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12 The News-Review, KoKbJrt, Ore West., July 27, 1949 Astorian Invents Television Network Without Wire Links To Any Originating Studio ASTORIA, Ore.. July 27-W Thii Oregon coast city hi home made television network lor homes and taverns without any wire links to the originating studios 125 miles away in Seattle. Radio man Ed Parsons admits his wife's insistence on "pictures with her radio" led him to work out what video engineers doubled was possible. The network to oth er homes and to taverns result ed when the Parsons lad to do something to keep their home from becoming a video theater. What Parsons has worked out Isn't simple, and it has taken months of tinkering and experi ments, but the way he explains how his network operates is sim ple. Parsons' main receiver picks up the Seattle video station KRSC signal, amplifies It, changes the ivave length and sends it out via nrlvate coaxial cable to some 25 subscribers. Most Astoria householders can't have their individual tele iriiiAn t-wivra hXraiisii ffood re ception can be had only In cer tain areas, rarsons says ni spe cially designed aerial Is In one of those few areas. The Seattle station okayed the rebroadcasts because It broaden ed the audience and the vHr&i Pnmmunlrations Com mission told him to go ahead allnougn aouDiing u cuum us done. He did It and kept the FCC advised. Parsons expects soon to be able TIM HEN ROLLER BEARINGS Speciolizing in SKF, Timkii, Hyatt ond New Departure Bearings and National Oil Seals for all Automotive and Industrial Equipment. H. L PRITCHARD CO. GRANTS PASS, ORE. 507 1st "G" St Phone 3646 MEDFORO, ORE. 126 North Front Phone 5227 A f$y jc t f " J 9 Ji "Cl U. fx', j ,. - ' " niiiitm ' "t"--- --ti 'Trill i ' -m THE DINING HALL at Camp Tyes was laid out and conitructtd by volunteers from Roseburg last lummir. It provides comfortable quarters for the girls who are enjoying their outing at this lower Umpque retreat. Mils Lois Fitzgibbons, camp director, is standing beside the fireplace. The kitchen is in the other end. (Picture by Paul Jenkins) to rebroadcast the original signal directly and do away with the cable. He has asked the FCC for approval. So far he figures he is making a profit on the cable net work, but he also will be able to collect from viewers in the radius of his broadcast. He explains the signal he rebroadcasts also will be changed, requiring a device he has invented on each standard set to get a picture. This Invention plus the re broadcasting equipment forms what the FCC officials believe may mean television for hun dreds of towns not on existing coaxial network hookups. Although Parsons has no radio engineering degree from any uni versity, he started with plenty of radio experience. He operates standard broadcasting station KAST-Astoria and manufactures and Installs short wave two-way radio sets for the hundreds of Columbia rivr fishing fleet boats. He also maintains a pow erful short wave station for com munication between the fleet at sea and their homes end owners here. Parsons admits, however, that until he tore apart the family's first commercial television set to satisfy Mrs. Parsons' demand for good pictures, he had only a theoretical understanding of tele Vision problems. The itching sensation from chiggers comes from a tiny spurt of saliva which the insect injects when it bites a person. Punchboards' Outlawing Portland Mayor's Plan PORTLAND. July 27 UP) An ordinance outlawing all punch boards in this city was being drafted today by the city attorney. Mayor Dorothy Lee requested the ordinance arter finding that a supposedly skill-type punch board was only a gambling de vice. She played the board her self. The proposal was met with disapproval by some tavern and cigar store operators, who derive a considerable income from the boards. The city now collects about $8,000 a month in taxes from punchboards. Sealed Doors To Open For Jubilee In Eternal City A Ntwsftatures VATICAN CITY On Christ mas eve this year Pope Pius Xll will three times lift an ivory handled sliver hammer and strike the sealed holy door of St. i eters basilica. He will i a y : "Open to me the gates of Just let" T.-e holy door is a massive wall nt concrete and brick, last sealed on Christmas eve, 1933. Previot .', loosened. It will a t the thin) -j.-te of the silver ham mer be I u. o l open. Basilica attendants will care fully gather the broken bits of masonry. Then the pope will step into the basilica. His entrance will mark the start once again of Jubilee, or holy year. It will continue until Christmas eve, 1950. During the year millions of Catholics from all parts of the world will come- to Rome to take part in ceremon ies whose beginnings some 650 years ago are lost in legend. At the same time as the holy door at St. Peter's Is opened, sim ilar aoori in three other roman basilicas St. John Lateran, St. Mary Major and Sts. Peter and Paul outside the walls will be opened by three cardinals. Bv vl siting all four basilicas, holy year pilgrims win gain special lavors, or indulgences. The 1950 Jubilee will be the 24th since Pope Boni face Vlll proclaimed a holy year in low. Brannan Refuses To Compromise On Farm Program WASHINGTON, July 27. UP) Senate committee "must work ut Senator Elmer Thomas (D- some sort of a compromise." Okla) reported Tuesday Secre-1 Last week the House crushed i.rv Aorimltiire Rrannan was Brannan's proposal to let some cool to all ideas of compromise food and farm prices drop on the on the secretary's farm plan. markets, with consumers bene. But Thomas said something fitting, while farmers collected still will have to be worked out. treasury subsidies if these are to keep flexible farm price sup- necessary to maintain farm In. . - - J : tA nfnA nt stomal pons irvm going hhu ............ the end of this year. Instead, ti t House voted to con. Brannan appeared at a closed- itlnue for another year the war. door session of the Senate agri-; time pri-e support program for culture committee but referred major farm crops. reporters, walling outside, to Thomas, committee chairman. "He (Brannan) did not have any suggestions to make as to a compromise," Thomas told .e porters later, adding that the The Bureau it Reclamation's fli t major storage dam was the Roosevelt, on the Salt River in Arizona, which was dedicated In 1911. Suit Against Fish Gear Ban Opens At Salem SALEM, July 27 (JP) A court tert of the law banning use of fixed gear for salmon on the Columbia river and its Oregon tributaries is underway here. 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