50 YEARS AGO

April 1, 1971 – It just may be that phone users will find the lines much busier than usual around the Ouray area this weekend, if too many people are playing with the new direct distance dialing system. Ouray and the outlying rural area go to direct distance dialing this Saturday. Anyone with a 325-prefix to their own telephone number will be able to dial anywhere in the nation without first dialing the operator and giving her the number. In the event you have trouble getting t...