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Show PLAN AHEAD FOR OVERSEAS CALLS DURING HOLIDAYS Residents of Beaver County have been advised to plan ahead if they wish to talk during dur-ing the coming holiday season . . . i 4- to relatives or rrieuas motioned mo-tioned in Vietnam. "It is generally easier for a serviceman to call home than for his family to try reaching him in Vietnam," said Gerald Vickers, local manager for Mountain Ball. "And to avoid disappointments, s e r v i c emen are encouraged to notify their families in advance if they expect ex-pect to telephone home, particularly par-ticularly during the holidays.' Mr. Vickers explained that people in the U. S. can reach only telephones in Saigon and the immediate vicinity, while servicemen call home from bases in Saigon, Ton Son Nhut, Long Bingh, Cam Rahn Bay, Nha Trang, Qui Nhon and Da Nang. More than 42,000 calls were completed between the United States and Vietnam last year. Most of these calls were made from Vietnam rather than the U. S. because of the difficulty in locating servicemen when n in fmm thp United caiia ii States. "The heavy concentration of so many troops in a small country at war creates some real communications problems," Mr. Vickers said. "Service is still not what we would like it to be, but it has been improved im-proved substantially in recent years." |