Postal Service Weighs Saturday Mail Curtailment Despite Backlash
The Postal Service keeps deliberating Saturday delivery cuts despite House sentiment to retain six delivery days a week. Congress may compel this via a bill proposed by Representatives Wilson and Hanley, which would boost subsidies and make the postmaster general a presidential appointee.
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Washington
Postal Service
House
Congress
House Post Office
Charles H. Wilson
D-Calif
James M. Hanley
D-N. Y
Postal Rate Commission
Commission
Federal
Commission On Postal Service
Study Commission
Wilson
Hanley
Navy personnel take part in Comptuex 5-77 in Atlantic
Navy personnel from Virginia and nearby towns joined the Exercise Comptuex 5-77 in the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea aboard USS Richard E. Byrd and USS Josephus Daniels. Participants include Seaman James D. Schoppet of Stephens City and Charles W. Chapin of Winchester.
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Atlantic Ocean
Caribbean Sea
Navy
James D. Schoppet
Charles H. Schoppet
Stephens City
Richard E. Byrd
Norfolk
Lynchburg College
Schopper
The
Charles W. Chapin
Thelma N. Snyder
Winchester
Chapin
Josephus Daniels
U.S. Atlantic
NATO
Atlantic Standing Naval Force
Puerto Rico
Frederick County Republicans names co chairs for state elections
Bert Burkholder and James G Harman Sr were named Frederick County co chairmen for Republican candidates in the upcoming state elections. Large maple and willow trees on West Main Street Berryville are being toppled to make way for a new A P store. University of California studies suggest a device to automatically reject frost damaged citrus from inspection lines. All time soft drink consumption records were set in Winchester and nationwide during the unusually hot summer.
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Bert Burkholder
James G. Harman Sr
Frederick County
West Main Street
Berryville
A&p
University of California
Winchester
Exxon Discloses $58 Million In Foreign Payments
Exxon disclosed to the SEC that from 1963 to 1975 it paid about $58 million across 16 countries to government and corporate officials, political parties, and others for aims including expediting licenses, obtaining permits, and influencing policy. The payments, largely legal, were disclosed to settle SEC action and were not all previously identified.
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Stephen M
Washington Star
Washington
Exxon Corp
Italy
Vinceno Lazzaniga
Esso Italiana
Japan
Okinawa
Exxon
Laos
Belgium
Brazil
Chile
New York
France
Tunisia
Libya
Malaysia
Venezuela
C P Telephone reports earnings below authorized return
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. announces 8.4 percent intrastate return for the year ended June 30, below the 9.2 percent authorized rate. The company notes 8.7 percent when expenses and revenues are recast, says no rate increase request is made, and plans to improve earnings through new products, marketing, and cost controls.
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Richmond
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co
State Corporation Commission
C&p
SCC
Commission
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