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...Postal Guide lists others in Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas...
...French postal strike (see FOREIGN NEWS), which set communications in France back to the 17th century, was too much for the Aga Khan, who had come to Aix-les-Bains for a peaceful fortnight. He left town in a huff (actually, in a green Rolls Royce with red leather upholstery) and headed for the 20th century in Lausanne. Switzerland, followed by his chauffeur, maid and luggage in a second car. "The Aga Khan," it was explained, "receives and sends many letters and needs to make frequent phone calls abroad...
Perret also works closely with the Army and Fleet Postal Officers on military subscription problems. When he visited Naples recently, the Fleet Postal Officer commented on the speed with which TIME keeps up with the movement of Navy ships from one FPO to another. Ferret explained that TIME'S worldwide publication of five editions makes it logistically easy to keep up with a wandering Navy vessel. For example, if a sailor's ship is in the Mediterranean or the North Sea, he would get the Atlantic edition. If he moved into the Pacific, he would get either...
Beginning in Bordeaux. The strike began in Bordeaux among the poorly paid postal workers. Rumor gave it wings. French workers, squeezed in the economic scissors of higher prices and stationary wages, worried that the new Premier, Joseph Laniel, was planning to economize at their expense. They got their blow in first and walked...
From the Socialist Force Ouvrière unions, the call went out for a general stoppage. Catholic unions joined in; so did the Communists. After 24 hours, most of the Socialist and Catholic unionists began trooping back to work. Postal workers stayed out; so did the Communists, hoping to use the strike to bring down the government. This week, when Laniel's reforms were finally announced, the Reds ordered 270,000 Communist railroad men (more than half the total force) to stop the trains again. In some provincial towns, police and soldiers pitched in to sort the mail...