On this date in 1959, Fargo and Cass County approved contracts with P.C. Davidson to launch the Fargo-Moorhead Ambulance Service, providing local and emergency transport under a renewable five-year agreement.

Here is the complete story as it appeared in the paper that day:

A new ambulance service for Fargo and Cass County is officially in business.

The City Commission approved a contract with P. C. Davidson, also operator of the Moorhead Ambulance Service, and the documents were signed Tuesday.

Under the contract, the city will pay $600 per month. The Commission directed that the amount be taken from the contingent fund for a period of 30 to 60 days while other means of financing the service are worked out.

The contract provides that a charge of $15 for local calls, $25 for emergency

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