The Miami Herald from Miami, Florida • 9

Wlfmwm wryrnnrvii ryrnfwyr Thursday Feb 241955 THE MIAMI HERALD 9-A FCC Bureau Challenges Miami TV Report Store Hours 9:30 to 5:30 Examiner James Cunningham said in his recommendation that the Knight and Cox radio stations had a commendable record in broadcast service The Knight and Cox newspaper and radio holdings he added had rendered "a creditable public service at national and local Cunningham rated the Biscayne TV proposal superior to those of three competing applicants and said that to withhold a grant on account of the control of other communications WASHINGTON iff! The Federal Communications Commission's broadcast bureau Wednesday challenged a recent recommendation by one of the examiners that television channel 7 at Miami Fla be awarded to Biscayne Television Corp The bureau handles FCC licensing It said the recommendation failed to give adequate consideration to the policy of encouraging diversification of control of media of mass communication and that a gant to Biscayne "would have a tendency generally to lessen competition In the broadcast Biscayne Is jointly owned by Niles Trammel former president of National Broadcasting ing Co and executives of the Knight and Cox newspaper and radio interests The latter publish The Miami Herald and Miami Daily News and operate Miami radio stations WQM and WQAM-FM WIOD and AYTODFM oF A that an award to Biscayne will seriously restrict the principle of diversification of the control of mass media' In any The bureau said that if other parties in the case want an oral argument on the recommendation before the full commission the bureau W'ill join in such a request East Coast South Florida and Sunbeam also filed exceptions to the findings Each contended it had a superior proposal All ask the commission itself to hear their ar-guments Biscayne Television Corp filed a statement asserting the recommendations were "in complete accord with the overwhelming evidence of Biscayne contended however that the examiner erred in failing to adopt certain findings of fact proposed by Biscayne and also requested the commission to hear its media "would be to inflict pen- alty without warrant and deprive Miami of a television service from the applicant herein found best equipped to deliver The examiner proposed de-nial of the competing applications of East Coast Television Corp and Sunbeam- Television Corp The broadcast bureau did not suggest a choice among these applicants However its exceptions said none of these three had any present newspaper or broadcast properties and continued: has long been the policy of this commission in considering the comparative merits of applicants for broadcast facilities that the diversification of media of mass communication is desirable in the public Interest and that in the absence of countervailing circumstances a grant to an applicant who is not associated with other media of mass communications in the same community better serves the public interest question then in this case is whether has established such a comparative superiority over its competitors in other areas as to overbalance the desirability of fostering competition for the public ear in the Miami area We think it has not "The examiner has accorded great weight to the broadcast record of Biscayne iq counterbalancing the apparent superiority of the other applicants in local residence integration of ownership and management and civic participation "It Is our view that the examiner has erred in his evaluation of the various factors and that his-award to Biscayne has failed to give proper weight to the overwhelming evidence in this record tending to show TUG EX TUPPED and terrific I our Sue Brett shirtmaker dress in washable CHECKED GINGHAM aa A step-in button front hip pockets white plastic patent belt Lilcc pink powder blue maize grey brown or black checked gingham in sizes 7 to 15 (not illustrated) identical style in 100 rayon linen with self belt In solid shades of periwinkle blue red avocado beige black or navy blue 7-15 Hartley' 144 Flagler St Miami Fla Please send me the 10 98 tuck top Junior Bad Check Indictments To Be Asked New indictments will he sought against four men accused of con-: spiracy to have bad checks held1 up by a bank employe Edward Worton assistant United States district attorney announced Wednesday after a judge ruled that the old indictments were faulty i Judge Emett Choate actually ruled only on the Indictment against Tom Howell former president of the Thrifty Lumber Co He held that the indictment returned in September 1953 failed to link Howell and Jean Elizabeth Dusing with the Central Bank and Trust Co where she worked as a clerk from January 1951 to March 1953 Other Indictments are against William Maine Arthur King and Warren Schmikel Worton indicated he would drop them on his own and ask for new indictments from the next grand jury which convenes Monday Miss Dusing already has been sentenced to two years for misapplying bank funds and Chester Smallwood charged with conspiracy has been sentenced to four years According to the charges Miss Dusing would hold up bad checks written by the men submitting false figures to the bookkeeping department STYLE SIZE QUANTITY 1st color 2nd color i i Wanted! 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