ARMED FORCES: Save the Postman

For its 19,000 Pentagon warriors and civil servants, the Army had a holiday message last week: if you want to wish the man at the next desk Merry Christmas, do it personally this year—don't send a card. Reason for the new regulation: the labyrinthine Pentagon's footsore postmen already carry all the mail they can handle. Signing the regulation: Old Foot Soldier Maxwell D. Taylor, Army Chief of Staff.

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