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Cable TVin s undExplainedTo RotaryTV.Harrellson said there will beoutstanding local events, such as a local football game or a basketball game of outstanding interest.Harrellson concluded by saying that although no definite time has been set for thisnewest service type business addition to the Greensburg community, it will be available to the citizens in just a few months.An annual visitor was BillI %weIndnotparsaicGordon Springmier, *relt; president, conducted the proregular meeting of the Rotary It Club Monday evening when invlt; Marvin Stutz, program Cou chairman, introduced Rotarian Ada Tom Harrellson to give a eacl presentation on Cable TV. HarHarrellson is the manager of Mac the Greensburg Cable TV, Put which is just beginning Waj operations in the local area.With the aid of slides, Hlt; Harrellson illustrated some of the main features and ad- A vantages of Cable TV. He explained that TV signals travel in H short, straight lines and that The hills and other tall objects offer h°°substantial interference. higlHarrellson listed the five y31 areas on which Cable TV can h°ugive local community service Prel programs: Time and weather Juni reports, health and certain medical information, com- I*1™ mercial TV over a wider range the and educational programs. He ^ari also brought out that Cable TV S®3 will make two - way TV com- 00111 munication possible at some P°Ui future date. He noted that $ 20,000,000 people in the United j States now have access to Cable pri(froi feetno installation charge, but a $10 wea monthly fee ($8.50 actual fee Hov plus a $1.50 control rental con charge). Although there will be prjc no local permanent originating facilities, due to the prohibitive to 1 cost, a mobile unit will be m^i available to telecast certainCosby, representing the Prentiss Institute for underprivileged Negro boys and girls in Mississippi. Cosby spoke for a few minutes with his usual wit and good humor and I j received gifts from the members, as he has for the past 31years.Other visitors were BobCochran, supervisor of shippingat Delta Faucet and the guest of Bob Browning; Joe Lafferty | Sr., guest of son Joe Lafferty Jr.; and John and Del King of the Muncie Tree Service, guests of Tom Harrellson.!
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Greensburg Daily News
Greensburg, Indiana, US
Tue, Sep 16, 1975
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