VOL.100,NO.66 (USPS 650-640)
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THE STUDENT NESSPAPER OF THE TUNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
THURSDAY
NOV. 30, 1989
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Gandhi quits post as prime minister
The Associated Press
NEW DELHI, India — Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi resigned yesterday, and for only the second time since independence in 1947 his Congress Party did not claim the right to form the next government.
Opposition parties began trying to assemble a coalition.
"The people have given their verdict," he said in a televised speech last night.
Gandhi submitted his resignation to President Ramaswamy Venkataraman and said he was ready for the role of opposition leader.
"A new government will be formed. We extend to them our good wishes and offer them our constructive cooperation," said the 45-year-old team leader pilot, who won his own "after-matter" overwhelmingly for a third time.
Congress won more Parliament
seats in last week's elections than any other party but was far short of a majority.
The Congress Party has been out of office only once since independence from Britain.
National Front leaders predicted yesterday that they would choose the next prime minister, but differences arose among the five parties.
A meeting was delayed until tomorrow so legislators from the alliance could try to persuade its main leader, Vishwanath Pratap Singh, to ts<sup>a</sup> the job. Singh has repeatedly said he does not want it.
"There will be trouble in the party if V.P. Singh is not elected prime minister," said Jaipal Reddy of Janata Dal, or People's Party, largest of the five parties in the National Front.
Flood of mail part of Christmas
Singh is a former Gandhi minister and ally who has become his most prominent political foe.
By Anita Mever
Kansan staff writer
Although Santa's work is done in one night, the United States Postal Service and independent mailing services will work overtime during the Christmas rush to ensure all good little boys and girls receive Christmas packages on lime.
Bill Reynolds, postmaster of the Lawrence post office, said the post office received its heaviest load between the day of Thanksgiving and a few days before Christmas.
"We expect our heaviest dates will be on about the 15th, 16th and again on 18th, 20th and 23rd." he said.
Left-handers encounter chair problems at KU
He said the post office averaged 170,000 to 175,000 pieces of mail on an average day. During the Christmas rush, he said that amount jumped to 230,000 to 240,000 a day.
Topeka and Kansas City area post offices also experience a similar rush.
"Our delivery can as much as double," he said.
Dennis Whitley, supervisor of the Oatle post office, said the Christmas rush had been scarcely affected by the postal rate change that occurred two years ago.
Jim McGrath, station manager of the post office in Topeka, said mail delivery peaked about two weeks after Thanksgiving.
"People are still sending as much mail," he said. "You'd think a rate change would affect it more than it has. We're still going to have that Christmas rush from about the last week in November until Christmas."
Independent mailing services also notice a Christmas rush.
Beverly Griffin, co-owner of the Mail Box.
3115 W. Sixth St., said the Mail Box received a rush of mail beginning soon after Thanksgiving.
"Once Thanksgiving is over, watch out," she said. "If people want it there by Christmas, they'd better get it down here."
Griffin said an average day brought in from 50 to 60 boxes per day.
"Two or three weeks before Christmas, we can have abut 600 or more. Our peak time is about 1,000 packages per day.
Ed Ridley, owner of Pack and Ship Express Inc., 2449 Iowa St., said his company did about 25 percent of its yearly business between Thanksgiving and the first of the year.
"We're already beginning to see a Christmas rush," he said. "On an average day we might go as low as 60 packages or as high as 500."
Griffin said customers often chose independent service instead of the post office because the Mail Box had no weight limit.
"We had some diamond rings and watches," he said. "That little package was worth some $35,000."
Riddle said the most unusual package his business had shipped was an assortment of jewelry from a bank that closed.
"We'll ship anything that we can get through the front door," she said. "We've shipped a lot of bicycles. We shipped over 600 pounds of furniture to Massachusetts."
"We once had taxidermied frogs made into a lamp, a lamp," she said. "We've shipped Mountain Dove oversea to servicemen. We delivered dolphins to the French and Delaware delight things like artwork to China."
Griffin said people had often shipped musual items.
Gary Gilbert, manager of the Mail Box in Topeka, said his company would ship 600 nackakes during a peak weekend.
He said that during the peak time between Thanksgiving and Christmas, the Mail Box would probably receive more requests for special services.
"We'll offer a packing service," Gilbert said. "We'll get sacks of presents and get them prepared for shipping."
Randy Davis, owner of the Mailroom in Olathe, said that business could increase by 400 percent but that it would not affect customer service.
McGrath said his post office would offer stress-relievers to help alleviate some of customers' frustration.
"We'll have music in the lobby during our busiest times," he said. "We expect very long lines, and we want people to be as comfortable as possible."
"We're a small business," he said. "We'll still be efficient with no waiting."
Reynolds said that no more people would be hired by the Lawrence postal service because there would be less regular mail coming in.
"That rush will be counterbalanced by all the KU students going home," he said. "We'll probably have more overtime."
customer booking卡 A customer can choose to have a package delivered by a postal worker dressed as Santa Claus.
Reynolds said Lawrence would join Olathe, Kansas City, Kan., Shawnee and Leavenworth in offering Santa Express to customers sending mail by Express Mail
"It been very successful in other cities," he said.
across the country.
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Julie Myers, who is Jewish, said she had no negative feelings about Christmas.
"I love Christmas, even though I'm not a Christian," she said. "It's a joyous holiday."
Although her family did not celebrate Christmas, she said she still enjoyed the seasonal lights and decorated trees.
Joephine Burnett, a member of Jehovah's Witnesses, said Witnesses did not celebrate Christmas and the season had no effect on them.
"Because we don't celebrate Christmas doesn't mean we don't accept Christ," she said.
She said Witnesses did not believe December 25 was the actual birth date of Christ.
"There is nothing in the Bible that commands us to celebrate His birthday. Had we been commanded, we would have been given a date and told what to do."
She said Christmas day is not celebrated in any special way, although many take trips at this time because they have time off from work.
Hanukkah
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congregational dinner.
Allan Greenberg, ritual director for the Khalilah Israel Synagogue, said the community would celebrate Hanukkah with parties, gala events and music.
A favorite food eaten during the holiday is a potato cake called a late, he said. The late are fried in oil, symbolizing the significance of oil in the holiday tradition.
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could waste management
University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, November 29, 1989
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