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As recent as the late '80's, in a small town near here where my Dad grew up, one could still dial 5 numbers in order to call someone in town. To call long distance within the state only required one to dial 1 + the seven digit phone number. Then, it was required to dial the full seven numbers for local calls and 1+area code+number for any long distance calls. About 8 years ago, it became necessary to dial the area code + seven digit phone number for local calling. 601 used to be the area code for MS. Now, we have 601, 662, and others.
I was talking to a lady who lived in York, AL during the '60's and early '70's and she said they still used the old system where one picked up the receiver and the operator said "number please"
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