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To: unclewest who wrote (87728)	11/22/2004 12:42:29 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793586

The only way I know of to make free calls in the 60s, was to use a military single side band (SSB) radio to enter the Ham radio Network. No, it was the base operator making the connection via a WATTS line or some such. I wish I remembered more detail. I have no clue what policy authorized that but it must have been authorized or it couldn't have been done so openly by so many. Seems to me that the military should provide a reasonable ration of phone access. Probably wouldn't cost much.

To: unclewest who wrote (87728)	11/22/2004 1:03:38 PM
From: KLP	Respond to of 793586

CNN Hires New President for Its U.S. News Group 49 minutes ago news.yahoo.com NEW YORK (Reuters) - CNN News Group on Monday said it has tapped an online media CEO as its new president overseeing U.S. news, just a little over a year after it hired a former local TV newsman to run its domestic operations. Jonathan Klein, founder and chief executive officer of The FeedRoom Inc., a high-speed Internet news network and video streamer, will assume the role of head of U.S. news operations, answering to CNN President Jim Walton. CNN is the cable news unit of Time Warner Inc. "Six years steeped in the digital information industry have helped me understand today's news consumers in ways never before available to media executives," Klein said in a statement. Klein replaces Princell Hair, who was appointed to oversee the U.S. news group in September 2003. Industry analysts questioned whether Hair, who ran Viacom Inc.'s television stations and was a former TV news director in Los Angeles and Baltimore, was the best candidate to run one of the world's most prestigious news networks. Hair will assume a new role as senior vice president of program and talent development across the CNN News Group. Klein was the former executive director of CBS News, with oversight of its flagship "60 Minutes" program.

To: unclewest who wrote (87728)	11/22/2004 1:32:23 PM
From: Captain Jack	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793586

There was a way-- I did it often. Basically you went through a base or post operator. There was a name for it... my memory is the opposit of kerrys-- I'm foretting things while he is finding stuff no one knew of. The operator took it right to the house. Overseas I was able to get base to base-- usually to Wright Patt and pay LD only from there to PA. I had a list of installation numbers that went to the operator.... Always after normal business hours. AND-- there was no sense of privacy, the operator could listen in, actually I think they were supposed to monitor for official calls only. A couple times he cut in and said 'official traffic was picking up and I had 60 seconds". That happened from different places so it was normal practice.