Names and Numbers Rule the Automatic Phone System
A Maine telephony feature explains the 2-5 numbering plan for automatic exchanges. The system uses office names with two capital letters followed by five digits, enabling nationwide dialing once fully deployed. Public confusion and local naming choices are weighed against the need for consistent, easily dialed numbers.
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Electron
Maine
Orchard
David E. Barker
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co
Charles F. Drescher
Drescher
New England
Lynn
Mass
Barker
Europe
Atlantic
Worth
Academy
Wyandotte
Biddefords
Harbor
Bar Harbor
Laine
Yukon
Kennebunk
Dana
Giong
Cari
Hurricane Debra Lashes Texas Coast From Galveston to Houston
Hurricane Debra battered a wide Texas area with winds to 80 mph as it moved north from Galveston toward Houston, with the Weather Bureau placing the center near Houston at 7 am. The storm threatened upper Galveston Bay and eastern Houston suburbs, bringing heavy rain up to 15 inches and six foot tides that flooded coastlands. Over 2,000 residents evacuated to shelter in courthouses, schools and public buildings.
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Galveston
Tex
Debra
Texas
Houston
Weather Bureau
Houston International
Pasa Gena
Galveston Bay
Louisiana
Galveston Island
Akiko Kojima Wins Miss Universe Crown in Long Beach
Akiko Kojima of Japan, at 22 and 5 feet 6 inches, won Miss Universe in Long Beach with a 37-23-38 figure, becoming the first Oriental winner. Runners up included Miss Norway Jorunn Kristiansen and Miss United States Terry Lynn Huntingdon. Kojima succeeds Luz Marina Zuluaga of Colombia, ending Latin winners’ two year run.
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Long Beach
Calif
Japan
Leggy
Akiko Kojima
Long Beach Memorial Auditorium
Tokyo
Norway
Jorunn Kristiansen
California
Hollywood
Auest
Miss Kojima
Colombia
Luz Marina Zuluaga
Gladys Zender
Peru
Nixon in Kremlin Warmly Welcomed During Moscow Visit
In Moscow Nixon and wife reported a warm reception as he met First Deputy Premier Kozlov and Mikoyan to discuss trade with the Soviet Union. Khrushchev praised the Moscow exhibition and the U.S. display, while officials noted potential war goods trade limits. The opening day drew about 5,000 guests with daily attendance projected at 50,000.
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Moscow
Richard M. Nixon
Kremlin
Frol R. Kozlov
Nikita Khrushchev
Kozlov
United States
New York
Nixon
Anastas I. Mikoyan
Harold Hienstein
Owens Corning Fiber Glass Corp
Toledo Ohio
Mikoyan
State Department
State Departments
Soviet Union
Hyman G. Rickover
U.S
Rickover
Russia
Richard Nixon
U. S
Sokolniki
Field Day and Barbecue Sponsored by Biddeford Democrats
A Biddeford Democratic Social club field day and chicken barbecue, for men only, is set at the York County Fish and Game Lodge in Goodwins Mills on Sunday August 9. Transportation will be provided. cars depart City Square at 10, 11 and 12. Tickets available from Chairman Antonio Marriello and committee members Ralph Binette and Daniel Cantara.
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Biddeford
Opera Tor's Busy Talk Sparks Lingering Rift
A lighthearted quip from Chuckle Girl on the phone jokes that the operator cannot be busy because she remains the sole person still speaking to her. The caption cites Cop. Gen. Fea. Corp. as the source.
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Gen
Fea. Corp
Kidnapped Heiress Says Story Is Myth
New Jersey socialite heiress Jacqueline Hart admitted her tale of being kidnapped from Newark airport and taken to Chicago was a hoax. FBI and police had doubted the account of abduction and torture as she recalled vanishing Tuesday night and reappearing in Grant Park Friday. Her father Ralph Hart and authorities await full medical and investigative updates.
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Chicago
New Jersey
Newark
Jacqueline Gay Hart
Ralph A. Hart
Colgate - Palmolive Co
FBI
Miss Hart
Grant Park
Hart
Berlin Visit by Herter Highlights West Berlin Resolve
Secretary of State Christian A. Herter arrives in West Berlin praising the Indomitable spirit of its 20 million citizens. He vows to leave with a deeper appreciation of freedom and aims to reinforce Western Allied resolve to keep troops in the city 110 miles behind the Iron Curtain.
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Herter
Iron Curtain
Sunday mass protest in Havana aimed at Fidel Castro
Crowds in the capital threaten to turn Sunday anti Castro demonstrations into bloodshed as machete waving peasants press to push the 32 year old Castro back to premiership. Fears of a revolution anniversary sparked potential violence amid tense carnival atmosphere reported from London.
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Fidel Castro
Castro
Saco-Lowell Inks Pact For M-14 Subcontract
Harrington and Richardson places first production subcontract with Saco-Lowell in Biddeford for the M-14 rifle components. The deal covers about $300,000 for operating rod assembly firing pin and aperture plus tooling. C Francis Cowdrey Jr. announced to Congressmen James C Oliver.
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Saco-Lowell
Biddeford
Harrington and Richardson, Inc
C. Francis Cowdrey, Jr
Harriington and
Richardson
James C. Oliver
Amputee golf debut in New England championship
Roy Grenier of Winchester, a former Marine who lost an arm on Okinawa, won the first New England Amputee Golf Championship at Framingham Country Club with an 85. His nearest rival, Al Pino of Worcester, posted an 87.
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Framingham
Mass
Okinawa
New England
Roy Grenier
Winchester
Framingham Country Club
al Pino
Worcester
Frondizi Considers Navy Secretary Resignation Amid Tug‑of‑War
President Arturo Frondizi weighed accepting the resignation of Secretary of the Navy Vice Admiral Adolfo Estevez after naval officers refused to follow his orders. The move mirrors a prior army high command clash that ousted War Secretary General Hector Solanas Pacheco, amid accusations the government favored ex President Juan Peron.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Arturo Frondizi
Frondizi
Adm
Adolfo Estevez
Army
Hector Solanas Pacheco
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Police Commission
Er Wendell Willett
Oscar Tardif
N. E. Tel & Tel
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Hyacinth
Hyatt
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Pamela Anne Searle
Searle
Brazil
Vera Ribeiro
Rio
Saco-Lowell Foundry
A — Nixon
Mosco
Red Cross
Royal Ambassador Pool
Ocean Park
Linda
Jo Ann Zello
Bryce Milne
Bruce Shaffer
Ted Milne
Janet Fenderson
Democrats
Bidgeford and
Saco Development Corporation
AAA Machinery and Equipment Company
Cleveland
Ohio
Daniel Rich
AAA
Biddeford- Saco
Aelopment Corporation
Havana
Leonard L. Lovshin
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Dr. Lovshin
Roland Bisaillon
Maurice R. J. Bisson
Vine Street
Raynald H. Martin
Simard Avenue
Donald H. Paquette
Harding Street
London
Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Daily Telegraph
The
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Expressaid
Saco-Lowell Inks Pact
Apply Kessler Shoe Co
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