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Ebony&Jet Founder, John H. Johnson Honored By the US Postal Service
*Ebony/Jet founder John H. Johnson is being honored by the U.S. Postal Service’s black heritage stamp for 2012.
Johnson started Johnson Publishing Co. in 1951 with a $500 loan using his mother’s furniture as collateral.
The Johnson stamp joins the ranks of other honorees like U.S. Rep. Barbara Jordon, singer Ella Fitzgerald, Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, poet Langston Hughes and baseball player Jackie Robinson.
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Postal Service May Default On Trust Fund Payment
The U.S. Postal Service does not have the money to meet an obligation to a retiree health care trust fund coming due at the end of the month, but if there’s a default, officials promise no interruption in the mail, the payroll, or payments to suppliers.
