lynchburg
Martin Adams
Clearbrook
Leggett’s Plaza
James Wood High School
Belk’s
Charlotte
N.C
Belk-Leggett
Lynch
Pingley
Tour
Linden A. Pingley, Jr
John W. Rosenberger and Co
New York
Stuart M. Perry
Winchester Rt
Berryville
Carroll H. Henkel
Henkel-Harris Co
Southern Furniture Manufacturers Association
Charles Carey
Drexel Furniture Co
Drexel
J. D. Bassett, III
Basset Furniture Industries
Bassett
B. B. Lane
the Lane Co., Inc
Altavista
New First
Tom Allen
Thomasville Furniture Industries
Thomasville, N.C
Buick Agency
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation
Winchester Savings An Loan
Winchester, Virginia
Boscawen
Washington Streets
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