Published In:
Ann Arbor News, June 1, 1992
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Scarlett co-principal Robin Jackson with the computer that lets students and parents check homework and performance.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, March 20, 1958
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'MICHIGAN BELL'S BELLES': Mrs. Earldine Brokaw, service assistant (foreground, standing) observes a contingent of long distance operators who clear calls for local customers to points around the nation and overseas. These operators are among 300 in the firm's Ann Arbor district, who man switchboards on shifts to provide 24-hour-a-day service to persons who may call on any of 69,544 area phones.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, March 20, 1958
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TESTS PHONE HOOKUPS: Lewis C. Baker of Ann Arbor, a Bell test desk worker for 25 years, is shown as he checks a new phone hookup for continuity to assure quality reception. With the meter in front of him, Baker call tell whether there is a line short-circuit, the number of phones on a line or whether any of them is malfunctioning.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, March 20, 1958
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RINGING MACHINE: The machine that switchman William G. Sanford is observing provides the dial tone, ringing and busy signals at individual telephones. The mechanism is alternately used with others like it to assure no interruption in the "beaming" of the three sounds.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, March 20, 1958
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FOR EMERGENCIES: Fred Chase of Ann Arbor, station repairman, uses the phone in a radio-equipped car that provides emergency service to areas cut off from telephone communication by a line break. Chase's simulated call would connect him with a Detroit operator who would expedite the call via regular telephone hookup.