. Bell telephone magazine . 4-4- 0^^ J 1 1 / /\ 1 i^lF 1 I 1 i W A^ XJ^fi J^ /l^^w^ f^^ Jr 17 ! i 1 j^Kr \ jPt T Jr » Jt^j ^\^^ ijr~ ffO^^ 0 1 4I /^/C^ f^^A Af^/_|_^ /aL 7 /^//7 ny< fic?U //c^ ^^1^0 (11 (U III \ 1 100MillionTelephones Somewhere in the United States in early May anothertelephone was installed. Not an unusual occurrence,by any means. But the action was significant: It wasthe nations 100 millionth telephone. The milestone highlighted the fact that Americansare the most communications-minded people onearth. Although the United States has only six per centof the worlds populatio
. Bell telephone magazine . 4-4- 0^^ J 1 1 / /\ 1 i^lF 1 I 1 i W A^ XJ^fi J^ /l^^w^ f^^ Jr 17 ! i 1 j^Kr \ jPt T Jr » Jt^j ^\^^ ijr~ ffO^^ 0 1 4I /^/C^ f^^A Af^/_|_^ /aL 7 /^//7 ny< fic?U //c^ ^^1^0 (11 (U III \ 1 100MillionTelephones Somewhere in the United States in early May anothertelephone was installed. Not an unusual occurrence,by any means. But the action was significant: It wasthe nations 100 millionth telephone. The milestone highlighted the fact that Americansare the most communications-minded people onearth. Although the United States has only six per centof the worlds population, it has nearly half the tele-phones in the world. It took the U. S. telephone industry 77 years toreach its first 50 million phones, and only 14 years todouble that number. Forecasters estimate the 200millionth telephone will go into service by 1991. Ceremonies commemorating the industrys 100millionth telephone were held at the White House onMay 11 at which time President Johnson spoke simul-taneously to governors throug
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