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Christmas Mails
Set Holiday Mark
More than 10 billion pieces of mail were handled by post offices across the Nation .from December 1 through 25, setting a record for holiday mail volume.
Despite the record load the Post Office Department announced yesterday the letters and parcels were handled with almost 2 per cent fewer manhours work than last year. In 1961, 9.4 billion pieces of mail were handled in the same period. The bulk of the Christmas mall, 8 billion pieces, waflr of letter size. More than 308 million large parcels were mailed during the 25day period, while small parcels under 8 ounces comprised the remainder of the voJume, officials said.
Woman I* Awarded $2,158
Found In Chicken Coop
Finders are keepers in the case of a woman who turned up $2,158 on the floor of a chicken coop in Fairfax County, Circuit Court Judge Albert V. Bryan, Jr., ruled yesterday. He awarded the money to Mrs. Catherine Ballard of Route 5, Vienna, over the objection of the daughter of the former owner of the farm Mrs. Virginia Coulter. The present owner did not make a claim. Mrs. Ballard, whose husband rents the farm, found the money on September 10 while she and her mother were feeding chickens. Mrs. Ballard called police who put the money in a Herndon saving institution pending the court decision. Mrs. Coulter testifiedyesterday that her father, now dead, was in the habit of hiding money and might have hidden the sum found by Mrs. Ballard.
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