. Bell telephone magazine . President Lyndon B. Johnson congratulates Board Chairman F. R. Kappel after pre-sentiiii, him with Medal of Freedoni award in ceremonies at the White House, September 14. service the next day. Also, about 500 tollcircuits were out of service of the 900 orig-inally affected. The damage to telephoneplant was estimated at $ million. Restoring telephone service was particu-larly difficult because many power lines weredown. In Jacksonville, for example, 90 percent of the city was without electricity. InBrunswick, Georgia, 70 per cent of the cus-tomers lost pow

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. Bell telephone magazine . President Lyndon B. Johnson congratulates Board Chairman F. R. Kappel after pre-sentiiii, him with Medal of Freedoni award in ceremonies at the White House, September 14. service the next day. Also, about 500 tollcircuits were out of service of the 900 orig-inally affected. The damage to telephoneplant was estimated at $ million. Restoring telephone service was particu-larly difficult because many power lines weredown. In Jacksonville, for example, 90 percent of the city was without electricity. InBrunswick, Georgia, 70 per cent of the cus-tomers lost power. In addition, phones inthe storm area were not heavily concen-trated, and there were many drop wires down. About 200 plant men from several BellSystem Operating Companies and the LongLines Department were sent with their vehi-cles into Florida to help Southern Bell re-store service in the wake of Hurricane came from Bell Companies in Pennsyl-/ania, Ohio. Indiana, Illinois, Southwestern,and the Chesapeake an

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