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o n o MAIL THIUNI, Mtdferf, Or. Ttiur.J.r, M.y 24, 1960 w: f' 4 12 v -. Mr. , a...s . v i4v..! . Automatic Gadget Made in Atlanta Gives Special Telephone Messages 5 ... v m.';- Atlanta WI- You can call a telephone number in Tus caloosa, Ala., and find out where the fish are biting. In hundreds of cities, the same simple step will get you a comforting prayer, the time of day, the temperature, mar ket tips and appeals to support all manner of local activities. Is this. age of the electronic octopus about to get the best of you? There's an answer for that, you know. "Beforrt you do anything drastic, call Jackson 6-8592," the Memphis (Tenn.) Union Mission urged in cards sent all over town. Staff Members Answer The mission telephones are manned around the clock by staff members who read scrip ture verses from a prepared list. But most of the time and temperature calls today are handled by an automatic gadget manufactured here by the Audichron Company and installed in the central offi ces of telephone exchanges. It consists of a revolving mag netic drum with up to 152 different sound tracks. The machine can handle 1,000 calls at once. In most cities, the voices Hungary Condemns Midas Satellite Vienna - (WD - Communist Hungary has condemned the launching of the American Midas spy-in-the-sky satellite as an "obvious provocation." "At a time when the Ameri can delegate tries to refute the justified accusations by Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gro myko in the U.N. Security Council, the launching of this 'spy satellite' shows that spy ing Indeed has become an in tegral part of the American foreign policy," Radio Buda pest said. "The launching of this satel lite is an obvious provocation and provides new evidence of the aggressive intentions of the American ruling circles." you hear on lime mi temper ature calls ire those of two Atlanta radio and television artists - Don Elliott and Mrs. Berrien L. Moore Jr. Falls in Lot About once every two weeks they go to a small, scientifically constructed stu dio for 15-minute sessions of reciting new messages. The recordings are sent all over the nation. The voices sound so natural that a woman once telephoned an insurance company that sponsored the service and ad mitted she had fallen in love with the voice of the man who told her what time it was. She wanted his name and was crushed to learn the bitter facts. Another woman telephoned the company and said: "I think your time service is wonder ful but couldn't you also tell people what day it is?" Occasionally monitors tap the lines of the automatic answeres to see what's going on. They find that about half the callers say "thank you." Kennedy Would Stole Khrushchev Minting Newark, N.J. - WO - Sen. John Kennedy all but sewed up New Jersey's 41 Demo cratic convention votes dur ing a one-day political visit here Tuesday, and took the occasion to say he would seek an early summit meeting with Soviet Premier Nikita Khru shchev if elected President. 'Church Refuses To Alter Calendar Cairo-HW-The Holy Synod of Egypt's Coptic Orthodox church has upheld its calen dar dates for Christmas, East er and otner Christian occa sions. The synod has turned down suggestions that the church alter Its r!endar dates to make them coincide with those of western churches. It announced: ' The Coptic Orthodox church will preserve its eternal heritage which was banded down by the holy fathers. It will remain faithful to this trust." The Coptic Orthodox church, frr instance, cele. brates Christmas on Jan. 7 two weeks after western churches. for a hearty breakfast OREGON FARM FRESH EGGS Guaranteed fresh! UNIT BEING REPAIRED George Morton, unit is Installed in the cental offices of the field engineer for the Audichron Company telephone exchanges and is used for the in Atlanta, Ga., repairs one of the recording personnel answering service. Most of the units containing a revolving magnetic drum time and temperature calls are handled by with up to 152 different sound tracks. This this unit. (UPI Telephoto) Sheriff No Longer Judge of Chain Length Watsonville, Calif. Mon- ance that empowered the sher tercy county supervisors have iff to "be the judge of the repealed a 73-year-old ordin- size and length" of the ball and chain worn by prisoners. Sheriff Victor Tibbs said no one in his office can re member when or if such equipment ever was used. 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