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WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19,1979, PAGE 9 Hoidy honngavice from Bell,ý Trans Canada Telephone System Officials predict that more than .2.'7- million (2,700,000) long distance calis will be placed in Canada on Chrlstmaâ' Day, the busiest phone calling day of the year. Abbut 325,1 000 of the cails wil be' placed to overseas locations. This would be a 2o0 hi3o per cent, increaseover Jast year.. But Christmnas 18 not the only high-volume callng' day durlng the 'holdiday season. Others are Christ- mas Eve, Boxing Day, New Year's Eve, and New Year's Day, and the two Sundays before Christinas. Last year ln Ontario there were 8,0000self-dialed long distance calls placed ni Ontarioi the 1lO0day period frm Dece'mber' 24 to Januy 2 inclusive. A'dditional operators wiJlý be on .,duty through the" Chrstmas holiday period in Oshawa and the surroundlng areas to handle the expected hlgl. volume 0f operator assisted long distance oeils, P4arline Veater,Bell Canada District Manager hiln this' area said.' *Somei 54 operators wlll ho' on duty i the.Oshawa àrea. over <.the ýbusies,ýt.,..24-hour *perlod. They wiIll andle an- estlmatfed 12,400 -,çalIls, originating hinth"sarea. ,Self- dialed oeils wllladd 75,000 to the total. Subscribers can! save valuable time by. getting numbers with corWesponding area codes well I aî dvance. Dlrechiry Assistance 'for numnbeà wlthlziCanada and, the United Sates is available by dlaling "'1" plus.the area code (if required) , plus 555- 1212. Bell Operators can assist the subscriber in ob- tailn overseas numbers now. These'should ho jotted down and kept handy for the actual1 callater in7Decein- ber. Marline Veater warned that circuits 'may , b overloaded a1t busy times because equipinent is designed for' normal iis. Bell operatorscan't help jf there are no Uines av'ailable. - Callers -should a'avoid the busy periods if posàible: on weeedays between 10 a.m, and noon'and-between 2 and 4 p.m. and on holdiays'and Sundays' in the early after- noon and early evening. Weekend -cdiscount -rates are 'avalable, wlth fuil deta iIn'the front of the telephone directory.- The best, bargains. are available on Sunday. Both Christinas day.:and New Year's are treated-, as Sunday. However, normal .Monday rates'wlJl apply on.Decem- ber 24 and New Year's Eve, December 30. Hereare the phone rates' within 'Ontario. and Quçbec and Bell Canada points ln the northwest territories, for direct-dialed station-to- station calis: Saturday, December 22 Mlüdnlght to 8 a.m., 2/3 off, 8 a.m., ti nooni, no discount, noon to midnight, 2/3 off. Sunday, December 23 Midni ght to 6 p.M., 2/3 off, 6 p.m. to il p.m., 'h off,' il p.m. to midnight, 2/3 off. Monday, December 24. Mfidnight to 8 a.m., 2/3 off, 8 a.m. to 6,p.m., no discount, 6 p.m. to il pin., 1/3 off, il p.m.- to midmight, 2/3 off Tuesday, December 25 same rates' as Sunday,, December 23 These rates wIl ho tlhe same over the following weekend. Thereare no'discountsof 35 per cent and 60 per cent on Dr.inking,,drivers. should-beware.lý.,, Comm issioner H.H. Grahamn of thé 'Ontario. Provincial iPolice-announced that a major effort involving special patroÃ"ls 18 now"in ef- fect' throughout 'OPP jurisdiction t ocom»bat the drinking driver. The Christmnas slogan of Ontario police' forces is: "Working Together for a Safer Holiday"., Graham- emphasized "'Saving lives' over the holiday season is our highest priority "Traffle safety, is a two- way street. Wie can do our part, but' eaeh and -every: driver mnust realize ,th't less haste, more care and speçial Chritmas couresy will result in a happier holiday season for ail." As, many' ofour ,:special patrols as possible will kuse- roadside 1breatà analysis devices. AÂp.ositive readlng on thisinstrumnent "w«ill reult in prompt police action to rid the highways'-of potentially lethal drivers, he said1_? oeils to Canadian points out- side Ontario and Quebec and on cails to the United Sates, excluding Alaska and Hawaii. Details in the direc- tory introductory pages. Bell advises those calling overseas to keep in mind that the heaviest volume of oeils ' is directed to the United Kingdom, Italy and Germany. They should also remember, the time dif- ferences between. Canada- and the overseas Country. It may- mean the difference between and answered and an unanswered cail. 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