Pay TV blooms in homes after 20 years waiting
Pay television makes its debut via cable systems rather than over the air. Early adoption is small with only a few dozen communities. promoters foresee major cultural and entertainment impact within three to five years, including family films, Broadway, concerts, and Las Vegas shows. TelePrompTer's Bresnan says pay TV is no longer a dirty word at the NCTA convention.
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Associated Press
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Calif
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William Bresnan
TelePrompTer Corp
National Cable Television Association
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Bresnan highlights pay television phase with first run films
Bresnan heads the largest cable firm says pay television will roll out first phase with first run movies and blacked out sports not replacing commercial TV. He notes mass adoption uncertain yet growth could drive new programming and profit. TheatreVision President Dove Schary expands into five states Sarasota pilot success and plans a production company for pay TV content.
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Theaters to Pay TV: First Run Movies and Pricing
Alfred R. Stern of Warner Cable Corp. says the industry faces how customers will pay. Pay TV systems charge monthly fees averaging six dollars or sell per program at two to three dollars, with first run movies already premiering in theaters.
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Warner Cable Corp
Texas Business Boom Continues Amid Price Controls
The Texas Bureau of Business Research reports May activity 4 percent above April, with five months in 1973 up 8 percent from last year. Dr. Stockton notes the Nixon price freeze impacts Texas processors, especially frozen raw agricultural prices, and cites the broiler industry as an example of price controls hurting profitability and revealing economic risks.
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Meditation and Prayer by Pearl Robinson
The piece urges Christians to become soul winners and laborers for Christ. It compares spiritual work to fire departments rushing to danger and calls believers to witness, pray, and save souls from burning torment.
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Christ
Christ Jesus
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Jesus
Tokyo Girls Slip Away Train Bound for Home
Two Tokyo schoolgirls aged 8 and 9 were found walking along railway tracks in Akita after riding a train home from Saturday classes. They said fatigue from the school routine prompted the escape and they did not realize Tokyo was 355 miles away.
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Akita
Japan
Tokyo
Ground broken for American Golf Hall of Fame in Foxburg
In Foxburg Pennsylvania officials broke ground on a 10 acre site beside the Foxburg Country Club using Joe Kirkwood’s trick shot to mark the kickoff of the noncommercial American Golf Hall of Fame. The 10,000 square foot two story library and museum is planned to begin construction this summer.
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Foxburg
American Golf Hall of Fame
Joe Kirkwood
Foxburg County Club
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