Direct distance dialing campaign saves AT& T money
AT&T Long Lines division reports direct dialing cuts a coast to coast call price and reduces operating costs. Advertising director Dan Hutchins cites savings of millions for the company and lower costs for customers when calls are made directly without operator assistance. The 1970-71 campaign increased direct dialing share and drew largely positive responses from customers and agencies.
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Dean C. Miller
UPI
New York
UPL
Ma Bell
Long Lines
American “Telephone & Telegraph
ATST
Dan EK
Hutchins
At&t
Bam
Tvice
Opnrator
Chicago
Spm
Cosls
Selden B. Clark
Vwict
N. W. Ayer & Son
Time capsule on Molokai beach reveals rich fossil record
Honolulu paleontologists led by Dr. Alan Ziegler describe Molokai's Moromowi Beach as a nearly perfect stratified zoological record from the last ice age. Fossils include preserved sea birds, crows and geese with unusual beak features, sent to the Smithsonian for dating.
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Dan Carmichael
Honolulu
UPI
Alan Ziegler
Bishop Museum
Malakai
la Brea
California
Moamomi
Smithsonian
Moromowi
Wie
Ziegler
Molokai
Thuseum
Restaurant manager robbed of $1,200
Omaha report: McDonald’s restaurant manager Leonard K. Wer, 28, was abducted early Monday as he returned from work. A shotgun-wielding suspect forced him into a car, bound him, and had him open the safe before taking about $1,240 and his wallet. He freed himself, drove home, and alerted police.
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Omaha
UPI
McDonald's
Leonard K. Wer
Ter
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Columbus Telegram Subscription Notice Nebraska Mail Rates
Published each evening except Sundays red holidays. Subscription rates listed for delivery by carrier in Columbus and by mail in Platte Boone Butler Coffee Merrick Nance. Rates unclear due to OCR errors but indicates direct and mail options. Changes of address to be notified to postmaster and Columbus Telegram.
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Columby Nebraska
Cotte
Platte
Boone, Butler
Coffee
Merreky Nance
Pole Qourness
Nebraska
Columbus ‘Telegeara
Judge Crater Found Alive In Forgotten Pullman Car
A Miami bound Pullman car missing since 1930 with 27 passengers including Judge Joseph Force Crater was found on a Perryville Maryland siding after wheel trouble caused the train to be diverted. Crater, aged 82, explained his disappearance was accidental and said postcards failed to reach him. Railroad officials called the incident a routine mixup amid modernization.
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UPI
Perryville
Judge Crater
New York
Miami
Joseph Force Crater
America
New York City
Florida
Crater
On This Day March 21 1972 Almanac Highlights
The almanac notes milestones and birthdays for March 21. It recalls Thomas Jefferson becoming secretary of state in 1780 and his rise to president, plus World War I and II events, Khrushchev space pledge in 1962, and a quote from Henrik Ibsen on marriage.
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United Press International
Aries
Florenc “Beate
Thomas Jefferson
Virginia
U.S
United States
Somme
Germany
Khrushchev
Russia
Romance turns fiery after Menlo Park crash
In Menlo Park California Robert L. Smith age 2 and his girlfriend Gloria Murphy age 7 argue early Sunday. Murphy followed Smith in her car and deliberately rammed his vehicle causing a blaze. At the scene she displayed affection toward Smith as the car burned.
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Menlo Park
Cali
Robert L. Smith
Gloria Murphy
Miss Murphy
Smith
Murphy
Italy braces for another premature election in May
Italian voters face a fresh political crisis as a center-left coalition collapses and will force elections on May 7 and 8. Unemployment climbs, labor unrest grows, and violence rises amid a volatile right left clash. Former premier Giovanni Leone’s presidency failed to steady affairs, prompting a bid for law and order amid rising extremism and party realignments.
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Phil Newsom
UPI
Italy
Benito Mussolini
Talians
Suich
Giovanni Leong
Nes
Halian
Invisible rabbit saves Jesse White career in Hollywood
Vernon Scott reports that an “invisible six foot rabbit” helped actor Jesse White escape a career decline in Akron and Broadway flops. The tale recalls the pivotal Harvey moment when the role of Duane Wilson led to later television and film success, with White now touring and appearing in Starvey.
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Invisible Rabbit
Jesse White
Vernon Scott
UPI
Hollywood
Jessa White
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Akron
Ohio
Ee White
White
Ted
Sinc
Mrs. Kimball
Brock’ Pemberton
John Gakden
Harvey
Obie
Catt
Pemberton
Jesse
Duane Wilson
United States
Jimmy Stewart
Helen
Legislature backs tougher penalties for killing officers
Lincoln UPI In Nebraska the Legislature's Judiciary Committees heard LB1500 to boost penalties for assaults on law enforcement officers. The bill would impose 25 to 50 years for knowingly assaulting an officer and a 50 year term for inmates detaining or assaulting a guard, with a life sentence for killing an officer and no parole until after 50 years. Governor Exon supported the measure as a warning to the public.
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Lincoln
UPI
Pred Carstens
Beatrice
Krivosha
Blame vandals for Omaha school fire
Fire officials blame vandals for a blaze at Horace Mann Junior High School in Omaha that damaged the building after breaking a window and lighting through an office. The fire spread through a ceiling before firefighters contained it around 6 a.m.
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Omaha
UPI
Mon- Sur Fo
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