Open House at Clinton Bell addition tour Oct 25
A crowd of about 8000 to 9000 is expected to tour Clinton's new Northwestern Bell dial telephone facility at 221 Fourth Ave S October 25 to 28. Visitors will see power equipment, a cable vault with nearly 20000 copper wires, the master test frame, operator rooms, and long distance test boards as 60 operators handle calls daily and tours run 8 to 9 p m with school groups during the day.
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Telephone Dial System Tour Reveals Hidden Power and Scale
Visitors toured the new dial service project begun in 1964 with May 6 launch. The exhibit showed training operators, crossbar switches, 40 million feet of wire, and 1,100 switches handling dozens of connections. Officials announced 265,000 man hours invested and a $1,745,000 school bond canvass set for Monday.
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Local ISHS data show late September hiring brisk with openings in retail and logistics as students return. Despite openings, area firms nearing peak employment may support a couple of large plants. August payrolls dipped from July with manufacturing shedding workers and vacations slowing hiring.
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