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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 9, 1976)
1 : IhLTEhy, &ccrr.r 0, 1078 pzzi 13 f ) $V xxx Photo by Kmin Hisy its who may be f creed to cope Ths Gateway Csr.k ia ths Nsbre&a Uaina offers a comfottslls s'tersaifrs far stud; ' ..-? leu-SasnuAa auA.A .JiS.?v -..!..-. .13.-. I ! -L . .. By Lsny Lctz - ?M8 only Santa Gros can guarastes delivery of pack ages ca tin during the Christmas season, ths JS. Postal Ssrtfcs xzys they ess do just about as good with a littk cooperation from ths public. IJsuaTy the service says they can ddiver any piece of issl within three days, but because the volume just ssut doubles dssg the holidays, regular ssrvice is disrupted, accoi to a postal official. "Duane" Olson, public rsfatioas director for the postal service, saU dead-: tzzz ass every year to guarantee Christinas delivery, but this year ths problem is even greater. : ' - ; "wen's fcsi to move up our deadlines considerably be ccrs of ILs United Parcel Service (U?S) strike", be said. Ince we Ye going to be handls all the packages this yi, we've had to move our deadline up a week or so. Drivers for an independent parcel delivery system, have been on strike in 17 extern states this fall. Olson said ths deadlines were msvsd up to handls ths ia crests ia volume that usually would be carried by UPS. Cae deaIne passd The deadline for guaranteeing delivery of cards and V H i v I I Jmw'" Ml i i "n.rc's scsiethins r.r. in bridsl 2ts zX zn cld-fhior.ci valus. a. 3 Oiaisda. 14 test c4it"3 6. 3 DiomcfsSa. 14 teat gold, S3 c. 5 ccrvis. 14 Ksrtt cc4i. Lsywy far CLjL 2- ffyf;f.t afficeesls K,Isssae letters has passsd. It was set as Dec. 3. The dsadlins for pactees is Dec. 14. Olson ssM it is stO posslbk for mail sent after the deadline to arrive before Christmas, but ths postal service cannot guarantee it. lis said partons should wrap) packages with brown pap, instead f gift wrpiug. Hs said co packs" could fcs delivered without zip codes. Ccrds and kttsrs should contain both the ssndsrt and "receiers address arj.xlp cods, he ssil, nd should be bundlsd if a lot of pieces are going to ths sams zip code axes. Letters to Ca 01sn sail ons type of irud naturally picks up during ths holiday ssason. lis sail fetters to Santa Qaus, although net the most nuicsrous, are often ths most interesting and popuhr. . H3 not denying there was a Santa Glaus, Olson sail . the letters pose a problem for delivery. Hs ssid ths fetters ars handlsd on a local level, but couldn't say whether that was by elves or postal employes. Most of the fetters ars signed with only a first cams, so even responding to them is difficult, he said, lis said bed groups, such as cslTCrsty sizaticss, crdc groups end n-!io stations, have acd to tzz ths letters so thty can help Santa Oalus with ths delivery of ths presents. Santa Qca lad. It is possible to receive fetters from Santa Calus and the North Pols, Olson said. A self-addressed, damped envelope can be sent to Santa Qaus, lad. or ths North Pole, Colorado Springs, Col., for a cancellation postmark, he said. Olson said that not even elves could handle ths in crsassd volume of mail, so the postal service has hired 25 additional employes for the Lincoln station. They will work through the end of ths year on an unscheduled basis, working only at peak hours, hs said. They will work after Christmas for a .few days, hs ssM, because of an in-. ' creass ia advertising maShigs. I t n 4 .Ren, Dccn, Lccnf CLidy end A! ! end cutting I ' ' By Gecrgs Miller Christmas comes but once a year, and when it comes it . brings records. Yes folks, the record industry gets into the Yuletids spirit by offering a wide range of new releases for the Christmas-shopping crowd. New recordings by Stevie Wonder, Rod Stewart, Glen Campbell, Andy WEliams, Vaylon Jennings are just some that have mads their way to record stores in time for the Christmas rush. Greatest hits sell According to Steve Rippe, manager of Dirt Cheap Records, 217 N. 11th St., albums containing performers ers' greatest hits sell well during Christmastime. "The trend that started about two years ago was (putting out) greatest hits records," Rippe said. "(Singers) are keeping up that trend (this year) because they feel greatest hits have the largest appeal to the greatest number of people." ' Sid Moore, manager of the Record Shop, at Gateway Shopping Center, said many people give greatest hits albums for Christmas because they think people have to like the album simply because it is a greatest hits record. . However, he said that many people still like to give unique records as gifts. V . " . November rdessss Albums released in time for Christmas usually corns out during November. Moors said this is because it takes about a month for people to knew that a record has been released. , ' "Everybody under the sun comes out with (an album) at Christmas," hs said. Ripps said that December is always his busiest month of the year. He said the rush doesn't really wind down until February. " .. . "People get a few bucks from grandmother and grand .father (for Christmas) and buy albums during January, he said. . ' Moore said the sales drop-off after Christmas is not bad, but it "seems like a bigktiown" because business in December is so much greater than during ths rest of ths year. Qstteas cssslc However, the Christmas record boom apparently does not includs albums of Christmas music. ., Walter .Tucker, manager of Tucker's Record Shop, 2143 0 St., said Christmas records ars notytry fefj sellers. "Certain pecpls eight have one favorits (aUxsn) iLsf v corns, in and. buy sd save.fno..year to yearfcs tail. Thgy don't buy scarcest (essh ytzs Moors said Christmas albums sell "fairly wc2 evsry 'year, especially during the last few weeks before Christmas.- Ripps said there are not many "new" Christmas 4 albums released, just the old standard songs. Hs said Dirt Cheap stocks Christmas albums, but that they do not ssll overly well. Cassettes and 8-trsck tes Cassette and 8-track tapes apparently have not mads a very big dent in the sales of records, the store managers ", say.. . - ; ... Ripps said Dirt Cheap sells about 75 per cent albums and 25 per cent tapes. Tucker said S-tracks outsell cassettes because many' stereo components have an 8-trcek player built into them. However, he said that albums stl outsell tapes. "Pecpls wl always go for albums if ths price is rght, he said. Moore said tapes sell "just about as good as albums. Dut he also added that "records are number one and probably always will be. . I I 1 ! I I D i ! Frcmcs A!r Bmch: Linen CcnC3 .4 01 8- Aery's Pc'nt Sets . f I! dVAi r .UvUI HMD ..T f .1 A- i ' it J I -I X t :r i t "i n i " t : - ' f - h r i " t i irjn.ir;h crc:i2 s