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Show Long Distance Dialing Equipment Set for Installation Kext Year Francisco. He womd dial an area code 415 fer by the regular telenhr, Si ber. It will be as easT Direst distance dial7 very simple for the J k but to establish the S?,!N the Provo area will e many months of enl and installing new eqZ by telephone technicians?'"'1 rence said. ' Direct dialing of long distance dis-tance calls will be introduced in the Provo, Orem and Spring-ville Spring-ville exchanges in the fall of I960, Mack Lawrence, District Manager for the Mountain States Telephone Company, an- when their new dial system is cut into service. Lawrence emphasized the importance im-portance of customers placing calls by number. In order for one to dial his own station-to-station call he must know the telephone number in the distant dis-tant city. Station-to-station calls dialed by the customer are connected faster and are much more economical than person-to-person calls. Out-of-town numbers are provided by the long distance operator when you place a call today. The Telephone Company will also furnish telephone numbers to those requesting them prior to placing their calls. Lawrence stressed the advantage of customers cus-tomers making a list of out-of-town telephone numbers. He said it would be to their benefit bene-fit to be able to dial long distance dis-tance calls directly to theii destination without taking a detour to the out-of-town information in-formation operator. Here is how the new system will work. Suppose one wanted to talk with a friend in San- nounced today. The new service will require an expenditure of $300,000 and will make it possible pos-sible for customers in these exchanges to dial long distance directly from their homes to 60 million of the nation's telephones. tele-phones. The direct distance dialing (DDD) equipment located in the Provo office is designed to automatically identify the telephone numbers of persons on one and two party lines placing long distance calls. In the other exchanges and on calls originating from coin telephones or rural lines, an operator will come on the line briefly to obtaining the calling number. In all cases the person per-son calling will be able to dial his own station-to-station long distance calls. Direct distance dialing is new in Utah. This area will be the second in the State to enjoy the improved service. In August Aug-ust of this year Logan customers custo-mers will inaugurate DDD |