. Bell telephone magazine . onstructed, andservice was back to normal on the cablesystem. , and Tucson Sheriffs Officeofficials conducting the investigationbelieve that vandalism rather than sab-otage was involved. The ability to switch rapidly to alter-nate facilities while the cable system wasout of service — and the speed withwhich the new facilities were built andinstalled — resulted from careful advanceplanning and close cooperation on thepart of the AT&T Long Lines department,the local operating telephone com-panies, and the Western Electric Com-pany, the Bell Systems manufacturinga
. Bell telephone magazine . onstructed, andservice was back to normal on the cablesystem. , and Tucson Sheriffs Officeofficials conducting the investigationbelieve that vandalism rather than sab-otage was involved. The ability to switch rapidly to alter-nate facilities while the cable system wasout of service — and the speed withwhich the new facilities were built andinstalled — resulted from careful advanceplanning and close cooperation on thepart of the AT&T Long Lines department,the local operating telephone com-panies, and the Western Electric Com-pany, the Bell Systems manufacturingand supply arm. Ironically, it was another explosionthat reinforced the Bell Systems needfor alternate facilities and plans thatcould be quickly implemented to restorecommunications services. On May 28,1961, two major routes to the west coastwere interrupted when dynamite blastsdestroyed three amplifier stations inNevada and Utah. Since then procedureshave been modified to insure even moredependable communications. D.
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