Show Telephone Co Notes Tracing Calls Success Louis Kay Ephraim manager for Mountain States Telephone reported that the company's efforts efforts ef ef- forts to identify persons making obscene or annoying telephone calls proved very successful during 1966 Use of the telephone company's company's com com- pany's highly accurate line identification identification iden iden- devices led to the arrest arrest ar rest of 18 offenders in Utah last year Fifteen of these arrests have resulted in court convictions Sentences in the 15 cases ranged from ordered court-ordered psychiatric psychiatric psychiatric aid to 60 days in fn jail and a fine The equipment use to trace annoyance calls is capable of locking open the calling path between two telephones even after the caller has hung up This equipment is expected to tobe tobe tobe be called into increased use in 1967 since the state legislature has passed a law prohibiting obscene obscene ob air scene or harassing phone calls caUs Prior to the enactment of tr state law offenders could f Y identified and arrested only TIA the few communities throughout the state which have local ordinances ordinances ordinances nances against nuisance calls So far this year two convictions convictions convictions have been obtained from arrests made by Utah law enforcement enforcement enforcement en en- agencies |