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The Best In In s u ra n c e C o v e ra g e "
Exclusively Insurance
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He w ho is at ram
generous has lost the
SELL IT THRU THE
being m agnanim ous.
I F o r his bounty, th e r was no
w in te r in it an au tu m n it wa>
1,283 new n?d, w h ite and blue th a t grew the m ore hv r< apin
tru c k s will be serving postal p a t
rons in the four s ta te s of W asb-
ington, O n gon, Idaho and Monr
ta n a by April 1, 1955, it w as a n
nounced today in P o rtla n d by
bn W. N elson, regional vehicle
m an ag er of th e Post Office D e
p a rtm e n t.
Included in th ? m otor vehicle
m odernization p rogram w ill be
SfMi one-half ton rig h t-b a n d drive
panel tru c k s designed and m a n u
factu red for the Post Office D e
p artm en t. All have, a u to m a tic
hifts and th e rig h t-b a n d drives
£
-rtablp m ail c a rrie rs to deposit
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m ail in boxes on th e rig h t band J :•
side of-highw ays w ith o u t m oving
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from the left hand side of th e ; ;
vehicle to th e rig h t.
Also to Ha p u t in use w ill be i
200 th re e -q u a rte r and oik ? ton
Immaculate . . . a t
panel trucks. T hese will be of j
th e “W a lk -in ’ ty p e (or parcel
tractive . . . com
post deliveries. A n o th er 200 one j
fortable. Conven
ton, one-and-a-half ton and tw o ,
ient location . . •
ton tru c k s w ith “p o sta l v a n ” bod- I
ivs sim ilar to the panel tru c k s to
moderate rates.
he used on ru ra l and m ounted
routes, will he used for parcel <
I wist deliveries and m ail collec- I
lions. 03 tw o ton tru c k s w ill be I
S. W. Ilth
used in the la rg e r cities to haul .
mail h 'tw a c n railro ad statio n s and 1
at STARK
th e various post offices and -‘o
tru c k -tra ile rs w ith boxes rang- !
ing from 20 feet to 40 feet in .
length w ill also be put in o p e ra
tion hauling m ail w ith in th e la rg
e r cities.
983 of th e tru c k s are a lre a d y in 1
op «ration, Mr. N elson said, and
3 0 0 additional will be delivered
betw een ilow and April 1. All ol
esc governm ent-ow ned-and-op- j
..a p 'd vehicles will replace those
now provided by p rivate individ-
ds u nder c o n tra c t to the federal i
»vernment. T he Post Office De- I
irtm en t will also continue to
use some c o n tra c t vehicles in j
reas w lu’ri' costs are too g reat.
Mr. Nelson pointed out th a t a
aviugs of ap p ro x im ately 50U in
I he cost of hauling the m ails will
m ade in m any a reas through
I 111« use of governm ent-operated
tru ck s. All of the tru c k s will be
repaired and m ain tain ed e ith e r
in goverr»m ent-op 'ra te d garages
O R LO N , W O O L a n d WORSTED
o r by p riv a te garages under con
tr et to the Post Officv D e p a rt
m ent.
All d riv ers have been given
sjiecial in stru c tio n in highw ay
safety and courtesy.
W a s h a b le
Tlx? e n tire program . Mr. N elson
said, is a p a rt of the Post Office's
m o d e rn i/a tio n p rogram dvsigtied
W o o l a n d O rio n
to speed-up th e delivery ol mail
at reduced cost to the taxpayers.
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