Bell System History - Beatrice Companies, Inc.

The Board increased the dividend again in 1961, 1963, 1965, and 1967, and split the stock again - this time 2-for-1 - in 1964. Investors began to look at AT&T stock as a "growth" issue. The object of these and other financial maneuvers in the 1960s and 1970s was the enhancement and expansion of the national switched network, the real system in ... ................
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