[GreenKeys] JFK Teletype?

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As I remember reading, multiple ten bells due to people not getting off the wire in the beginning. ..


> On Nov 17, 2023, at 9:41 PM, Richard Knoppow <1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> 
>   Thank you for the link. It was Merrman Smith of UPI who sent the first flash and told others to keep off the line.
>  I think Smith was the chief correspondent of the UP.
>   A flash is a news alert given no more than about once a year. On the UPI wire it is preceded by ten bells, on the AP by twelve bells. Its only an alert with minimum detail. Followed up by a bulletin with some detail. It must have been very frightening to those who heard the bells since it meant something disastrous had happened.
>   I remember the day, no one who lived through it will ever forget it.