Abilene Reporter-News from Abilene, Texas • 23

Efje Mene Reporter KPAR Goes to Tull Power' With New Tower at Trent TAGE ONE ABILENE TEXAS THURSDAY EVENING FEBRUARY 1 1962 SECTION Television station KPAR channel 12 began transmitting full power from a new location five miles south of Trent Thursday morning Engineers hooked up to a newly erected antenna after the station went off the air Wednesday night and were testing at full power by 2:30 am Thursday The station is now broadcasting at a power of 154000 watts It had been broadcasting at 30000 watts for more than a week That was when KPAR engineers first started moving equipment from the east side of Sweetwater to the Trent site Thursday morning the station was receiving monitoring reports of a city grade signal (without an outside antenna) in both Sweetwater and Abilene reported Dick Elam one of the KPAR-TV owners The signal is coming from a new tower erected on a mountain south of Trent New tower and antenna on top rise 568 feet Base elevation is 2480 feet above sea level It is located on land owned by Allan King KPAR-TV is six years old It programs CBS and ABC network shows It was first put on the air by Texas Telecasting Inc of Lubbock Then Texas Key Broadcasters Inc an Abilene corporation whose principal owners are Elam and James Isaacs took over management of the station in December 1960 In 1961 KPAR applied to the Federal Communications on upper floors other than sion for permission to move the DRAWING OF REMODELED EXPANDED FEDERAL BUILDING Boone and Pope plans show many improvements but most trees to IFedeirall iyoidiimg) Addiftiomi To Triple Postal Work changing windows will be reworking one wall id the Federal court room transmitting facilities to the Trent site A construction permit was granted in September ami con- Abilene postmen will have threespace on the first floor of the times as much space in which to present post office building and work when the federal building ex- 15000 additional feet in the base pansion program is completed ment plus about 20000 more feet next year I in upper floors which are used Bids on the building are to be I for federal offices other than the opened March 6 in Dallas withlpost office the letting of contracts and actual To Look Alike Changes in the interior wall of struction was begun A 2460 the courtroom will be made to square foot transmitter and studio cover up structural materials used building with basement is being in connection with the application I completed this week by Rose Con A LONG WAY UP Principal owners of KPAR-TV Dick Elam left and James Isaacs stand at the base of the new transmission tower atop a mountain south of Trent The 568-foot tower and antenna were placed into full power transmission early Thursday height due to our mountain top location we will be able to cover more viewing area and will keep our same signal back to the west' explained James Isaacs who serves as president of the corporation Although all transmitting equip- Open House Set For CAP Cadets An open house for Civil Work on the one story and basement addition will extend the ex- work on the demolition of the "old" Federal building and con struction Co at the new site It houses all transmitting equipment and adjoins the tower Because of the increased Air ment is now in operation thcrejPatro cadets and the general still remains some film projec-l public will be held Thursday from tors picture changing audio until 9 pm on the second monitoring equipment in th enoor the Abilew Aviation Han Sweetwater building This will be 4J moved in the next weeks gar a Municipal Maj Completion of the move is un-lam Noble squadron commander dcr the direction of engineers reported Wednesday the new addition in a total of six offices An elevator now located at the rear of the building will be left in place but when the work is completed that will be in about the middle of the work area A room on the east side of the building will be used for storage for the present but will have a "knockout" floor and rear wall panel for installation of a second elevator when it is needed Also in the plans are another floor area for installation of a conveyor belt for mail sacks when business at the office increases to a point where sorting of incoming and outgoing mail will be switched to the basement Lower Ceiling Ceiling in downstairs offices will be lowered with the extra space to be used for air conditioning duct work At the same time all existing windows which are of wood will be removed and replaced with aluminum window units and aluminum panels which will make the entire front of the the firm of Boone and Pope ihow to make one large work area for postal personnel A major change also will be made in the lobby which will be divided into two sections with a glass partition In the area containing the lock boxes two recessed areas to contain 428 additional boxes and 60 additional drawers will be constructed This will make a total of 1866 drawers and 232 boxes The other half of the lobby will contain open counter space which will necessitate that area being locked off at night but will give a much larger working area Offices now used by the postmaster and assistant postmaster will be changed The wall between those offices will be moved to give one small and one large office where the accounting section now housed in the basement will be located la New Area Offices for the postmaster assistant postmaster and other ad- struction of the addition to start listing structure north south and as soon as possible Conslructionjcast with some changes on the is expected to take about 16 front of the present unit to make months old and new sections of the The old federal building which building look alike Another floor faces on 3rd St will be re-jean be added on the new section moved to make way for part of hen needed the extension to the present Fod-i Most of the wall areas where eral building old and new construction will meet There is 15000 feet of floor 'will be removed the plans drawn of aluminum panels on the outside At the rear of the building there will be 50 parking spaces and a maneuvering area for trucks Most of the basement area will be used for storage area for the present Most of the trees on the present lawn area will be removed to make way for the new building and the flag pole will be moved to a point near the northwest cornet of the block Along with the structural changes there will be a change in the entire electrical system which will be switched to a high voltage system General Services Administration has figured that the new building should take care of the growth needs of the Abilene Post Office for at least 10 years Sweetwater Man Posts $500 Bond Trilban Lafayette Ware about 47 whose Sweetwater address was listed as 710 6th made $500 bond in District office this morning after being arrested by Deputy Marshal Bill Black Ware was indicted Jan 19 by an Amarillo Federal Grand Jury for alleged possession of a 12-gauge single barrel shotgun 16 inches long which was not registered with the Treasury Department Included on the program will be a showing of the new CAP film on Youth" In addition to the film visitors will be conducted on a tour of the B-17 bomber of World War II for Allen and Rudy Starnes During the week and a half of transmitter move the station experienced some technical difficulties but was forced to leave the air only once That was when a blower in a transmitter failed Engi Mothers March Today for MOD An estimated 1500 AbileneiGhant Woodson Mrs Tre mothers will Thursday viso Houston Mrs Dennis Ham-evening to Contact all residents of!" J- and Mr8 Hollis ifinAn neers hooked up a vacuum clean- vhich cadets serve as honor guard er and got back on the air until i Abilene's squadron consists of the part could be replaced Is5 cadets Maj Noble reported ministrative personnel will be lo-jbuilding conform to one style caled in the northwest corner of) One of the few changes to be Wylie Hie city who not yet had jjonnje Anderson will contact a chance to contribute to the Newjtw thcalprg and Mrs Emil Test 1962 March of Dunes according and hc Xi Epsilon chapter of Beta Sigma Fhi will call on the hotels and motels to Mrs A Hailey chairman of the drive river ooki downtown The women will wear large tags For the first time there will Identifying them as marchers forbe mothers at the bank to lake the National Foundation and will calls and if by 8:30 a resident distribute printed information has not been contacted he may about the drive and the foundation Marchers have been named for each block in each elementary dial OR 4-4301 and a mother will go to the home for the donation Mrs Hailey said the mothers would appreciate residents leaving etties njstal clear mine school district in the city and Mrs their porch lights on to help light Hailey said the mothers will bring 'the way for the Marching Moth-the contributions to the schools ers but she added that the March Each school captain will total thewould not be a Porch Light Pa-funds and then take them to thejrade and that each home would be Citizens National Bank where contacted regardless of the light fresh classics in sub porcelains frankly flatterinq complet Funds collected for the National Foundation which has provided a polio vaccine will be used to finance research to find a cure for arthritis and birth defects area captains will take charge Area captains are Mrs Nona Nance north side Mrs Douglas Stanton south side Mrs George Harris Dyess Mrs Margaret f- a a I Ys I-' r' rj' PORliDcolJon pleat panel front lush hoed giant plaid laid aqua pink or orange 35 I i in brass sea green fizz and caramel a fashion find ot only 29? I Ui I i LEVER tab front unique brushed cotton- sun set streaked in gold or raffia 35 i se sheer it floats barely visible posies of pink blue or yellow glazed a on airy crystal white 45 i Ss It 1 MARCHING FOR THE MARCH Mrs Robert Van Cleave is one of many Abilene women who will call at homes in Abilene Thursday night to contact residents who have not had the chance to aid the 1962 March of Dimes Mrs Van Cleave who confesses to being "over also marched with the mothers last year Mrs A Hailey chairman of the Mothers' March asks that Abilcnians leave their porch lights on Thursday night to aid the marchers nut emphasized that thp drive will not be a porch light parade (Staff Thoto) THE ORIENTAL FIGURE on exquisite Italian work of art in blue or hite tones with mocha beautifully wrought in porcelain with her mote 3500 pair from the downtown GIFT SHOP i.