Telephone crisis nears as all-number dialing looms
NEA reports the telephone company faces a shrinking pool of exchange names as direct distance dialing expands. Experts warn the system will rely on new area codes and eventually a full all-number calling scheme, with WY and GA style abbreviations fading into obscurity.
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Witchita Falls
Texas
Compromise Keeps Paintings on Display at Show
London artist Marcelle Cahn recalled that organizers debated removing her paintings at a memorial show but compromised. the works stayed and she was not harmed. The note adds that Moira Shearer stars in The Red Shoes on MOVIE 9 at 10:35 Sunday TV 9.
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Wall plan near Arlington raises national debate
President Eisenhower seeks congressional authorization for 12 million to fund half of a 24 million wall beside Arlington National Cemetery. Supporters call it a democratic monument while Arlington County, veterans groups, and local figures oppose it as a threat to the cemetery’s buffer zone.
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Note Found Inside Buckingham Sofa Traces Reign History
A palace worker discovering a note in Queen Elizabeth II era sofa stuffing reveals the piece was last repaired in the reign of William IV (1830-1837). The note states the sofa was repaired again during Elizabeth II's reign.
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Real Ambition: Man On Hands Knees Cleaned Street
Patrick Cliffen aged 63 testified in Morden England that he was on his hands and knees on a busy street to tidy Britain. He told the judge his ambition is to keep Britain tidy though he offered no clear legal justification for his conduct.
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Discrimination Fight Is Lost by White Men
Eleven white men lost a discrimination claim against a private club that hires only Negro waiters. A spokesman for the State Fair Employment Practices Commission said the club claimed Negro waiters were superior in performance.
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Lansing, Mich
UPI
State Fair Employment Practices Commission
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