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'J 2 The Casper Tribune-Herald Thursday, Dec. 17, 1959 Berger Says Hickey Says State Must Be Careful About Site Mrs. Ernst Tells Problems Of Thermopolis Television Abel Cable Will Fight Restriction (Continued From Page One) I has an application before the FCC Boosters Are Necessity Lawrence (Bob) Eerger, manager of KTWO-TV in Casper, told Civic and government leaders of cupy a new state office building structure. If the building were to be located inconveniently to some Casper were advised Wednesday 1 in Casper if the location were not advantageous to their operations, of these agencies, they would be reluctant to rent space from the state and the rental income would emphasized. them as they cause interference for a fourth channel." The testimony grew heated as the senate subcommittee hearing with signals." The problems of operating a television station in a sparsely settled area of western Wyoming were revealed here by Mrs.

Mildred Ernst, pioneer radio and television operator at Thermopolis. Mrs. Ernst told the senate subcommittee hearing in Casper how she sends out TV signals from a transmitter atop Boysen Peak, drop in proportion. For this reason, the governor in Casper Wednesday that television boosters were an economic necessity for operating a free television station here. by Gov.

Joe Hickey that the state administration must exercise care and judgment in approving a site for a state office building here so that the structure will not become a "white elephant" in future years. The governor pointed out that there are at least 17 commissions and agencies of the state, several of which have an absolutely free choice as to where they will locate their offices in Casper. Those agencies which are authorized by was to poll the agencies concerned to learn their preference among the available sites. That preference will be reported in turn to Some agencies with offices in Casper which have no budgetary provisions for paying rent can be directed to take space in the new building, the governor explained, but others may "shop around" for office space which suits their needs and budgets. The state has been authorized to finance the new building from revenue bonds, which will have to Sen.

McGee pressed Daniels with questions. Daniels said the industry had already presented voluminous briefs in a previous Denver hearing, and declined to go into all phases of the testimony again. "The Laramie plan is no bombshell dropped at this hearing," Sen McGee pursued. "It isn't be Speaking at the close of the two days of hearings, Berger told Sen. Gale McGee that the booster stations had widened his marketing area and brought in sufficient ad be retired in part from rentals their budgets to pay rent for of as cable systems which operate In Thermopolis and Worland.

This competition cut down on her advertising revenue in a region scarcely well populated enough to sustain one television station, she told the committee. At one time, Mrs. Ernst said, her picture was carried on the cable at Worland, but was "deliberately degraded." When she suggested that set owners get "rabbit ears" or antennas to bring in Channel 10 more strongly, her channel was taken off the cable system, she said. Senator Gale McGee (D-Wyo) asked her if she thought she was taken off the cable because she suggested antennas for the sets, Mrs. Ernst replied, "that's the assumption." In trying to get advertising to support her operation, she said she was often asked by advertisers: "How do we know who watches your program?" In the little town of Shoshoni, Mrs.

Ernst said, she had more advertising support than in Worland, our "biggest town." She attributed this to the lack of a cable system in Shoshoni. fice space would not have to oc- paid by agencies which occupy the Sen. McGee referred to paid I newspaper ads by CATV fighting booster stations. "We have no quarrel with boosters at this time," Daniels said. The senator asked about the deterioration of signals in free television broadcasts carried on community cables.

"I know of none who would do this deliberately," Daniels declared. The senator alluded to a FCC investigation which confirmed that the picture was degraded. KTWO in Casper had claimed its picture carried on CTV was not as sharp or clear as the other programs carried on cable channels 4, 5 and 6. At this point. Gene W.

Schneider, general manager of the cable system in Casper, said the so-called degrading was caused by the sound on the high end of the band 7,500 feet high, to Teach farmers, ranchers and townfolk in a wide area of Fremont County and the Big Horn Basin on Channel 10. "The engineer has to live at the transmitter station from December to April," Mrs. Ernst said, "since the road is often snowed in by blowing drifts. He has already holded up for the winter with a large stock of supplies, including Christmas presents for his family." In the radio field since 1917, Mrs. Ernst told the committee she feels free radio and television is ing discussed here for the first time.

We consider you an expert witness on the subject." Daniels agreed to write another opinion and forward it to the committee. Schneider took the stand again to refute statements made earlier by William Grove of Cheyenne, the county commissioners, who will make the final decision on the site. Among Casper offices of state agencies concerned in the problem are the vocational rehabilitation office, the local employment service, state mineral supervisor, welfare department, the probation and parole officer and, of course, the employment security commission itself. The land offered on West Street is 130 feet by 210 feet, considerably larger than the space available on the two lots in the City-County Plaza. Commissioners John Purcell, Dean Morgan and Jourgensen Says Loss of Guard Not Insurmountable vertising revenue to maintain his service.

"Without boosters I can't survive in Berger said. Cable system television in Casper, he said, had cut down advertising revenue to the point where it would be uneconomic to depend on Casper business alone to pay the overhead. "There are only four Safeway stores in Casper," he said, "but I can reach a total of 14 Safeway stores with my booster coverage." Berger blamed cable television, vice president of the Frontier Broadcasting who had con and some of the facilities at the essential to the American way of tended antenna TV systems sometimes deprive a city of the nearest local broadcasting channel. He said life, and must be brought to peo airport could very well be utilized to better advantage so that we it was unfair competition. could embrace this growth." Schneider related that Grove conflicting with the picture on com- pie even in the most remote places.

"It cost $250,000 to build our station, and about $100,000 a year Jack Tobin felt the. land offers more than enough space for the building itself with adjacent surface parking. In addition to' the natural advantages presented by the site on which brings Denver advertisers into Casper homes, for making it difficult to sell local advertising Jourgensen pointed out that a munity's channel 3, which carries had exerted influence to stop com-the KTWO picture. petition from a broadcasting sta study of some of the larger buildings now used by the air guard on his station. to operate," she said.

"As yet, in effect, said Schneider, KTWO- tion planned at Alliance, Neb. He there is no profit. We operated at "When you call on a merchant, TV fouls up its own picture by its a loss of $60,000 last year." usually he gets the cable televi reveals that there is enough square footage to tae care of several large size industrial installations. sion, too," Berger said. "For some ine station nas a studio in i Thermopolis, which is 18 miles by psychological reason he thinks everyone else is a cable viewer.

But this isn't true. Most people are road from the transmitter, and John L. (Bud) Jourgensen, pres-' ident of. the Airport Board, stated Thursday that neither he nor the board have apprehensions about the loss of the Air National Guard training facility here. "While we will miss the Air Guard, whom we welcomed to the community in 1953, it was not without knowing that they would be leaving due to many rumors concerning curtailment of Air Guard activities," Jourgensen said.

"In fact," Jourgensen said, "we have known that the Air Guard was curtailing operations because of weapon changes, and we felt that if the base could be utilized as it had been before by National Guardsmen of surrounding states to the extent of six or seven units, it was consistent with the space occupied by the units. "We had set criteria that when serves many viewers in watching KTWO." "I feel it is the duty of the FCC to keep TV free to all, not just the favored few," said Mrs. Ernst. She declared that boosters need regulation, and should be the "obligation" of parent stations. "They should not go miles beyond the area originally assigned to the station.

This works hardships on the economies of small which still depend on free TV stations for local news and weather reports which cannot be supplied for their particular area by cable systems or distant stations," she said. West some of the officials at Wednesday's meeting were optimistic that location of a first-class building on the land would speed' up rehabilitation of the lower west side. Several of those at the meeting agreed, also, that public opinion in Casper is overwhelmingly against location of the building in the middle of the small park area across from the City-County Building. Until the county's offer of the West site Wednesday, however, the park-plaza site was the only downtown location available at no cost. Got $80,000 "While we do nqt expect to be able to fill all vacant space at the airport immediately, we do know that we have square footage that could yield as high as $50,000 per year in additional revenue," Jourgensen said.

"If we are successful in getting an early release from the government lease, we are prepared to again negotiate with the Wyoming Air Guard for some of the facilities they might need," Jourgensen concluded. i In Gifts; Fined Riverton, Thermopolis, Lander and rural areas. Many local programs are carried, including the annual holiday event of reading letters from children to Santa Claus. Mrs. Ernst said she picks up signals from Billings stations for re-broadcasting but thus far has been unable to make any arrangement with KTWO in Casper to relay signals.

She blamed part of her financial As Vagrant Mamie Lou Taylor, 30, was fined ever guard strength dropped down said Grove himself is trying to sup-press competition. Senator McGee interrupted to say this sort of testimony was outside the province of his committee. Several other witnesses who spoke in behalf of cable television included Attorney Leonard McCuen of Sheridan, Sen. Rudolph Ansel-mi, Rock Springs, and Dr. R.

H. Eowden of Casper, who praised the cable service at Memorial hospital. Patrick J. Quealy of Kemmer-er, representing cable television at Kemmerer, Diamondville and Fron tier, termed the proposed legislation to regulate community systems as the "economic impact" type of a bill. "I believe this Laramie Plan has been magnified out of proportions," said Quealy.

"If we are going to be regulated on the basis of economic impact, this is something entirely new for the FCC. The only question should be one of licensing and control." Quealy said further the same criteria should apply to booster stations as to community television systems. Near the end of the session, a telegram was read from Sen. Barry Goldwater of Arizona urging serious consideration of the Lar There are an estimated 29.900 supermarkets in the U. S.

which do 68 of all the retail grocery business. 84 of these super markets use newspapers regularly for their advertising. to as little as two or three units, $100 on a vagrancy charge in police court Wednesday night after we were going to request release own signals in the air, which creep into the community band on many sets. He said this might be alleviated to some extent by lowering the power output of the audio signal, which would not impair the picture. Schneider admitted the KTWO picture could be improved on community sets if placed on the channel 6 slot, but then channel 6 would be degraded in the No.

3 position. After the hearing, he said all channels could be improved by using only alternate channels, like 1-3-5-7-9-11, but to do this would require a big investment, something like $150,000. Eventually he said, "it will come to this." Daniels, on the witness stand, revealed some interesting facts about the cable system operation. He said 83 per cent of CATV etock was locally owned in the beginning, but much stock has been transferred in the last few years and some holders have left the city. He said today 60 per cent of the stock, is controlled in Casper.

He said he is the largest stockholder, with 22 per cent of the shares. "If someone can prove that we put a television station out of business," Daniels said, "we'll be the first to agree on the plan to avoid duplication, and will cooperate in any way." He disclosed tbat CATV admitting that she had received difficulties to booster stations carrying the KTWO signal, as well from the federal government dol- cash gifts in excess of $80,000 from two men in the last five years. lar-per-year lease. Since it wasn't possible to have that number of Symphony Gives Christmas Program at Casper College Judge Frank Bowron imposed the fine. Testifying in her own defense, the titan-haired woman said she had received $1,000 a month from NO MONEY DOWN No Payments Until March units, now was the time to express our opinion and ask for immediate release of facilities now under lease," Jourgensen stated.

"We of the Airport Board feel that Casper is on the threshold of considerable industrial expansion ceived as it left the audience with a W. J. Williams of Gillette who had "sort of" adopted her, and an a harmonic melody to carry with them in their minds and hearts. other $20,000 from a Spanish- The Toreador theme which is an old folk song of Spain and dates back to a legendary story of Mo American named Rivera over the past three years. She also reported hammedan origin, gave the orches receiving at least $100 a week from C.

D. Freeman of Denver, to whom tra every possible opportunity for NOW! 60-SECOND PICTURES WITHOUT FLASHBULBS I with a she is engaged. color tone dynamics, good attacks and releases, splendid bowing in Evidence of a long record of ar the violin section, and an excel amie Plan which has been endorsed byfthe Wyoming Repeater As Paganini String Quartet Plays Here Tonight The famed Paganini Quartet, fresh from a triumph Tuesday rests was produced at the trial by Police Chief Paul Danigan. Oral notice of appeal from the police Ik i ft i 1 sociation (booster stations). 1 Mills Astin gave a short review i of the growth of radio stations in court conviction was given by her Paul A.

Barber aud Mayne Miller. The audience that filled the Casper College gymnasium on Wednesday morning was rewarded by a patrician performance of the Casper Civic Symphony in their Christmas concert. The program opened with the first movement of the London Symphony by Haydn which was done with such artistry that the audience was aware only of the beautiful co-ordination of the "sections of the orchestra playing the un-forgetable themes of Haydn's "Adagio; Allegro" movement. In contrast, Tschaikovsky's "Andante Cantabile" arranged for strings followed with the lovely, plaintive melody, so characteristic of the composer, being exceptionally, well done. This theme taken from a folk song of "Little Russia" gave the personnel of the string section an excellent opportunity to blend in good dynamics, bowing and balance of tone.

Of particular interest was the soft muted quality of the string tone For the Record Wyoming. BIRTHS A companion, Connie Dunning Smith, 29, arrested in' the same raid recently, was also found guilty Eoy Mr. and Mrs. Rolf Allan Halmquist of 212 Sisken, Dec. 16.

Girl Mr. and Mrs. Lenton Hastings of Mills, Dec. 17. LAND CAMERA 1 for Giving Available at of vagrancy and fined $100.

Her attorneys, Clarence Cypreansen and Robert Ogden, repeatedly accused Navajo Held in Triple Slaying lent, well balanced tonal effect with full orchestra. The Strauss waltz, "Artist's Life" was performed as an encore and was done in an inimitable style which (left the audience in a joyful, singing mood and heard leaving the hall was. the melody on many lips and a happy jubilant look on many faces. It is a gratifying experience to hear this Symphony in concert and we know that we are fortunate in having such a splendid personnel and Conductor Hagen to give us the opportunity of hearing the world's greatest music. Congratulations go to Mr.

Hagen and the Symphony on their excellent concert and may they and the citizens of Casper have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year? R.S.H. the police of persecution. They also gave oral notice of appeal. IN night in Denver, will appear in Casper at 8-15 p.m. in Natrona County High School Auditorium.

The event marks the second concert in the current series offered by the Casper Community Concert Association. Artist appearing will be Henri Temianka, Charles Libove, David Schwartz and Lucien Laporte. Instruments used will be four Paga-nini's Strads, reassembled after a MEMORIAM PRESCOTT, (AP) Sam 0) Johnson, a husky 42-year-old Na vajo, was arraigned here Wednes Venus Rocket Shoot Is Postponed Again day on charges of killing three Indian, women and seriously In loving memory of William (Bill) Perkins who passed away Dec. 1944. Airman Edward Perkins Lena Wright.

wounding a fourth. Dial 2-3456 128 No. Center He waived preliminary hearing and asked for a lawyer. century of dispersal following Pa-ganini's death. A Denver Post music reviewer, commenting about the group's appearance in that city, had this to the haunting, mournful air which left the audience with a feeling of oneness with the orchestra.

The voice of Betsy Cooper, exultant, clear and ringing forth in the WASHINGTON (AP) The National Aeronautics and Space Administration today announced a further postponement of an effort to shoot a Thor-Able space probe Johnson, arrested by Navajo police, is charged with killing Rose Henry, 22; Helen Young, 60, and Grace Long, 22. Their bodies were found sprawled around a campfire difficult virtuoso passages of Mozart's "AUelujia" from the Motet "Exsultate Jubilate" was a joy to hear. The Symphony, in a purely accompaniment capacity, gave Miss Cooper the best of good solid near the northeastern Arizona reservation village of Kaibito, Each was shot in the head with HorstmanGai Atortuartj a .22 caliber rifle. melodic background upon which to Here's a Sensible and Easy Answer to Many a Christmas Shopping Problem! say: "All four of the Paganini members are possessors of fine Strad-ivarius instruments, and it seems to me that Schwartz is the fortunate one because his Strad viola was a sound of wonder under his skilled and loving hands. Certainly few can have heard such sweet and dark tones from a musical instrument." The Paganini Quarter, since 1946, has played well over a thousand concerts throughout the United States, Canada, Europe and South America.

The FBI said Johnson admitted quarelling with the women but was vague about the shooting. Be fore being arraigned Johnson was taken to a hospital where his stomach was pumped of bleaching fluid he had drunk. MRS. GENE DUNCAN Funeral ervices for Mrs. Gene Duncan were conducted by the Rev.

M. L. Jackson, pastor of the First Methodist church, at the Ilorstman-Gay chapel Thursday afternoon. Burial was in the veterans plot at Highland cemetery. Pallbearers were Ted White, Louis T.

Krueger, George Vucuverich, E. C. Dilgarde O. W. Davis and Harold toward Venus.

The 90-pound instrument package initially was to have been launched Dec. 15, from Cape Canaveral, but was postponed until Friday. The NASA said today it has been further postponed "because of electronic problems which arose in the final checkout of the instrumental payload." The agency said a new firing date has not yet been scheduled. Informed sources said it probably will be some time in January. Wilkinson Infant Son Succumbs at Hospitql Mark Goodwin Wilkinson, 9-day-old son of Mr.

and Glenn Wilkinson of Rawlins, former longtime Casper residents, died Thursday morning in the Memorial Hospital. He is survived by a brother, 5, and his two grandmothers, Mrs. Clara Wilkinson and Mrs. Sylvia McCracken, both of Casper. Private funeral services will be held at the Bustard Funeral Home.

Winter Memorial Will Have Caroling Service weave the glorious, intricate, melodic passages so well written by Mozart. No Christmas program is complete without a selection from Handel's "Messiah" and Conductor Hagen chose "Rejoice' Greatly, Daughter of Zion" followed by the "Allelujia" theme sung with great aplomb by soloist Miss Cooper. The Symphony personnel showed great flexibility in their ability to accompany a solo voice which is difficult from the standpoint that the solo passage must never be covered by the accompaniment figure. These selections were, without a doubt, one of the finest Christmas gifts to the listening audience of Casper. The last number from Bizet's "Carmen," vibrant and martial with full orchestra, was well re- "to 4 The Christmas season at Winter Memorial Presbyterian church wil be climaxed Sunday evening with a caroling service at the church for British Trawler Lost FLEETWOOD, England (AP) The British trawler Red Falcon and her crew of 19 were given up for lost today.

The ship is believed to have gone down in a 60-mile-an-hour gale off Scotland's Western Isles Monday. It was returning to its home port here for Christmas after a fishing trip in Icelandic all families of the congregation Those taking part will then carol for the church shut-ins. Boys and girls in the primary lUSTARD'S CY Avenu at Sprue Diet 2-7 23 GIVE ALWAYS-WELCOME FIRST NATIONAL SAVINGS ACCOUNTS, WHICH MAY BE OPENED WITH ANY AMOUNT, LARGE OR SMALL." i Such accounts are worth-while gifts for children, husbands, wives, relatives, employees, newlyweds and new infants. Many times, even the small account can be the means of inspiring a savings program, and make this a gift that grows. We'll issue a passbook in the name department will be hosts to their parents at 3 p.m.

Sunday at birthday party for the "Kings of Kings." The event will take place me primary aunaay scnoo ELM A (Sissie) WOOD Funeral services for Elma (Sis room. sie) Wood were conduncted 1 Thnrsrlav mArnino frnm fKo PmJ MDC Sen. McGee Says Hearing at Rock Springs 'Heartening' AtlMkkUU 1 1 A A I AAV tit iuv- tard Funeral Home, with the Rev. George Gilmour of the Winter Memorial Presbyterian Church officiating. Interment was in Highland Cemetery.

Pallbearers were Harold Cromwell, Roy Ripple, Allen Bachman, Loren Ripple, Jim Hamilton, Kelly Lamoureux and Lynn Hartgrave. FLOWERS WE WILL BE OPEN TONIGHT TIL 8:30 ALSO ON DECEMBER 18-21-22 and 23 EDMUND'S JEWELERS 122 East Second St. fjCfc Occasions of the individual for you to present at Christmas. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CASPER Free Inside Parking Or Convenient Drive-in Banking First at Wolcott Member F.D.I.C. Dial 3-4377 1 46 South Center St Sen.

Gale McGee (D-Wyo) said Thursday that the testimony taken in Monday's Rock Springs hearing of the senate special committee on unemployment problems told "a heartening story." It demonstrates, he said, what a courageous community can do when economic dislocation strikes. McGee was alluding to the testimony of many witnesses who discussed the attempts of Rock Springs and southwestern Wyoming to recover from the mine closings of 1953-54, which left hundreds of workers unemployed. "The record of the hearing also demonstrates." he said, "that unemployment is a deeply human problem which, when prolonged, has tragic effects on indiviluals, families and their relations to the community. McGee also hailed the spirit of common Concern for the affected families and communities evidenced by the testimony of labor, business and state officials. "Despite the courageous comeback of Rock Springs," he said, "the testimony taken also made apparent the uncertain nature of the economy of southwestern Wyoming.

"Our job," he said, "is to take advantage of this period of relative stability to try to provide that massive unemployment does not -ec cur again." Select Your Memorial From Our Lorso Display Monroe McDaniel-Jerry Smith Casper Monument Co. Opposite Cemetery Gate Ph. 2-6123.