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Cable-TV tangle may be cast to '73 Legislature By PETER BLANKMAN Minneupolli Star Staff Writer THE LATEST SOLOMON of the country's sex habits, Dr. Boyd Cooper, passed through town a couple of days ago with an urgent message for American men. Offering a sympathetic shoulder and a figurative wfiiff of oxygen to his exhausted disciples, Dr. Cooper declared: "Men, you are just ing all the services that cublo can offer. (Cable television once was confined to rural areas, where a tall master antenna picked up signals from distant stations and relayed them via cable to homes.

(In urban areas, most observers feel that cable's potential lies in locally, produced programs. There are estimates that eventually cable capacity will exceed 80 channels. (About 100 Minnesota communities have awarded cable franchises, including Bloomington, Far-mington, Fridley, Stillwater, Bayport, Oak Park Heights and Lakeville in the metropolitan area. The complex issue of cable television, a problem for local municipalities up to now, looks as if It may be headed for the 1973 Legislature. Preliminary reports from two major studies one by a Metropolitan Council citizens committee, the by the Citizens League show support for state or regional Involvement.

Two groups are likely to oppose such a policy: Municipalities, which grant franchises.Many municipalities fear that state involvement would remove the flexibility of de sign and layout, a major selling point of cable. Cable system operators, who almost uniersally oppose state involvement. They contend it would add an "unnecessary" layer of government to a field already regulated by local governments artd the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). A Metropolitan Council subcommittee says that municipal regulation generally has been a failure because municipalities don't have enough information about cable. The result has been a number of communities awarding franchises without requir- service, including some suburbs surrounded by cable areas; and there would be limited interconnection.

Very few of the subscriber response services, such as banking, shopping, security systems and meter reading, would exist because of the lack of interconnection to provide a large enough area to make the services viable, the subcommittee says. Another subcommittee notes the fragmentation of the metropolitan area. A school district such as 274, which includes Hopkins and parts of Minne-tonka, Edina, Eden Prairie, Plymouth and Golden Valley, would have serious problems taking advantage of cable. Franchises 7 LAMENT OF AN ACHING LOVER- going to have to learn to say no." Dr. Cooper's advice may very well be sound and could even become historic.

They are actually putting it on tape for in spirational readings, in the same way a Chicago radio station years ago recorded Knute Rockne reviving his groggy, battered football team at half time. J-'Lw" The difference is that Rockne counseled perse- verance and a gutty second effort. Dr. Cooper fcHt advising raw, terrified evasion, and possibly Unluckily, the doctor may have arrived too late. XTa It's no secret that the American society has been pretty well devastated the past ten years by a Sherman's army of sex psychologists, position professors and mattress mechanics.

The Minneapolis Star m. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER v. A 'OPEN' VIOLATIONS Area job agencies favor men, study report charges i lvy 'A jft-P'L. i follow municipal boundaries. Douglas Hedin, a Minneapolis lawyer and member of both groups, notes a major reason for cable systems encompassing several municipalities.

The FCC, he notes, requires cable systems with more than 3,500 subscribers to originate local programing, such as high school football, local news or city council meetings. But only 47 of 75 metropolitan communities surveyed have more than 3,500 households, or potential subscribers. Minneapolis, St. Paul, Richfield, Edina, Bloomington and St. Louis Park are the only cities large enough to generate 3,500 subscribers in the near future, Hedin says.

The result, he feels, is a definite need for communities to band together to award franchises. Both groups appear to reject public ownership of cable, a course recently adopted in Saskatchewan. There the provincially owned telephone company will erect cable lines and rent them to nonprofit community groups. But the cost of such a procedure probably would fall on the taxpayers, notes the Metropolitan Council committee. Experts estimate that a Twin Cities system would cost between $50 million and $100 million.

State involvement could come in one of several ways, the groups say. There could be state franchising, which would allow regionally interconnected systems and have sufficient expertise to insure that minimum standards are met. There could be state certification of municipally granted franchises. There could be state or regional advisory agency to help municipalities. But there are to each proposal, the groups add.

State franchising might lead to minimum-standard systems rather than a variety with different services and experimentation. State certification means relying on difficult-to-obtain joint-use agreements where two municipalities must join to meet state standards. An advisory agency's advice wouldn't have to be followed. A Senate subcommittee has held occasional hearings on cable. Although several subcommittee members have indicated support for state involvement, some of them, including chairman Rollin Glewwe, aren't seeking reelection.

There also is a question whether state involvement should be done by an ing agency, such as the Public Service Commission (PSC), or by a new agency. The PSC is about the only state agency that is studying cable, but some group members distrust it, claiming it gets too close to the bodies it's supposed to regulate. Robert Carl About 40 communities have operating systems, ranging in size from the 12,200 subscribers in Rochester to 125 subscribers in Lanesboro). The study groups generally agree there are three areas of main concern interconnection of different systems, the size of the franchise area, and what to do with the education, government and public access channels. A Metropolitan Council subcommittee speculates that if cable were allowed to develop without regional or state coordination or regulation, in 10 years the quality and quantity of services would vary greatly from system to system; there would be gaps in the 4 Residents will vote on the.

ordinance as approved, though all the City Council members have said they would support the amendments to the ordinance recommended last month by a Fridley citizens' advisory committee. Last night the Council gave the amended ordinance preliminary approval. Final Council approval will be considered Nov. 6. The petition circulators oppose the passage of the ing of a section of the contract that calls for future negotiations on whether the city should give the county state funds it receives for providing downtown library service to suburban residents.

The contract provides that any negotiations for a 1974 contract must con Minneapolis to be used KSTP, Channel by the towers will go into operation towers are of the fallen Av. and The casualty toll of American men has not been relli-' bly counted but must be enormous. Red Cross workers report symptoms ranging all the way from battle fatigue to charley horses. Cartilage tears and muscle pulls are frequently mentioned. "THE WHOLE THING," one of my callers theorized, "boils down to too much advice too fast.

Were you.ready for all of this advice? I wasnX and I want to tell you what it cost me, because I have just read in the newspa pers about this Dr. Cooper blaming Dr. Reuben and ag gressive women. But if you want to know the truth the experts to blapie are not the ones who tell you when of how but the ones who tell you where." "It started out with the psychologist who announced four or five years ago that any place for the love act was all right as long as it made the partners and he said h'e did not exclude the chandelier. "Well, he said he had consulted men, and he had consulted women, and he had consulted the doctors, but did anybody consult the chandelier manufacturer? "You may remember, two weeks later some poor stiff got impaled by a falling chandelier, which he rode 25 feet to a horrible death while his wife who put him up to the whole thing got off with minor cuts and contusions.

"The coroner must have written a helluva post-mor tern. "Four weeks ago my wife brought home this book by a woman called Lois Bird in which she tells how you can make your wife into a mistress. If I was going to tell my wife to do this I would either have to be Merlin or Runtr plestiltskin. "Being a man of peace, I decided not to. I read, the book, and all I could tell my wife was how sorry" I felt; for this Lois Bird's husband.

She calls him a psycho-therapist but he must be on the other side of the couch by now. This woman says no place in the house is too remote for inquisitive lovers, she sounds as though she's tried them all but the broom closet. "I'll mention a few. For a change of pace to enrich the marriage she suggests such places as the swimming pool, alongside the fireplace, the kitchen and are you ready on horseback and atop the washing machine. "I asked my wife did she want a husband or a guided tour.

But she said there was a lot in what this woman was saying, so I decided against my better judgment I would become the world's most versatile lover. "I have now gone, through the phase and I am here to tell you, don't go this exotic route unless you first get a Mayo checkup and a safety belt. "I tried the swimming pool bit, but forget it. You -tell me how you're going to feel like an irresistible I lover trying to drag on a 3-foot snorkel. "My wife said Lois Bird's suggestion about going to some secluded country place in the fall, with leaves Oh the ground and frost on the pumpkin, sounded overwhelmingly romantic, like the European movies.

So bundled the blankets and went to a place in Carver County. We put up the tent and spent the "Never ever try to play Charles Boyer with a case of lumbago. "My last shot was the' horseback trail thought we were getting along great until the horse started grazing. Did you ever have to disappoint your wife because your foot got caught in the stirrup?" Pass the A-bandages, please. 2 Employment agencies in the Twin Cities metropolitan area were accused today of engaging in sex discrimination against women seeking'' employment opportunities.

The charge was made by the Minnesota Public Interest Research Group (MPIRG) on the basis of a study it conducted into the operations of 29 area employment agencies. The study was based in part on the visits to 22 employment agencies by a woman and a man who possessed identical work and educational qualifications. MPIRG found that in almost all cases the female interviewee was offered clerical type jobs while the male was offered jobs with significant possibilities for advancement. Part of the problem, said MPIRG, lies in the method of operation used by some employment agencies. Many agencies have counselors who handle only placement to "women's jobs" and one had separate facilities to deal with male and female applicants.

MPIRG concluded that "many employment agencies are shamelessly and openly violating" state equal employment laws. It recommended that all agencies which "either willingly or negligently violate the law" have their licenses revoked by the state. In their interviews with the agencies, the MPIRG applicants presented identical profiles except for their sex. Both were 23-year-old graduates of the University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts with majors Star Photo by Roger Nystrom by WCCO, Channel 4, and 5, is scheduled to be completed end of November, Both be the same height and will at the same time. The being constructed near the site tower at the corner of Lexington County Rd.

Shoreview. NEW TOWER The antenna section, completing a television tower, was hoisted skyward yesterday. The tower, which will serve WTCN, Channel 11, is the first of two towers which will replace a Shoreview television tower that collapsed about 13 months ago, killing seven workman. The second new tower, Fridley vote on cable 18, 1972 in humanities and minors in history with grade point averages of 3.0. They had identical hobbies, no cars and their only previous work experience had been working part-time in their father's dental offices.

In the 22 interviews, the woman was offered clerical work 100 percent of the time while the man was offered clerical work once. In half the cases, the woman was asked if she could type while the man was never asked this question. In 10 cases the woman was told that the clerical field was the only field in which a job could be found while the man was never told this. MPIRG also found that counselors were much more likely to consider the possibilities for advancement in employment when talking to a man than when talking to a woman. The study also revealed that many agencies tend to think in terms of women's jobs and men's jobs.

According to the report one interviewee was told: "Strangely enough, the job outlook is better for women than men now. There are always female jobs around." In one instance, a female interviewee was offered only clerical positions while a male interviewee at the same agency was told of possibilities as sales, bank, insurance and management trainee. In a few instances, women were told of job possibilities that were also recommended to men. citv's approval. Olson and Commissioners E.

F. (Bud) Robb Jr. and Richard O. Hanson voted to authorize the contract while Commissioner David P. Lindg-ren voted against it.

1 complained that thp honrd waFn't given sufficient time to study the settlement and it was 5 indicted Five young men have been indicted, one of them for the second time, by the Hennepin County Grand Jury in connection with the Aug. 6 shooting death of a night bowling alley manager. After indictments yesterday, the Hennepin County attorney's office moved to dismiss an indictment against a seventh man who had been indicted previously in the case. MB Advertisement Advertisement $22.50 PER BORROWER County offers suburban-use contract to Minneapolis TV Nov. 7 original ordinance in the referendum because, they say, in light of the Council's past actions, they have no faith that the Council will go through with the amendments as promised.

Some also say they believe the cable-television ordinance is premature. The proposed amendments include a stronger provision requiring interconnection with other cable systems, and granting the franchise for 10 years rather than the 15 now provided for in the ordinance. sider "The question of Minneapolis use of South-clale-Hcnnepin Area Library as an offset against Hennepin County use of the Minneapolis Downtown Library," Under the 1972 contract, which expires Dec. 31, the county agreed to pay the city library a total jury in connection with the death of the bowling allev manager, Daniel P. Erickson, 42, 4933 3(kh Av.

at the Stardust Lanes, 2520 2(ith Av. S. Ross appeared in Hennepin District Court yesterday afternoon. The other four suspects were arrested by police early today and are being held in the Hennepin County jail pending arraignments in Ilennepin District Court. Fridley residents will vote on a cable television ordinance Nov.

7. The ordinance, granting a franchise to General Television of Minnesota has been the subject of controversy since it was adopted in December 1971 by the Fridley City Council. The City Council originally refused to accept citizen petitions seeking a referendum on the ordinance, but last month changed its mind in the midst of litigation to determine if the Council action rejecting the petitions was legal. too costly for the amount of service to be provided. "It's a question of priori-tics," he said and he couldn't justify the county's spenditi" "$300,000 to $400,000 to provide service to between 15,000 and 20,000 residents.

He also said he was dissatisfied with the word in death of Police said today that Richard D. Myles, 23, 4409 4th Av. had been misi-dentified by witnesses as a suspect. Homicide l.t. William Quinn said that during the investigation additional evidence cleared Myles as a participant.

The iiVlictment, charging the defendants with first -degree murder and attempted aggravated robbery was returned yester son, PSC vice chairman, told the Senate subcommittee that the State Planning Agency might be the best place for state activity. library of $000,000 for service to suburban users "and rent for about 25,000 square feet of space in the downtown library. The county board plans to move its headquarters out of the downtown library at the end of the year. Adler official to speak here The Rev. Robert Powers, dean of the Alfred Adler Institute of Chicago, will conduct a workshop on "Estrangement Our Dilemma?" from 9 a.m.

to 3:30 p.m. Saturday in Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church, l.yn-dale and Groveland Avs. S. Powers is a psychotherapist in private practice in Chicago. Registrations may be made by calling the church.

lanes' manager The Hennepin County Board yesterday approved a new one-year contract with the Minneapolis Public Library to permit suburban residents to continue the 4-'wntown library in 1973. The contract will be sent to the Minneapolis Public Library Board in time for consideration at its meeting tomorrow. Under the contract, the county will pay the city library $22,50 in 1973 for each suburban resident who borrows one or more items from the downtown library, 300 Nicollet Mall. Estimates of the number of suburban users of that library vary from 15,000 to 20,000. according to a county official.

By a vole of 3 to 1, County Board Chairman Thomas L. Olson was authorized to sign the new contract, subject to the PAKO CAM COPY ANYTHING! Color snapshots or Polaroid color prints. It's another new service from your Pako Filmshop or Pako photo day by the grand jury. The defendants were identified by police as James E. Ross, 22, 24 W.

40th Wade Russell, 24, 1136 4th Av. Isaac M. Russell, 23, 3(I7 3rd Av. Noah J. Lindsey, 21, 1211 Oliver Av.

and Darryl A. Toal, also known as Anthony Johnson, 18, 3505 Portland Av. Ross previously had been indicted by the grand dealer..