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Show MOUNTAIN BELL SEES FUTURE VOTING BY TOUCH-TONE PHONE Someday, John Q. Voter may take a plastic card from his billfold, insert it in his Touch-Tone Touch-Tone telephone, and complete his civic obligation of voting by saying a few words or pressing a few buttons. Each voter after qualifying and registering would be issued is-sued the plastic card he would use whenever he voted, Gerald Vickers, local manager for Mountain Bell, said. Voting by telephone is but one of the many excitng and new ideas stimulated by the advent of the push-button phones, he said. Touch-Tone phones will soon make it possible for customers to bank by phone, operate lawn sprinkler systems, turn on or off heating or cooling systems, and even pay bills by phone, Mr. Vickers said. |
