All Numerals Could Streamline Global Dialing
A plan from the ITU seeks eight dialing code zones and all numerical addresses to ease international calls. Central office names would disappear where possible to avoid language and dial differences, as in the example of Walnut versus 9 on international keypads. Red China accuses the Soviet Union of cautious rhetoric over U S actions in Vietnam and reiterates calls for stronger support.
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ITU
Globe
Denmark
U.S
Walnut
Paris
Saigon
China
Soviet Union
United States
Peking Radio
Kremlin
Maxwell Taylor
South Viet Nam
New China
Viet Nam
Red China
Pravda
Izvestia
North Viet Nam
International Control Commission
Global direct dialing eyed by 1968 70s reach
International plan crafted by 68 countries at a Rome ITU meeting aims to allow direct dialing to any world location with no letters used. AT&T expects a limited test between U S and Europe, potentially starting in 1968 and expanding worldwide by the 1970s.
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American Telephone and Telegraph Co
At&t
U. S
Rome
Ninety Nine Year Old Fisherwoman Still Has The Thirst
Mrs. Mabel Isola Hyde of Fresno California kept fishing into age ninety nine. She loves salmon in the Sacramento River as her greatest thrill and recently caught a nice mess of crappie just before her birthday. Once a trout fisher she stopped rough-country hiking due to age.
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Fresno
Calif
Mabel Isola Hyde
Sacramento River
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