Portland Press Herald du lieu suivant : Portland, Maine • 13

For Tovns Outside Of filaine cn" 'By The Associated Press The Federal Communications Commission Sunday released these television channel assignments for New England communities outside of Maine:" New Hampshire New Hampshire how has- no TV stations Two of the allotted 13 stations arp hi VHP (very high frequency) channels and 11 are in UHP (ultra high frequency) channels There la pee pending application for a station at Manchester Two outletb arc reserved for non-commercial use A station reservation for Hanover was added to the tentative list issued in KrstTVStalipni '(CnUnd tnm ftii Oh) gusge is a -difficult long-drawn process (3) Then were Is-the problem of delivering the network- programs from New York and Boston Into Maine It la assumed that New England Telephone ft Telegraph Company will deliver these programs into Maine- It will either lay a coaxial cable from Boston through York County into Portland then on to Lewiston- Augusta --Watervllle and Bangor Or it will build a series r-f By Victor A gehlkh (Staff Education Writer) Maine education cant afford the three television stations as signed to it by the FCC Construe-tifsUon and operating' costs are too expensive Consequently It 'will be many years if ever before such a sta- tlon Is built Non-commercial edu-f -it cation TV stations were authorized for Portland Bangor and Orono 'ifMf'-1 The stations were assigned at 'the request of Maine educators several years ago Requests were filed by the Portland and Bangor- school systems and the vfaWntverslty of Maine --iM Commercial Interests may'swal-: £low tip the choicest of the three education channels in- a year or v-i Atwo-Ttilsls the Channel 12 set aside for Orona in Maine AEgis able' to build and operate' a TV today Nor win there be winy in the foreseeable' future Recently the university of Maine investigated construction costs and w7was told a station would cost about would be a I low power station irlth a minimum of did Malneeducaton apply hnnl Mlinwntt whm £for TV channel assignments when 1951 Lends April IS' (AP) An American businessman declared In a broadcast from Moscow today the Soviet Union is Teady and willing to spend a billion dollars with the United states in next three yesrs The American identified aa Oliver Vickery of Ban Francisco president of the Perrobed Corporation of America said the offer had been confirmed by the Soviet deputy minister for foreign trade It waa made to' him1- originally during the Moscow economic con-ferenco by President Nes-terov -of the Chamber) of Cam-merce The conference woundrup ltasessiona shall take this matter up with the proper authorities to' the A slncfl do not havathe authorlty to accept this huga' contract" Vickery Thope that something may 1 coma of it am not a Communist have never been a Communist and-do not intend 'to become 'ai Commu nist in my talk before the eco nomle convention awbb told i made what is considered an un-precedented speech for Moscow "iwentoa record that'tha sys-tems of 3 free enterprise and individual initiative produces and distributes A consumer? goods ii VHP channels were assigned The remainder' are UHP One outlet Channel 2 in Boston is reserved for mon-commercial useThe present TV stations both in Boston are WBZ-TV and WNAC-TV Th Massachusetts allotment is tho ssme as tentatively listed In 1951 Station allocations inclntje: Barnstable' 22 Boston 2 4 5 7 44 50 and 56 Brockton 62 Fall River 40 48 Greenfield 42 Lawrence 38 Lowell 32: New Bedford 28 24 North Adams 15: -Northampton 36: Pittsfield (1: Sprlngfield-Holyoke 55 61 and Worcester 14 20 Rhode Island Island was allotted four stations- all in Providence which now has one station JAR-TV and which also -has one application pending The city gets UHP Channels 16 and with 22 re- served for non -commercial pur-es-The city also rets VHP Channels 10 and '12 WJAR-TV wlll shift to VHP Channel 10 from its present Channel 11 Conuectlcut V' state which now has one' TV station WNHC-TV in New Haven was allotted two VHP channels and-14 'UHP channels Three outleta are reserved far non-commercial stations The allotment allows two more stations than the 1951 tentative list WNHC-TV will shift from Chan-: nel 6 to 8: Allocations Include: Bridgeport 4X: 39 71 -Hartford 318 24 Meridan 64 New Britain 30 New HaVen 8 59: New Ldhdon 28 81 Norwich' 57 63 Stanford-Norwalk 27 and Waterbury 5X A station previously allotted to the University of Connecticut at 6 torn was deleted t- Jls V' FAST MODERN FLEBTXt waaln l917 anywayDodges Fords and 'you name we dream up to row at Union Sta-j tlon with driven: Xtf the background Is the Old West End Hotel travelling havenvThe man At far left la unidentified Others -(left are" Lester: patridgerHowani iSuttcn Charles XX Dolan th late Gilly Puller' Charles Peury and Hexuy Han- sonThe picturewaaloaned by DolanlateraFcrtland polleemanj now retired Allocations Include: Berlin 26 Claremont 27: Concord 27 Durham 11 Hanover 91 Keene- 45: Laconia" 43 XJttleton 24 Manchester 9 48 Nashua 54: Portsmouth 19 and Rochester 51 The Hanover- and Durham grants are for education! outlets- A Vennont with no TV 'stations ait present was granted 10 channels: No applications are pending they knew they afford to of microwave towers from Boston into this state rather method trill be expensive take time Reviewing this time schedule here Is the waj it looks today with the ending of Fan Before Xlearlngs Plrst hearings to allot the new channels assigned Malne late next Pall A two or three-month time lag before the FCC decides which applicants are-entitled to stations (There is also the possibility1 of appeals by unsuccessful vt appll-cants making for further delays! That would mean the late Spring of 1952 or a year from today before: any Marne: station lean 'get a go-ahead signal to get its equipment A six-month construction period would delay -the effective date of program reception in Maine until November or December 1953 at the- earliest'-Most of the-Malne corporations which already have filed applications or are planning to file con-aider VHP "the cream of tha TV erop They compare VHP to the "clear channel" stations in radio Ultra high frequency- may be compared to the small local radio station serving a limited area The effective radius of UHF telecasts Is about'20 miles VHP programs can ba viewed 50 to 100 mlles or more from the' originating sta- Amvels Ask Children AuiUAprnjlXCAP) wTha Amvets are ptsklngAmerlcanchll-dren to kend rubber play'balla to children to North Attantlc Treaty Organization countries and today urged Maine families partldpater4 April 14-to 20 will be Operation nrlendship Week intended an exchange of: letters between our American children and ehildren of the worldV ae-cordingto plans of ttaa World War XX'Vetenuaa wwiMtianagforgg- additional stations Pour One channel la VHP: and the others are One-' outlet is reserved for non-commercial pur v''- f1'" i 3- The present station grants are the' same as tentatively listed to 1951: station allocations and channel numbers Include: Bennington 22: Brattleboro 56: Burlington 16 22 Montpelier 2 40: Newport 46 Rutland 49: 8t Albans 34 and St JOhnsbury 80 ChannelMO In Burlington: is designated Massachusetts pThe state with two TV) stations at present? was glwen channels "Education faces its last chance said DrAstfaur A Hauck of applied for a channel as Insurance that we be left outT more equltabiythanr anyAother tconomlo aystem-v "But both communism and capitalism should each have a right to live according to their own jm' Boston Archbishop Richard' Cashing of Boa-ton -today called -HarvardiPresK dent James ConanVa 4 recent criticism of tha growth ofv paro-chlal and private schools-a principle of "fascism and "strict In his Easter Sunday sermon at Holy Cross Cathedral thq Catholic prelate asked lf Doctor Conant "intends to filed to mskesurewehad the right to build if we ever got the said Rotand Car-Hllfpenter Bangor superintendent of Much the same "reason was- offered Harrison' Xgrseth Portland's school superintendent Ainhree men? saldthey £were very much interested in the posd- inabilities of TV for educatlon1 But oeach said theyhad manymore -pressing needs for money current- i private mid parochial 'zchools and always demands a single? state school system without independent competition1 ehallengt or rival of-any 1 ArchblshlpVCushlngref erred 1 to Doctor" address: before the regional ''Convention -ofuthe American- Association: of School Admtolstratorg here last week to which the Harvard president warned that the growth of paro-chlal and private schools waa- a "threat to our democratic The Archbishop-remhged tor Conant that-for many years Harvard College "received iqaiiy grants from the and the teaching of religious subjeeta there was long considered "fundamen tally "No one of us" would wish to return to the -rdatUme between church state which then existed to Massachusetts when it was atm 'A-Protestant Puritan Archbishop Cushing said 1 available waqjtt? 4 a kUup isstrictlyin the I luxury class" said Iyseth £: Channels assigned for education Khtatlons in Portland 'and-Bangor ultra high frequency This set of channels is not sought after by -an commercial interests 1 that hla Ideal of "a stogie public school system for all youth" be applied to Harvard and other private universities do not believe that Doctor Conant would make such a the archbiahlp said "He would probably protest that such regimentation when- applied to university la end to this he would be quite Tt ls strict totalitarianism 'everything to the etote nothing outside the which la -why fascism of every stripe opposes ButvtheOnmiwdnunent Is 12 In the choice band of jThannelsrcurrentlyused -by TV stations throughoutthe Nettop -iryThere'f ia v-a strong? possibility A Several Maine firms already have much of their 1TV equipment on order waiting only for permits before starting to build i 'Although there- artlnumextms TV sets in Maine the reception is spotty'The closest stations are in Boston haver been soma experiments in piping boosted images into homes via telephone Maine ''petitions now on file with the PCC lnoIude four applicants who want to operate in Portland one in Lewiston and on ia Bangor 1 The Portland applicants: Community Broadcasting Service which i operates radio station WABZ in Bangor Congress Square Hotel Company which operates WCSHr-a Portland Ouy Gannett Broadcasting Services which operates' WG AN Portland and WGUY and WGUT-FM Bangor and Oliver Broadcasting corporation which operates x1'WPOR Portland The Lewiston applicant la the Lewiston Auburn Broadcasting Corporation- operators ofWLAM Lewiston 'Community Broadcasting Serv-lcesseeks a Bangor TV outlet Decorated AF Officer Discloses commercial 'interests will seek to education restriction re-I moved from the 't- Orono v- asslgn- This would open it-to com-l rf merclsl useT and 'possible removal Bangor i MTha Unhfersity of Hewi RajnP" ahhe llketherU as- a favored channel 11 Theretoo eosts are the bugaboo yM- pushing the proqpect of a college WxTV station into the dim future UNH 4 President' Robert Chandler rhas eome ideas on fl- six men and Injuring -61 others been involved In a-serie of near air he said seeh them crack up beside me something- -developed into-a poison for me That B-25 crash' was -the -last straw forme Xfc occurred on a Saturday and on Monday atked to be NewsFilm Field New Yerk April 12 The Associated Press today announced Its entry into the field of television news-on-fllm Frank standf general manager- announced that a complete film news service now la at the disposal of member television stations iThe service is a com pletely fpilshed product All the camera work sound commentary and 'editing are incorporated into individual 'television programs and delivered speedily to stations Tho AP aware of tho need for film news servlet created and tailored exclusively far television and not aa a byproduct of other purposes arranged for formation of a new specialized organization Spotnewa Productions Xne Personnel of Spotnewa includes the -eslent Theodore A Morde to the radio and news field since 1929 except while serving as chief of the foreign language division of -the 8 Office' of Coordinator' of Information ths vice-president John Tobin former general manager'of Tele-news: and Tbm Craven a Paramount NSWs cameraman for 29 yean 8 coverage includes accredited cameramen correspondents in 43 states as well as representation to the -remaining -states Alaska Honolulu and Puerto Rico Foreign coverage will come from cameramen correspondents in 44 countries under the direction of XX Kahlenberg former editorial director of Telenews The first station to contract for use of the new film service was K8D-TV at St' XoUis owned by tho ort-Dispatch of that city DAR Formally Opens Convention Tonight Washington April 12 (AP) Nearly 34)00 advance delegates had (registered tonight for the 61st Continental Congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution: which formally opens Monday night Between 3000 and 4000 an expected A special trainload made a pilgrimage today to Valley Forge Pa where under the leadership of Mrs Junes Patton ofCo-lumbus-'0 DAR president general tiWyjdedlcated a room In ths memorial bell tower which the DAR la building The keynote of this yeart gathering will be Safeguarding Our Future 1 'Sacrament Calif April 11 A decorated World War XX air force officer said today he had been threatened with a five-year prison term for refusing to fly for his Country again Capt Jerome Bchechter of Newark made the statement as relatives rallied to the defense Of 11 others like him who -face possible courts martial at Mather Air-Base here and Randolph Air Base Tex for refusing to go up to air force planet The air force revealed that a total of 225 officers have asked to be grounded Bchechter who wean a Distinguished Flying Cross with one clusteiy an Air-Medal with five clusters and tho Asiatic Theater Ribbon with four battle atari said he and his friends were wining to accept the prison terms "in preference to Tm afraid to the 25-year-old veteran of six and Mk years In the service said all there is to it volunteered for 'Combat In any position they want I want to avoid flying not pregnant wif stood by him aa he spoke If said he had fought willingly to World War XX and served in hazardous missions including a tour in Saipan in 7 know why -I have to prove myself ho said Bchechter revealed ha was one of the men who was in schoolroom At Mather Air Bass last Jaxraaiy'whon a B-25 crashed through the roof and caromed into a disciplinary barracks killing ui mu wi cit station on th of -onhr solution -f "As sr aa It can' see" said Chandler "cooperative financing Is the only way to get a university the A -Hauck feeu the only solution for education TV lies in1 cooperation of education vAand commercial stations Commer-clal TV Interests fighting assign-ment of choice channels toeduca-tlon groups argued they could and would provide tlma for education jBgramrtsw--v--W 5 Such a system haa wockedveiit with' excellent results inA several places In the Nation Philadelphia Detroit and Minneapolis sn Prime examples- y-- fmonsbatorrProicsi KefanverWelcomes Gunpalgn Support New Castle Pa April 12 (iff) Estes Hefauvef (D-Tenn) says ha la hot a rich man Is appreciative of the support being given him In his try for the Democratic presidential nomination Theodore Gunnett local Democratic leader of the XEefauver campaign said today the Tea nessee senator has written' that he will came here to open bis drive for siippart from Pennsylvania delegates to the National Democratic Convention Gunnett said Kefauver in his letter rad not specify the date but declared: you know am not a rich man and to every state have had a remarkable aggrega-Uon of wealth and Influence arrayed against me' Xfit were not for the Theodore Qunnetfir who stood up -X would not now be Teachers In Holland prefer silent films for visual education QainulOnTriejtii 'hl Belrrad' About 200 rifle-toting'Stu-dents includlng teen age girls paraded today In an Eastern dem-onstration against Italian claims illf? to Mute NOSWNGSATTACHED! we: cndjNoyJifhb sntw tarqe? washer oB you wcmtHfct the end of 30 days you agree that tho finesfbeoef effirfanf automatic washer on tho HKiiketrgardess prfce- 'vv But WeH even go farther than 1hat( WlU gtiybu bffl qenerous: supply of AltjpWo NW lightweight nietolclothesj carrier FREE of oxftro cos If you decide to refum you? 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Don! waste ninute Gome In weY Newark Airport ToxOpeivToday Newark N'X ApHl 12 Newark a bee hive turned tomb-silent after' the Peh 11 air disaster -in Is slatlrto open for limited military use Monday but a hitch The 8 Alr Pnree is dicker-tor with the yxrt of New York authority 'for- additional matote nance: and storage space and a spokesman fsaid there may be 'some dbsy? before -the facility problem is ironed out Thtf Port 'Authority operator of the big $53000000 installation its ban Thursday at the request of Edwin Huggins as-slstant secretazy of the air force was cleared for air fores and New Jer-sey National Guard planes to- use the airport under -certain safety dicta ted condltlona only Officials -and resldenU of nearby Elizabeth' plagued by three malor air disasters within 52 days and Newark had no objection to limited use of the field Saturday a spokesman waa un able to say Just when the air fores will start operating out of Newark Butto answer to a questlom he id 'ha did not bellevt there would-be a long delay NHRR BecomeiAil Today BostMufAprU -(AP)-Ar'hf Monday with the exception of its electrified zone the New Haven Rallroad'Wlll be completely Dies-ellzed' the management announced -TAV--r' nThs switch to Dieselz began to 1930 a "railroad Statement said with 'the transition greatly seed erated during the past two years' PPur steam locomotives wlll bs retained lndef lnitelyi however' to be used for switching purposes and to furnlsh steam for "snow melters? used -to dear -railrosd yards after- heavy snow falls -The last steam win run on Sunday: April 27 fNm Boston to iWlIllmantlc Conn' to New Haven-to 'Groton to Plain-field and back to Boston -The 300 mile' mostly over freight will be1 dons for sentimental- reasons the railroad said aa a "farewell to i Of Ericsson Brother Off Bar Harbor jarbok 1 ancient Icelandic saga says mortally-wounded Thorwald told hla companions: "Carry ms to that cape and) then you shall bury me and piece a1 cross at my head and at my feet and you shan caU Cthe place) Krosss-wkm Thorwald was slain trying to eonsOlldato Vlnland a trading resembling those the Norsemen used to moor their ships Viking visits ha vs been surmised at i other prints alongthe Atlantic seaboard tocludlng Prov-lncetown Mass when a rNoyse wall" lies under a dwelling -house Newport XL! where a mysterious stone tower swas found Dlghton HILPtYOUVi (I Hactridaas eFaiaters Bar Harbor April 13 If scientists sweep the shores of Somes Bound with mine detecton be searching -not for mines but for Thorwald Ericssonh grave Thorwald was buried In what mayifbo the new first Christian grave Best available accounts Indicate he got Ms death-blow' about 1008 A XX to a real estate dispute between resident Red Men and Viking crew-The Scandinavian -American Review-quoting Geographer Frederick Fohl -saysthe Norse gravt may soon' be post founded by his famous broth- Mass site of Inscribed jocks: and 4tlNewJeneyooasti- er Leif Ericsson to' 1000 A XX Roofcstj Garage A i Boildcrs -H feWiadow jt ife lasHlatioatf: To enterprise was squelched by Indians Five hundred: xgar passed before Europeans sailed again to the New World and tour more centuries slid by before the early Viking voyages -were Investigated: I-' ArehaeOlogistsare'-stltt'looking found on Mount-Desert Island1 Jesuit Point west of Barnes -Cv-t 1 Doctor PoM said a mine detee- The i Ericssons -were- Icelanders and Christians by conversion only a few cyeara before death Before Christianity became religion to l000 tha isolated folkwor-thlped 'Thor gods they 1 thought capsbla-of helping them into ValhaUg'cM They weremuch better at making history than at recording IX a source of exasperation to scholars trying to piece their story out from "ssgssTi thst were not even down lnr eariy times but merely taught by one generation of poets or "skslds" to tha next for Vlnland Historisna relic discoverers' have piled tin evidence tor locate ar-Jthat thb Norse sca rovers' actually did reach coast 500 years before Columbus y'--? A party of scientists plan extensive digging on Cape Cod this year to seeiX they can: unearth Viking relics near Pierced Rocks mor -sword and shield 'IF1 they rusted away in tha' nine-century: meantime and if the grave looted It must have been easy enough to -find ai the time The flatey- SgAny womaij WctcWBi fhe demdiiJtration Monday' or Tuesday wI3 receive pdckaqe of HaIT free of chargel Each day koro.