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The Local History Index provides only a citation to the article or item. Please visit the Elkhart Public Library’s downtown location at 300 S. Second St. to access the Elkhart Truth newspapers and other collections referenced in this index.

Showing of 56 results for Telephone Companies.

ID	58033
Title of Article	Sprint cutting long-distance service
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Date	July 11, 2015
Page	A3
Subjects	Telephone Service, Telephone Companies

ID	19759
Title of Article	You can't hear me now?
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	July 19, 2006
Page	C1
Subjects	Verizon, Telephone Service, Telephone Companies

ID	19755
Title of Article	Businesses soaked by phone woes
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	July 18, 2006
Page	C1
Subjects	Telephone Service, Verizon, Telephone Companies

ID	664
Title of Article	CTS Corp. announces layoffs
Notes	Local 941
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	January 26, 2001
Page	C1
Subjects	CTS Corporation, United Auto Workers (UAW), Layoffs and Closings, Telephone Companies

ID	671
Title of Article	CTS reports record sales, net earnings
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	July 27, 2000
Page	B12
Subjects	CTS Corporation, Walker, Joseph P., Business, Telephone Companies

ID	660
Title of Article	CTS sets record in third quarter
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	October 28, 1999, 2001
Page	C1
Subjects	CTS Corporation, Business, Telephone Companies

ID	26459
Title of Article	Area may get new area code.
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	October 21, 1999
Page	A1
Subjects	Telephone Companies

ID	7220
Title of Article	Three elected to new posts at CTS
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	June 30, 1999
Page	C1
Subjects	CTS Corporation, Business, Telephone Companies

ID	7219
Title of Article	CTS attributes record sales to core businesses
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	May 1, 1999
Page	A10
Subjects	CTS Corporation, Business, Telephone Companies

ID	26458
Title of Article	Add another competitor on phone wars.
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	February 5, 1999
Page	C1
Subjects	Telephone Companies

ID	81047
Title of Article	SBC bid rings the Bell: $57 billion deal with Ameritech would control third of U.S. telephone lines
Notes	Ameritech
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Southwestern Bell service technician
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	May 12, 1998
Subjects	Telephone Companies, Business, Acquisitions and Mergers

ID	82019
Title of Article	State working on 911 cellular system
Notes	Phones - Mobile / Cell envelope
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Mar 27, 1998
Page	A8
Subjects	Telephone Alert System, Telephone Service, Telephone Companies, Politics and Government

ID	81252
Title of Article	Alltel and 360: Cellular phone providers join
Notes	Alltel Corp. envelope
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Mar 17, 1998
Subjects	Telephone Companies, Acquisitions and Mergers, Business

ID	81253
Title of Article	Alltel may buy 360 Communications
Notes	Alltel Corp. envelope
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Mar 14, 1998
Page	C1
Subjects	Telephone Companies, Acquisitions and Mergers, Business

ID	82020
Title of Article	Wireless firms set the hook
Notes	Phones - Mobile / Cell envelope
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Mar 08, 1998
Page	C1, C2
Subjects	Telephone Companies, Telephone Service, Communications, Business

ID	81549
Title of Article	Fed probing phone costs
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Feb 27, 1998
Subjects	AT&T, Telephone Service, Telephone Companies, Business

ID	81045
Title of Article	Phone companies outspent others lobbying Legislature
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Feb 21, 1998
Page	A6
Subjects	AT&T, Business, Legislature, Telephone Companies

ID	26457
Title of Article	Put in another dime
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo
Date	February 5, 1998
Page	A1
Subjects	Telephone Companies

ID	81552
Title of Article	GTE: Investments bring higher profits
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Jan 29, 1998
Subjects	AT&T, Business, Telephone Companies

ID	82018
Title of Article	Caller-pays mobile phones in works
Notes	Phones - Mobile / Cell envelope
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Jan 28, 1998
Page	C4
Subjects	Cell Phones, Telephone Companies, Telephone Service, Business

ID	81553
Title of Article	AT&T buys Teleport for $11.3 billion
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Jan 09, 1998
Subjects	AT&T, Business, Acquisitions and Mergers, Telephone Companies

ID	26453
Title of Article	GTE now offering LD service in state.
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	May 9, 1996
Page	D1
Subjects	Telephone Companies

ID	26456
Title of Article	Phone lines may not handle top modem speeds.
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	January 14, 1996
Page	B1, B2
Subjects	Telephone Companies

ID	26455
Title of Article	Big jump in phone lines.
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	January 7, 1996
Page	B1, B2
Subjects	Telephone Companies

ID	26454
Title of Article	Long distance? It's our call.
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo
Date	January 3, 1996
Page	3
Subjects	Telephone Companies

ID	84357
Title of Article	Bell Atlantic, TCI blame merger collapse on rules
Notes	Business - Acquisitions and Mergers (1993-1994) envelope
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Feb 24, 1994
Page	A12
Subjects	Business, Acquisitions and Mergers, Telephone Companies

ID	26451
Title of Article	No local impact from GTE cuts.
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	January 14, 1994
Page	A1
Subjects	Telephone Companies

ID	26452
Title of Article	Caller ID coming to area phones.
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	February 22, 1993
Page	B1
Subjects	Telephone Companies

ID	26450
Title of Article	GTE will introduce selective services.
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	July 17, 1991
Page	B2
Subjects	Telephone Companies

ID	84274
Title of Article	Cincinnati Bell purchases CTI Telecommunications
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Feb 01, 1990
Subjects	Business, Acquisitions and Mergers, Telephone Companies

ID	81556
Title of Article	Who ya gonna call? MCI, Sprint
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Jan 16, 1990
Page	A1
Subjects	AT&T, Telephone Service, Telephone Companies

ID	26449
Title of Article	'Hello, operator?'.
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo
Date	March 31, 1988
Page	A1, A7
Subjects	Telephone Companies

ID	26448
Title of Article	Loca phone customers get long distance vote.
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	June 10, 1986
Page	B1
Subjects	Telephone Companies

ID	26447
Title of Article	General telephone updating equipment.
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	December 13, 1984
Page	15
Subjects	Telephone Companies

ID	81554
Title of Article	Changes Coming in AT&T Rates
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	May 25, 1984
Subjects	AT&T, Business, Telephone Companies

ID	71307
Title of Article	The Conversation's Dull, but Out of this World
Notes	Columbia spaceship
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Jun 30, 1982
Subjects	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Space Shuttles, Telephone Companies

ID	26446
Title of Article	Carl Lohman retires.
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Elkhart City History File
Date	May 20, 1977
History #	455c
Subjects	Telephone Companies

ID	26572
Title of Article	Lohman recalls when corn, hogs 'paid' phone bills
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo of Carl Lohman
Date	May 20, 1977
Subjects	Lohman, Carl, General Telephone Co. of Indiana, Inc., Telephone Companies

ID	26445
Title of Article	November 5, 1971
Notes	Gen. Telephone expands
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Elkhart City History File
Date	November 5, 1971
History #	455b
Subjects	Telephone Companies

ID	39752
Title of Article	$2.9 million expansion announced by Gen Tel
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	map of proposed extension
Date	November 5, 1971
Subjects	General Telephone Co. of Indiana, Inc., Telephone Companies, Downtown Elkhart, Lohman, Carl

ID	84228
Title of Article	Bristol Phone Number Switch Set For Aug. 7
Notes	Bristol Telephone Company envelope
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Mar 21, 1966
Subjects	Business, Bristol, IN, Telephone Companies, Telephone Service

ID	26444
Title of Article	Face lifting for telephone company
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photos of building remodel and new construction
Date	July 15, 1965
Subjects	Telephone Companies, General Telephone Co. of Indiana, Inc., Indiana Associated Telephone Corp.

ID	24637
Title of Article	Telephone firm plans new addition
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Drawing of proposed addition
Date	August 7, 1964
Page	1
Subjects	General Telephone Co. of Indiana, Inc., Telephone Companies

ID	26443
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Elkhart City History File
Date	August 7, 1964
History #	455a
Subjects	Telephone Companies

ID	10944
Title of Article	Phone firm 30 years in Indiana
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Indiana History File
Date	May 22, 1962
History #	13
Subjects	General Telephone Co. of Indiana, Inc., Telephone Companies

ID	26441
Title of Article	When Elkhart had two phone firms
Notes	Bell System; Elkhart Telephone Co.
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	December 14, 1953
Subjects	Telephone Companies, General Telephone Co. of Indiana, Inc.

ID	84231
Title of Article	Three More Lines, Elkhart to Bristol, Placed in Service
Notes	Bristol Telephone Company envelope
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Sep 16, 1950
Subjects	Business, Bristol, IN, Telephone Companies, Telephone Service

ID	84232
Title of Article	Incorporate To Aid Bristol Phone Firm
Notes	Bristol Telephone Company envelope
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Sep 15, 1950
Subjects	Business, Bristol, IN, Telephone Companies, Telephone Service

ID	84227
Title of Article	State PSC Orders Series of Bristol Phone Improvements
Notes	Bristol Telephone Company envelope
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Sep 08, 1950
Subjects	Business, Bristol, IN, Telephone Companies, Telephone Service

ID	84226
Title of Article	State Engineer's Report Read Into Bristol Phone Record
Notes	Bristol Telephone Company envelope
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Aug 19, 1950
Page	1
Subjects	Business, Bristol, IN, Telephone Companies, Telephone Service