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Elvis, mail and love: Ventura’s Post Office Bill still sells stamps after 55 years

When Bill Pendergrass, then 20 and sporting a mustache to look older, started working at a downtown Ventura post office, Richard Nixon had just been elected president. The Beatles were still together. Stamps cost 6 cents.

Mail service issues in the news – 01/19/24.

Mail service issues are in the news every day.  Below are the latest articles I found.

Latest postal facility review articles – 01/19/24

The U.S. Postal Service plans to review Processing and Distribution Centers as part of its 10-year Delivering for America plan. These are the latest articles found in the news

USPS mail thefts and robberies – 01/19/24

Postal worker robberies and other mail thefts are becoming a daily event. These are the ones I found today.

Fans have been swooning over USPS Love stamps since 1973

The first Love stamp was introduced in 1973 and billed as a “Special Stamp for Someone Special.” It featured artist Robert Indiana’s iconic 1960s Love design, which he previously rendered as a painting and a sculpture.

Bad apples in the postal service – 01/19/24

Sentencing and arrests I found today about postal workers committing postal crimes.

Elvis, mail and love: Ventura’s Post Office Bill still sells stamps after 55 years

When Bill Pendergrass, then 20 and sporting a mustache to look older, started working at a downtown Ventura post office, Richard Nixon had just been elected president. The Beatles were still together. Stamps cost 6 cents.

Mail service issues in the news – 01/19/24.

Mail service issues are in the news every day.  Below are the latest articles I found.

Latest postal facility review articles – 01/19/24

The U.S. Postal Service plans to review Processing and Distribution Centers as part of its 10-year Delivering for America plan. These are the latest articles found in the news

USPS mail thefts and robberies – 01/19/24

Postal worker robberies and other mail thefts are becoming a daily event. These are the ones I found today.

USPS – Recent case on firearms at the post office does not change postal policy

A recent Florida district court decision is being misreported or may be misinterpreted as holding that the Postal Service’s ban on carrying firearms — either openly or concealed, or storing them on USPS property — is unconstitutional.

Minnesota House delegation calls for statewide USPS investigation

The Minnesota-North Dakota postal district is ranked among the 10 worst-performing USPS districts for first class mail service performance – with Minnesotans consistently reporting days-long mail delivery delays, the representatives said in a press release.
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