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From: sewilco@datapg.mn.org (Scot E Wilcoxon)
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Subject: Re: Chicago Cubs Trash Illinois Bell
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Date: 26 Sep 89 00:43:37 GMT
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X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 406, message 6 of 12

Minnesota had the same problems when the Twins' World Series tickets
went on sale by phone two years ago.  Long-delayed dial tones all over
the state.  Several cities dispatched radio-equipped vehicles around
their areas in case of emergencies.  No known damage; the only death
which might have been affected by the outage was not -- someone had a
stroke, probably killing them instantly, and the panicked relative ran
three blocks to a fire department building without trying to phone.

Scot E. Wilcoxon
sewilco@DataPg.MN.ORG
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