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From: tad@ssc.UUCP (Tad Cook)
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Subject: Re: The "Bell" Logo
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In article <14977@accuvax.nwu.edu>, DREUBEN@eagle.wesleyan.edu
(Douglas Scott Reuben) writes:

> US West (at least the ex-Pacific Northwest Bell BOC) USED to use it,
> until maybe about January, 1990. I have a Bend, Oregon directory from
> 1989, and it has the logo, but the newer 1990-1991 book does not. If I
> remember correctly, there was a small passage in the newer book
> stating that PNB was changing its name to "US West", or something to
> that effect.

My latest bill from US West has the old Bell logo on it.  I guess they
still like to be identified as a "real" phone company.  It is also on
the Seattle 1990/91 directory covers.


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