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...years. At the age of 16, every male Tongan gets eight acres of land, for which he pays an annual tax of about $7 U.S. to the Tongan government and a token rental to his chief. Tonga has its own passports, its own currency and its own postal system (including the station, famed among philatelists, of "Tin Can Island...
Many Government workers-postal employees, for example-do not get such handsome treatment, he pointed out. His proposal: the Government could save $100 million annually without cutting a single essential service by scaling civil-service vacations down to 20 working days a year and cutting paid sick leave to twelve working days. When the Senate voted it down 57 to 14 (primarily because he had awkwardly tried to tack on his plan as an amendment to an appropriation bill), he braved the scowls of civil servants lurking on the edges of the chamber, promised to keep trying...
Yale defeated the varsity rifle team in a postal match Saturday, 1365 to 1334, results received yesterday disclosed...
Results also received recently showed that the varsity edged Princeton, 1359 to 1354, Saturday, March 4, in another postal match. The individual scoring in this match was: Reem, 277; Shuttleworth, 275; Ed Seaga, 271; Knight, 268; and Bill Lindamood...
...Approved legislation for a $130 million-a-year boost in U.S. postal rates. The bill would raise rates in all classes of service except letters, boost the mailing cost for postcards...