Dream weaver
A local resident practices the art of creweling, a form of needlepoint, yester-
day at Liberty Plaza.
Baby Lucille stars in front
of and behind the camera
The Michigan Daily-Thursday, Augdst 12, 1982-Page 5
AT&T cracks
down on pay
phone fraud
NEW YORK (AP)- The telephone Davis said AT&T is reluctant to cut
company is cracking down on cheaters back on the third-party-billing con-
who make long-distance calls from pay venience, which is the fastest-growing
phones and bill them to someone else's operator-assisted phone service. Phone
number-a scam that cost AT&T more companies are installing new "coin-
than $44 million last year. less" phones in public places to handle
Operators in some parts of the nation the increasing number of credit-card
are now required to verify any numbers calls and third-party-billing calls.
given fo billing by dialing them first But the convenience "has obviously
and confirming with someone who an- raised the potential for fraud," Davis
swers that the caller lives or works said. He said the total amount involved
there. is impossible to calculate, because
If no one answers at the number to be customers often do not detect calls that
billed, or if someone answers and says have been wrongly billed to them by a
the person calling is unknown to them, third party, even though such long-
the call is rejected. distance calls are listed on the phone
THE PROGRAM began July 1 for bill.
Pacific Northwest Bell in Washington When businesses or home subscribers
and Oregon and Aug. 1 for Pacific do find that they have been billed for
Telephone in California and its sub- such calls, the telephone company ab-
sidiary, Nevada Bell. sorbs the loss - $44 million for inter-
Marty Davis, a spokesman fo state calls last year, officials said. In-
American Telephone & Telegraph Co., terstate fraud involving charges to
said the company would see how the other parties' phone credit cards raised
system works in the selected areas, and the losses for 1981 to $73 million.
then consider making the requirement The companies' losses are taken into
nationwide. account when the telephone company
The companies hope the requirement seeks to raise its rates, making a victim
will cut down on what Davis described of anyone with a telephone.
as the telephonic equivalent of shoplif-
ting-and which the phone company
says eventually means higher charges
to consumers. Subscribe to The
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Lucille is best remembered for her
television appearances during the
Olympics, according to Miller. "People
have recognized her from the Olym-
pics. They really know who she is," he
said.
LUCILLE'S FIRST Olympics were the
1972 summer games in Munich where
she was featured by a German
television station. According to Miller,
Lucille appeared on the station's first
telecast and was so popular that she
was featured every day for the rest of
the games.
"The first thing they saw was the dog.
The dog was edited in front of Greece
(the first team- to march into the
stadium)," he said. "She was the
Alfred Hitchcock of every single
event."
Lucille also was featured in ABC's
coverage of the 1980 winter games in
Lake Placid, wearing a wine keg and
side packs marked with the Olympic in-
signia.
A veteran of three Indianapolis 500s,
Lucille also likes football. "Hopefully
we'll be at the Michigan-Notre Dame
game," he said, adding that both teams
are favorites of Lucille..
HER TRAVELS throughout the coun-
try have allowed her to meet sports
celebrities such as Muhammad Ali and
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Miller said,
r but Lucille has also had her share of
trouble.
Once in St. Louis, while Lucille was
tied up outside a museum, a passerby
unleashed her, said Miller, who was
scheduled to go to Indianapolis the next
day.
"Every policeman in St. Louis was on
the alert. Everybody in St. Louis was
looking for Baby Lucille," who was
eventually found at Busch Stadiun.
MILLER SAID his only attempt to
commercialize Lucille was a letter he
once sent to Purina. "It was a mild at-
tempt. I never really pushed it," he
said, but added someday, "I might
pack up all her credentials."
According to Miller, however, Lucille
may pass up a life of glamor. "They
may fly her over to Sarajevo
(Yugoslavia, for the 1984 Winter Olym-
pics)," Miller said, but added, "She's
officially going to retire in Los Angeles
in 1984. She will hang up her Olympic
attire."
"Her life really is in-the mountains.
that's her element," Miller said. "It
could be in Lake Tahoe or in Montana.
"She's just going to chase the rabbits."
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