"The bells are silent now..."

[Jeffrey Herman]

"In the old days, bells would ring. The ancient clacking teletype
machines would clatter to life amid a cacophony of bells when
big news broke, and the newsroom would pause as some editor
ran to wire alley to see what was up.

"Two bells: URGENT - A big bill passes Congress; a foreign pooh-bah dies.
Five bells: BULLETIN - India, Pakistan at war; Hank Aaron hits No. 715.
Seven double dings in a row: FLASH - Kennedy dead; Saigon falls.

"The bells are silent now, the teletypes gone to junk yards or museums.
Now the news arrives as electronic blips beamed by satellite into out
computers or via the TV sets that hang like unblinking Cyclopses
around the newsroom..."

This was a very interesting preamble to a newspaper article written
by Gary Nelson of The Tribune (Mesa, Arizona). (The remainder of the
article concerns McVeigh and the Oklahoma City bombing.

I'm almost tempted to go find a Model 28 and give it a hug.

Jeff KH2PZ / KH7