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Between May and September 1971 a scientific management team conducted extensive tests to evaluate the overnight efficiency of intercity airmail deposited in dedicated collection boxes by 4 p.m. Customer service officers posted approximately 100,000 test envelopes per week, which required the delivery office to record the arrival time and to report any problems encountered en route.
Postal Service pronouncements concerning this “airmail improvement plan,” claimed a 95 percent success rate with the program. Of course this plan had originally began with the old Post Office Department. However a number of critics noted that the reported results were invalid because postal employees could easily spot the “test” envelopes in transit and give them special attention.
Independent test mailings by the Associated Press between AP bureau offices in major cities showed significantly poorer results than the Postal Service was bragging about achieving. The AP’s tests showed that it often took two days between the posting and the delivery, and that only 50 percent of the mailings achieved the next-day goal. A Postal Service news release stated that the use of the test envelopes had ended Sept. 20, followed by hand-addressed or typewritten envelopes that resembled normal customers’ mail.
To enhance public awareness of the “new” airmail improvement plan, Airmail Only collection boxes were employed at post offices. This gave prominence and visibility to these collection points on or after Aug. 30, 1971. the new boxes were painted with white tops, set off from the blue lower sections by a red band, and decorated with decals showing a red jet plane outline on a white background. The word AIRMAIL was also visible in tall bold letters on reflective tape.
Customers were informed that mail deposited in the Airmail only boxes by 4 p.m. would be delivered the next day to destination within 600 miles, and the second day to more distant destinations. Independent test mailings still showed that the Postal Service was only meeting its stated goal about half of the time. The Postal Service ignored these results, and continued to brag about its efficiency in next-day airmail delivery.
On Jan. 1, 1972, Elmer T. Klassen, a former president of American Can Co. became the first postmaster general appointed by the USPS board of governors instead of by the President of the United States. He was supposed to have been selected for the position for his business experience rather than his political connections.
The Broadway League reversed itself on September 9 and chose to get theaters to dim their lights in honor of Joan Rivers.
The league had said on September 8 that Joan Rivers did not meet the criteria for the honor, triggering a controversy when several theater owners said they would turn off their marquee lights on September 9 anyway. An online petition was launched and several celebrities came out in favor of granting the honor.
The organization changed course Tuesday afternoon, saying the lights would dim at 6:45 PM for one minute.
“Joan Rivers loved Broadway and we loved her,” Charlotte St. Martin, the league’s executive director, said in a statement.
“Due to the outpouring of love and respect for Joan Rivers from our community and from her friends and fans worldwide, the marquees of Broadway theatres in New York will be dimmed in her memory tonight.”
The Broadway League reversed itself and chose to get theaters to dim their lights in honor of Joan Rivers (photo Getty Images)
Joan Rivers, who died on September 4 at 81, was known primarily as a TV actress and comedian, though she was seen as a champion of Broadway and off-Broadway shows and earned a Tony Award nomination.
Before the league’s reversal, 10 theaters out of 40 were set to break with the league and dim their lights. Theater producer Tom D’Angora had started an online petition asking the league to reverse its decision. It had attracted more than 5,000 signatures.
“I can’t believe we can be denied the last chance to show respect and thank her. I also think if you watch her interviews and documentaries, this would hurt her feelings,” Tom D’Angora said.
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An annual Christmas crackdown aimed at cutting the number of drink-driving incidents on Derbyshire’s roads has begun.
Part of the campaign is this heard-hitting video which shows some of the carnage that has been caused on the county’s roads by drink drivers.
Chief Inspector Tracy Lewis, head of roads policing in the county, said: “Many people head out to celebrate over Christmas and New Year and have a drink, and the message we are giving is simple – if you do have a drink, don’t get behind the wheel.
“Alcohol can have a massive impact on driver awareness and reaction times, and the devastation drink-driving can cause is huge.
“We run this campaign every year and the aim is to keep our roads safe. We will be stopping cars and doing breath tests, and we will take action against anyone who is over the limit.
“If you have a drink and then get behind the wheel, you could lose your licence, end up in prison, or cause a tragic accident. It simply isn’t worth taking the risk.
“If you someone who has had an alcoholic drink and is about to drive off, call us on 999 so we can take immediate action and help keep our roads safe.”
Drink- and drug-drive operations take place throughout the year but police place a particular focus on December, due to the number of social events held over the festive season.
During last year’s Christmas campaign, officers administered 391 breath tests and of those, 79 drivers (almost 20 per cent) gave a positive test, refused to take it, or failed to provide a sample.
Alternatively, you can call Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111. To qualify for a reward from Crimestoppers, people must report information directly to the charity and not to police. The information must then lead to a conviction in court.