. >> reporter: in madison township, ohio, folks have been losing jobs and local landmarks, symbols ofrancy. first it was kmart, then the gm plant and now the lincoln post office. bill hartnet has been a resident for 36 years. >> doggone it, this is one more thing that is being taken away. >> reporter: the postal service's response, "we had no other choice." the lincoln post office was one of nearly 26,000 nationwide. 80% of all post offices not turning a profit. today postmaster general patrick donahoe announced a new strategy an effort to partner with local businesses to offer postal service. >> the convenience is a key thing because as we move to work with providers, they're open seven days a week, 12, 14 hours a day, great for our customers to come in and mail and ship with us through that way. >> reporter: donahoe has urged congress to drop saturday delivery and reduce payments for future retirees' health benefits. if not economists warn in the next five years taxpayers could face a $100 billion bailout. do you ever worry one day the post office will just go the way of the horse a

byron pitts, madison township, ohio. >> schieffer: and that's the news. all of us at cbs news, i'm bob schieffer. thank you and good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access smoke that could be seen for miles. what it took to get the flames at a plastics plant under control. ning, i'm allen martin >>> a massive fireball and thick, black smoke that could be seen for miles. what it took to get the flames at this plastics plant under control. >>> good evening, i'm allen martin. >> i'm dana king. >>> we are going to show you live pictures now from our chopper 5 of what is left of that six-alarm fire at the macro plastics facility. crews have knocked down most of the flames. as you can see, it is smoky and certainly hazy in the area. >> this is burning just northwest of travis air force base east of interstate 80. we have two reports tonight. let start with ann notarangelo with the latest on the firefight tonight. ann. >> reporter: and allen, i just took a walk to the side. building last half hour so i haven't seen any large