The Star Press from Muncie, Indiana • Page 11

THE MUN'OE STAR. FRIDAY. MAY 4. 1984 PAGE 11 Carriage Horse Runs Amok, 1 Killed Post Office Plans Tours on Saturday By JOAN SCHWARTZ CHARLESTON, SC. (UP!) -A horse apparently spooked by a construction crew's jackham-mers stampeded through the City Market tourist section of Charleston Thursday, killing a street vendor and injuring the driver of its carnage Witnesses said tourists scat tered as the horse cleared a path through one of the open-air market buildings, jumping on tables and knocking stands aside Eugenia Smith, 54.

who sold handicrafts in the market died at the Medical University of South Carolina Hospital about 24 hours after the incident, officials said letters in your name, and the last three digits of your zip code. If you spell a name wrong, your mail wont arrive as quickly as usual, he said. If you'd Lke to see how your mail is handled, the post office is having an open house Saturday. Tours will be offered all day, and workers will explain operations. For more information, call 747-5521 The volume of mail has increased treme-dousiy in the past few years, he said, which makes speed and accuracy in delivery even more important.

Although 295 people work in the main office and 100 work in this area, many of the operations are mechanized. Gillette said. Even more will be automated in the stare. "We're a little old fashioned here," he said, "but weH be replacing old equipment with modem machinery to better efficiency within the next few years." That doesn't mean postal workers win lose their jobs, he said. Workers simply will not be replaced when they leave.

Besides new automation within the post office, customers can help the mail move more smoothly. Some customers have been concerned about the new "Zip Plus Four" campaip the postal service recently has promoted. Gillette said the extra four numbers tacked onto the end of a regular zip code are being used mainly to help businesses who advertise by mail. "The extra four numbers aren't required for individuals, and really dont do them much good," be said. "Most people dont realize this, but you dont even have to put the five-digit zip code on letters.

It just slows the process if you dont use a regular zip code." The best way people can help the post office is by making sure the name on the address is spelled correctly, Gillette said, especially if there is a change of address. Your name and address is kept in a computer that remembers you by the first three Bar Sua bfnr How does the U5. Postal Service, which handles 117 million pieces of mail every year in East Central Indiana, get yoor mail to yov? One fast step at a time. Tte Mancie Post Office at Sol W. Memorial Drive handles mad going in and out of all areas that have zip codes starting with 473 from Mootpelier to Liberty to the Ohio state line.

That's a big area and a lot of mad. Jim Gillette, director of customer services, said customers most often complain about two things speed and consistency. "We're working hard to improve in both of those areas," Gillette said as he took a group of reporters through the main office. Mail is handled five to eight times before it reaches its destination even if the mailing address is right across the street, he said. "A 1 percent error can really cause problems." Gillette said.

"There's always the chance of human If you are mailing a letter across town, whether you live in Eaton or New Castle, it's most likely going to go through Muncie first "It does seem silly to ship mail here from, say. Richmond, and then send it back the next day." Gillette said, "but with our sorting equipment here, it goes a lot faster." If you mail a letter before 5 p.m. on a weekday, it will be delivered by the next day within a 150-mile radius, be said. About half of the mail that goes through the post office remains in the area. Gillette said.

The rest of it is sent to Indianapolis. Chicago and Dayton for air transport across the country and beyond. Isn't it time you wake up in comfort and get rid of that old mattress and box springs? Then come to the wake-up sale at the WATERBED The Contempora7 Look CAPRI as 1 1 i pioy IT Financing Available Terms 90 Days These Credit Cards Ensure Instant Credit Hot Dogs, Candy, Grapes Cause Choking Deaths in Small Children juliLajjBiwJBBV ffl ubbbbbbIbbbbbbbbbbbbbI 'urabzrb ecliroms deaths were attributed to specific foods. "The results of this nationwide study indicate that about every five days another child dies of asphyxiation by food in the United States," they said in the Journal of the American Medical Association. In the study, 66 to 77 deaths occured each year among children younger than age 10.

More than 90 percent deaths were in children under age 5 and 65 percent in infants under age 2. "I don't think until this study had been done, anyone really knew the magnitude of the number of deaths in food asphyxiation in children," Harris said. In the study, 103 foods were identified on death certificates. Round foods were most often mentioned hot dog products 17 percent, candy 10 percent, nuts 9 percent and grapes 8 percent By SHARON RUTENBERG I'PI Srwarc Writer CHICAGO A national study released Thursday labeled hot dogs, candy, nuts, grapes and certain other foods as "hazardous" to children, who can choke to death on them in a matter of minutes. "This is a sudden death situation.

You do not nave time to call for much assistance." independent research consultant Carole Stalling Harris of Falls Church, Va said in a telephone interview. We found there are specific foods that are specifically hazardous to children that can be completely avoided with safe substitutes." such as cereal, eggs, fruits and vegetables. Harris and colleagues at Johns Hopkins University studied records of children through age 9 in 41 states from 1979 to 1981 whose Boy Scouts Honor Veteran Volunteer ACROSS FROM K-MART MARSH ON McGALUARD Next to Computerland 289-5113 10 a to 9 p.m. Noon to 5 p.m. HEATERS The Golden Eagle District of the Boy Scouts of America Thursday night awarded the Silver Beaver, the highest honor bestowed to a volunteer, to William R.

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MO N. Brady St, struck a parked car owned by Nora L. Eddins, N. Woll St Kirby Avenue and Vine Street, 10:15 am. Cars driven by Eugene Hedges.

7, 1100 Meeker and W. Gaddis. 12, 1, Springport Washington and Liberty streets, a.m. Cars driven by AncU E. Chambers.

7J, R. 1, Daleville, Bruce A. Carter, 28, 1SOS N. Elm St, and ClaraneUe Griffith, 4C. 1009 E.

Memorial Madison Street and Memorial Drive. 11:50 a.m. Cars driven by Lisa G. Rawlinson, 20, i960 S. Chippewa Lane, and Robert R.

Cox, II, 20M E. 18th St Washington and Elm streets, 1 p.m. Cars driven by Roselyn M. Youngblood, 20, 405 Morrison Road, and Mary E. Bittinger, 52.

J40I N. Oakwood Ave. i Hoyt Avenue and 11th Street, 0:14 pm Cars driven by Stephen M. Compliment, 11. 1620 Sheffield Drive, and Charles A.

Sunt. 10. 200 W. Annie Drive. FIRE ALARMS Thursday 1011 pm 2414 E.

DePauw Ave, house fire, pumper, 1 rescue. 1 tanker. 2:12 p.m. 2414 E. DePauw Ave.

recalled to house fire to extinguish hot, spots. 1 pumper. pumper, rescue..