Show W Wi Ii rr Ir l i PUBLIC FORUM LETTERS TO THE EDITOR i What is your opinion The Express length we request good judgment and andreason welcomes letters from its readers renders concerning con con- reason by the writer Letters must be any subject pertinent to the signed However names will be Withheld With Uintah Basin While there are no restrictions re re- held from publication if requested by bythe as to contents or reasonable the writer f t j V l 1 ZIP Code Cede Directories As postal customers have e raised questions questions ques ques- as ns to the usefulness s of private private- so-called so ZIP Code directories I thought your readers reader may be interested interest interest- ed in what these directories can and cannot do The Tho official ZIP Code Directory published pub pub I by the US U.S. Postal Service is not copyrighted and may way be copied by t anyone Unfortunately private firms copy COPf only part kart of or the directory an and wl 1 n lh they y sell their books boob they label labet them II ZIP IP Code Directories when hen they should be more accurately titled Partial ZIP Code Di Di- rectories es For example they list liat only one ZIP Code lode tor for the larger er cities which have bavo to 90 ao ZIP Codes C dee Salt Lake City CUy 12 a. a is I done f frequently 9 Ui b ff bY tog a sera ero for lor the last digit f he the correct figure Naturally a wr wrong Gf do incomplete ZIP Code is ill not VOl very ff tai t. t ai In Ip the prIer larger Post Po t OUI Offices ZW r C Coiled Coded R. R 11 mail matI is 18 sorted by high speed high ma m machinery J A prop property properly ri coded letter rapidly to its Us dOft while a letter Without ZIP Code or with an incomplete ZIP t Code bode is dropped into a azero zero ero bin to be retrieved later by hand and sorted manually man man- thereby slowing delivery and increasing in creasing costs Another disadvantage is that ZIP Codes change as new housing areas are constructed thus rendering the tho small partial directories s obsolete rapidly ra One of the services of the Post Office is to loan ZIP Code directories free of charge for a limited d time to companies un and and individuals wishing to ZIP Code their mailing lists Also purchase e of a Post Office ZIP Code Directory entitles s the the subscriber to a new now directory free of charge each time one is 15 issued which is usually an flu ally While hUe the Postal Service wishes to give every ery encouragement to customers to use ZIP ZU Codes regardless of where they them obviously it Cannot guarantee the accuracy y of postal non directories Inc Incorrect et and sad partial ZIP IP Codas du do donot donot donot not speed the mail as they should and do not take tali-J advantage of ot millions 6 of dollars QU worth of high speed high l sorting macl machines nes now operating in Jar larger tr post lost offices I JOHN JOUN EVAN DV AN JO Postmaster |