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Dial-a-Something Turns Into Daily Lifeline Across Cities
In a survey of dial-a services across the United States, voice operators provide instant help from poison control and crisis counseling to bird sightings and weather updates. Cities like Philadelphia, Chicago, Seattle, Boston, Denver, New York, Los Angeles, Harrisburg, and Pittsburgh offer varied hotlines and prerecorded or live assistance on emergencies, health, and information services. A Long Beach theft report notes a $1,400 welding rig stolen from Pier J.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Numbah Pleauz
Massachusetts
Malibu
Atlantic City
Seattlite
Seattle
Boston
Massachusetts Audubon Society
Newburyport
Hingham
Chicago
Midwest
London
Los Angeles
Society of Clinical Psychologists
Harrisburg
Raymond Shafer
Citizens Council of
Greater New Orleans
American Cancer Society
Alcoholics and Gamblers Anonymous