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You’ve probably walked or driven past the large brick building at the corner of East Corydon and Congress streets many times. You might know it has something to do with telephones, but have you ever paused to think about its history? Now owned by Verizon, this building is a hub for call-switching — a critical facility that manages local cell towers; processes calls, texts and data; and routes customer interactions. It was originally built by Bell Telephone in 1930, nearly 96 years ago. But it almost wasn’t built. Today, with 98% of Americans owning a cell phone (yes, really!), it might be hard to imagine why Bradford City Council hesitated to allow Bell Telephone to construct the building. It all started in November 1929, when Thomas F. Connelly, a prominent Bradford oil producer, sold his impressive mansion at 30 E. Corydon St., on the corner of Congress and East Corydon streets, to “undisclosed buyers” and relocated to 117 Kennedy St. Connelly’s mansion stood on one corner of the intersection, while the other three were occupied by the Carnegie Public Library, a large Baptist church, and the Women’s Christian Temperance Union clubhouse. Word quickly got out that the “undisclosed buyers” were actually a Pittsburgh group representing Bell Telephone and that they intended to replace the mansion with a three-story commercial brick building. This would effectively change the character and charm of the old neighborhood. Local residents were outraged. The issue wasn’t that the new building would house a telephone company — Bradford already had one. Established in 1903 by William Hanley, the existing telephone company operated out of a building at 11 Chestnut St. That telephone company employed women as switchboard operators but in 1919 the invention of the dial telephone enabled people to dial numbers themselves. Within a decade, personal dial telephones became widespread, rendering Bradford's service outdated. To support this advanced technology and improve communication in Bradford and across the region, a new, larger building was needed to house modern expanded equipment. In 1929, Bradford had 5,678 telephone subscribers, and that number was increasing all the time. The Bell Telephone people promised that this relatively new dial system of telephone service would become a reality once the new building was constructed. The new building, three stories high and 80 feet by 60 feet would cost $786,000 (nearly $14.8 million in today’s money). Construction was planned for March, with completion by October 1930, and the new dial system would be in place by July 1931. But Congress Street residents protested that the new building would be too large for the proposed plot of land. Ironically, it wasn’t the height of the building that they objected to, but the length and width, because the building would be too close to the street and in violation of the city building line set-back restrictions. They threatened to get a restraining injunction against Bell Telephone if the building permit were granted. By the first week in February, arguments on both sides were heated. East Corydon and Congress Street residents were represented by attorney William Burdick. Burdick claimed that the telephone company should have been aware of the building restrictions before purchasing the land. The situation, he said, was through their own carelessness and “the burden of their mistake should not be allowed to be thrust upon the shoulders of either the council or the property owners.” The residents insisted that “Bell Telephone build the building taller but stay within the same property line restrictions that “other property owners must abide by and always have.” Burdick was also representing a secret client, and insisted “it isn’t fair to my client, a man who has built a fine home on Congress Street, who has established his interests here and who has always been active in the achievement of Bradford to have his property ruined by such a permit.” It is likely that his client was Earl Emery, who had built a brick mansion at 50 Congress St. in 1921. Emery objected to a huge brick building being placed just a short distance from his side porch. Bell Telephone remained resolute, vowing to "do whatever it took" to secure the city's approval for the building's footprint. The company’s representatives were unwavering in their stance on the proposed building size and their request for a property line restriction variance. Determined to move forward, they were fully prepared to begin construction, even if it meant facing potential injunctions and legal challenges. City engineer Henry Quirk, and city solicitor Francis Nash suggested that the Bell Co. buy 6 feet of the Emery property that bordered the old Connelly property. This additional land would solve the setback line restrictions. Positive that they had found a solution, they eagerly wired Lucretia Emery (Mrs. Earl Emery), who was wintering in Florida. She agreed to sell 6 feet along the property line but only at the same price that Bell Telephone had paid for the Connelly property in 1929, or $479 a foot. Total cost would be $2,800. Bell Telephone refused, stating that they had enough land already and only needed the building permit to proceed. They vowed to carry the fight forward and build at any cost. Bitter and lengthy negotiations between council members and the legal team representing Bell Telephone followed, but on March 17, 1930, a tentative solution was reached behind closed doors. City Council voted unanimously to grant the building permit. A compromise had been reached — the building would be built within 2 feet of the property line on the East Corydon Street side and at least 5 feet inside the line on the Congress Street side. Construction could begin. By June 1930, the old Connelly mansion was gone and “impressive ceremonies marked the laying of the cornerstone” of the new “Big Bell” building. A specially designed platform was decorated with red, white and blue bunting and a blue and white banner of the Bell system held city officials, prominent citizens and representatives of the Bell System. A lead box was placed inside the cornerstone, which included the June 25, 1930, Bradford Era newspaper, a copy of the building permit, the financial statement of the banks, a copy of the telephone directory, a number of local business cards, statements of the architect and contractor, a list of city officials, a list of the Rotary Club members, a photograph of Miss Phoebe Newell, the oldest living telephone subscriber in the city, and a list of Bell officials. In June 1931, it was announced that all of Bradford’s telephone subscribers were now on the dial system. Most of Bell Telephone customers had never used a dial telephone before and had to be instructed in how to use one. But the phone company had foreseen this problem. Each telephone subscriber was given complete instructions on how to use a dial phone. Telephone company representatives gave speeches to local organizations and even scheduled a movie “suitable for both adults and children” to be shown at local churches, demonstrating dial phoning. A telephone book, with new numbers, was published in the summer of 1931. The first phone call using the new dial system was made at midnight June 27, 1931. Two prominent civic leaders were selected to mark this historic occasion: William H. Dennis, owner of Tuna Manufacturing Co., and A. D. Burns, a local plumber and leader of the 1898 Bradford contingent of the Pennsylvania National Guard during the Spanish-American War. Dozens of people gathered on both ends of the line to witness the moment as Dennis called Burns, officially inaugurating the modern telephone system. “Hello Colonel Burns? It’s W. H. Dennis calling.” Today, with the widespread use of cell phones and smartphones, switchboard operators, rotary dialing and pay phones have become relics of the past. Bell Telephone, once known as "Ma Bell" by its critics, is also gone. The Bell System was broken up in 1982 for being a monopoly, leading to the creation of seven regional telephone companies known as "Baby Bells." One of these, Bell Atlantic, eventually became Verizon, which still manages the iconic "Big Bell" brick building on the corner of East Corydon and Congress streets.DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli troops stormed one of the last hospitals operating in northern Gaza on Friday, forcing many staff and patients outside to strip in winter weather , the territory’s health ministry said. The army denied claims it had entered or set fire to the complex and accused Hamas of using the facility for cover. Kamal Adwan Hospital has been hit multiple times over the past three months by Israeli troops waging an offensive against Hamas fighters in surrounding neighborhoods, according to staff. The ministry said a strike on the hospital a day earlier killed five medical staff. Israel's military said it was conducting operations against Hamas infrastructure and militants in the area and had ordered people out of the hospital, but said it had not entered the complex as of Friday night. It repeated claims that Hamas militants operate inside Kamal Adwan but provided no evidence. Hospital officials have denied that. The Health Ministry said troops forced medical personnel and patients to assemble in the yard and remove their clothes. Some were led to an unknown location, while some patients were sent to the nearby Indonesian Hospital, which was knocked out of operation after an Israel raid this week. Israeli troops during raids frequently carry out mass detentions, stripping men to their underwear for questioning in what the military says is a security measure as they search for Hamas fighters. The Associated Press doesn’t have access to Kamal Adwan, but armed plainclothes members of the Hamas-led police forces have been seen in other hospitals, maintaining security but also controlling access to parts of the facilities. The Health Ministry said Israeli troops also set fires in several parts of Kamal Adwan, including the lab and surgery department. It said 25 patients and 60 health workers remained in the hospital. The account could not be independently confirmed, and attempts to reach hospital staff were unsuccessful. “Fire is ablaze everywhere in the hospital,” an unidentified staff member said in an audio message posted on social media accounts of hospital director Hossam Abu Safiya. The staffer said some evacuated patients had been unhooked from oxygen. “There are currently patients who could die at any moment,” she said. Lt. Col. Nadav Shoshani, an Israeli military spokesman, denied the accusations. “While IDF troops were not in the hospital, a small fire broke out in an empty building inside the hospital that is under control,” he said Friday night. He said a preliminary investigation found “no connection” between military activity and the fire. The Israeli military heavily restricts the movements of Palestinians in Gaza and has barred foreign journalists from entering the territory throughout the war, making it difficult to verify information. “These actions put the lives of all of these people in even more danger than what they faced before,” U.N. spokesperson Stephanie Tremblay told journalists, and noted colleagues' reports of “significant damage” to the hospital. It should be protected as international law requires, she added. Since October, Israel’s offensive has virtually sealed off the northern Gaza areas of Jabaliya, Beit Hanoun and Beit Lahiya and leveled large parts of them. Tens of thousands of Palestinians were forced out but thousands are believed to remain in the area, where Kamal Adwan and two other hospitals are located. Troops raided Kamal Adwan in October, and on Tuesday troops stormed and evacuated the Indonesian Hospital. The area has been cut off from food and other aid for months , raising fears of famine . The United Nations says Israeli troops allowed just four humanitarian deliveries to the area from Dec. 1 to Dec. 23. The Israeli rights group Physicians for Human Rights-Israel this week petitioned Israel’s High Court of Justice, seeking a halt to military attacks on Kamal Adwan. It warned that forcibly evacuating the hospital would “abandon thousands of residents in northern Gaza.” Before the latest deaths Thursday, the group documented five other staffers killed by Israeli fire since October. Israel launched its campaign in Gaza vowing to destroy Hamas after the group’s Oct. 7, 2023, attack on southern Israel in which militants killed around 1,200 people and abducted some 250 others. Around 100 Israelis remain captive in Gaza, around a third believed to be dead. Israel’s nearly 15-month-old campaign of bombardment and offensives has devastated the territory’s health sector. A year ago, it carried out raids on hospitals in northern Gaza, including Kamal Adwan, Indonesian and al-Awda Hospital, saying they served as bases for Hamas, though it presented little evidence. Israel’s campaign has killed more than 45,400 Palestinians, more than half women and children, and wounded more than 108,000 others, according to the Health Ministry. Its count does not distinguish between civilians and combatants. More than 90% of Gaza’s 2.3 million Palestinians have been driven from their homes, most now sheltering in sprawling tent camps in south and central Gaza. Children and adults, many barefoot, huddled Friday on the cold sand in tents whose plastic and cloth sheets whipped in the wind. Overnight temperatures can dip into the 40s Fahrenheit (below 10 Celsius), and sea spray from the Mediterranean can dampen tents just steps away. "I swear to God, their mother and I cover ourselves with one blanket and we cover (their five children) with three blankets that we got from neighbors. Sea waters drowned everything that was ours,” said Muhammad al-Sous, displaced from Beit Lahiya in the north. The children collect plastic bottles to make fires, and pile under the blankets when their only set of clothes is washed and dried in the wind. At least three babies in Gaza have died from exposure to cold in recent days , doctors there have said, and the Health Ministry said an adult — a nurse who worked at the European Hospital — also died this week. Khaled and Keath reported from Cairo. Associated Press writer Edith M. Lederer at the United Narions contributed to this report.LONDON — Pooches in pullovers paraded past Buckingham Palace on Saturday for a gathering of dogs in Christmas sweaters to raise funds for rescue charities. About 130 pets, and their owners, walked Saturday from St. James's Park and along the Mall, the wide boulevard that leads to the royal palace as part of the Christmas Jumper Parade. Prizes were awarded for best-dressed pets, with contenders including canine Santas, puppy elves and a French bulldog dressed in a red beret and pink jacket adorned with red bows. The event was organized by Rescue Dogs of London and Friends to raise money for charities that rehome dogs from overseas. Christmas sweater animal parades have become something of an annual tradition in London. There are more to come this year, including an event for corgis — the late Queen Elizabeth II's favorite breed — on Dec. 7 and the dachshund-friendly Hyde Park Sausage Walk on Dec 15. People are also reading... 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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — An online spat between factions of supporters over immigration and the tech industry has thrown internal divisions in his political movement into public display, previewing the fissures and contradictory views his coalition could bring to the White House. The rift laid bare the tensions between the newest flank of Trump’s movement — wealthy members of the tech world including billionaire and fellow entrepreneur and their call for more highly skilled workers in their industry — and people in Trump’s Make America Great Again base who championed his hardline immigration policies. The debate touched off this week when , a right-wing provocateur with a history of racist and conspiratorial comments, criticized Trump’s selection of as an adviser on artificial intelligence policy in his coming administration. Krishnan favors the ability to bring more skilled immigrants into the U.S. Loomer declared the stance to be “not America First policy” and said were doing so to enrich themselves. Much of the debate played out on the social media network X, which Musk owns. Loomer’s comments sparked a back-and-forth with venture capitalist and former , whom Trump has tapped to be the “White House A.I. & Crypto Czar.” Musk and Ramaswamy, , weighed in, defending the tech industry’s need to bring in foreign workers. It bloomed into a larger debate with more figures from the hard-right weighing in about the need to hire U.S. workers, whether values in American culture can produce the best engineers, free speech on the internet, the newfound influence tech figures have in Trump’s world and what his political movement stands for. Trump has not yet weighed in on the rift. His presidential transition team did not respond to questions about positions on visas for highly skilled workers or the debate between his supporters online. Instead, his team instead sent a link to a post on X by longtime adviser and immigration hard-liner that was a transcript of a speech Trump gave in in which he praised figures and moments from American history. Musk, the world’s richest man who has , was a central figure in the debate, not only for his stature in Trump’s movement but his stance on the tech industry’s hiring of foreign workers. Technology companies say H-1B visas for skilled workers, used by software engineers and others in the tech industry, are critical for hard-to-fill positions. But critics have said they undercut U.S. citizens who could take those jobs. Some on the right have called for the program to be eliminated, not expanded. Born in South Africa, Musk was once on an a H-1B visa himself and defended the industry’s need to bring in foreign workers. “There is a permanent shortage of excellent engineering talent,” he said in a post. “It is the fundamental limiting factor in Silicon Valley.” Trump’s own positions over the years have reflected the divide in his movement. His tough immigration policies, including his pledge for a mass deportation, were central to his winning presidential campaign. He has focused on immigrants who come into the U.S. illegally but he has also , including family-based visas. As a presidential candidate in 2016, Trump called the H-1B visa program “very bad” and “unfair” for U.S. workers. After he became president, Trump in 2017 issued a “Buy American and Hire American” , which directed Cabinet members to suggest changes to ensure H-1B visas were awarded to the highest-paid or most-skilled applicants to protect American workers. Trump’s businesses, however, have hired foreign workers, including , and his social media company behind his Truth Social app for highly skilled workers. During his 2024 campaign for president, as he made immigration his signature issue, Trump said immigrants in the country illegally are “poisoning the blood of our country” and promised to carry out the largest deportation operation in U.S. history. But in a sharp departure from his usual alarmist message around immigration generally, Trump this year that he wants to give automatic green cards to foreign students who graduate from U.S. colleges. “I think you should get automatically, as part of your diploma, a green card to be able to stay in this country,” he told the “All-In” podcast with people from the venture capital and technology world. Those comments came on the cusp of Trump’s budding alliance with tech industry figures, but he did not make the idea a regular part of his campaign message or detail any plans to pursue such changes. Michelle L. Price, The Associated Press

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DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli troops stormed one of the last hospitals operating in northern Gaza on Friday, forcing many staff and patients outside to strip in winter weather , the territory’s health ministry said. The army denied claims it had entered or set fire to the complex and accused Hamas of using the facility for cover. Kamal Adwan Hospital has been hit multiple times over the past three months by Israeli troops waging an offensive against Hamas fighters in surrounding neighborhoods, according to staff. The ministry said a strike on the hospital a day earlier killed five medical staff. Israel's military said it was conducting operations against Hamas infrastructure and militants in the area and had ordered people out of the hospital, but said it had not entered the complex as of Friday night. It repeated claims that Hamas militants operate inside Kamal Adwan but provided no evidence. Hospital officials have denied that. The Health Ministry said troops forced medical personnel and patients to assemble in the yard and remove their clothes. Some were led to an unknown location, while some patients were sent to the nearby Indonesian Hospital, which was knocked out of operation after an Israel raid this week. Israeli troops during raids frequently carry out mass detentions, stripping men to their underwear for questioning in what the military says is a security measure as they search for Hamas fighters. The Associated Press doesn’t have access to Kamal Adwan, but armed plainclothes members of the Hamas-led police forces have been seen in other hospitals, maintaining security but also controlling access to parts of the facilities. The Health Ministry said Israeli troops also set fires in several parts of Kamal Adwan, including the lab and surgery department. It said 25 patients and 60 health workers remained in the hospital. The account could not be independently confirmed, and attempts to reach hospital staff were unsuccessful. “Fire is ablaze everywhere in the hospital,” an unidentified staff member said in an audio message posted on social media accounts of hospital director Hossam Abu Safiya. The staffer said some evacuated patients had been unhooked from oxygen. “There are currently patients who could die at any moment,” she said. Lt. Col. Nadav Shoshani, an Israeli military spokesman, denied the accusations. “While IDF troops were not in the hospital, a small fire broke out in an empty building inside the hospital that is under control,” he said Friday night. He said a preliminary investigation found “no connection” between military activity and the fire. The Israeli military heavily restricts the movements of Palestinians in Gaza and has barred foreign journalists from entering the territory throughout the war, making it difficult to verify information. “These actions put the lives of all of these people in even more danger than what they faced before,” U.N. spokesperson Stephanie Tremblay told journalists, and noted colleagues' reports of “significant damage” to the hospital. It should be protected as international law requires, she added. Since October, Israel’s offensive has virtually sealed off the northern Gaza areas of Jabaliya, Beit Hanoun and Beit Lahiya and leveled large parts of them. Tens of thousands of Palestinians were forced out but thousands are believed to remain in the area, where Kamal Adwan and two other hospitals are located. Troops raided Kamal Adwan in October, and on Tuesday troops stormed and evacuated the Indonesian Hospital. The area has been cut off from food and other aid for months , raising fears of famine . The United Nations says Israeli troops allowed just four humanitarian deliveries to the area from Dec. 1 to Dec. 23. The Israeli rights group Physicians for Human Rights-Israel this week petitioned Israel’s High Court of Justice, seeking a halt to military attacks on Kamal Adwan. It warned that forcibly evacuating the hospital would “abandon thousands of residents in northern Gaza.” Before the latest deaths Thursday, the group documented five other staffers killed by Israeli fire since October. Israel launched its campaign in Gaza vowing to destroy Hamas after the group’s Oct. 7, 2023, attack on southern Israel in which militants killed around 1,200 people and abducted some 250 others. Around 100 Israelis remain captive in Gaza, around a third believed to be dead. Israel’s nearly 15-month-old campaign of bombardment and offensives has devastated the territory’s health sector. A year ago, it carried out raids on hospitals in northern Gaza, including Kamal Adwan, Indonesian and al-Awda Hospital, saying they served as bases for Hamas, though it presented little evidence. Israel’s campaign has killed more than 45,400 Palestinians, more than half women and children, and wounded more than 108,000 others, according to the Health Ministry. Its count does not distinguish between civilians and combatants. More than 90% of Gaza’s 2.3 million Palestinians have been driven from their homes, most now sheltering in sprawling tent camps in south and central Gaza. Children and adults, many barefoot, huddled Friday on the cold sand in tents whose plastic and cloth sheets whipped in the wind. Overnight temperatures can dip into the 40s Fahrenheit (below 10 Celsius), and sea spray from the Mediterranean can dampen tents just steps away. "I swear to God, their mother and I cover ourselves with one blanket and we cover (their five children) with three blankets that we got from neighbors. Sea waters drowned everything that was ours,” said Muhammad al-Sous, displaced from Beit Lahiya in the north. The children collect plastic bottles to make fires, and pile under the blankets when their only set of clothes is washed and dried in the wind. At least three babies in Gaza have died from exposure to cold in recent days , doctors there have said, and the Health Ministry said an adult — a nurse who worked at the European Hospital — also died this week. Khaled and Keath reported from Cairo. Associated Press writer Edith M. Lederer at the United Narions contributed to this report.Ukrainian girls’ team finds hockey haven at Wickenheiser festival