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Government Ponders Converting All TV Channels OverToUHF Washington (U.R) The gov ernment it considering an event ual switch of all the nation's television broadcasting to new channels which most present sets arc not equipped to receive. The move, however, is only in the study stage and "will be subject to long "controversy and argument. Even if it were final ly approved and ordered, the switch would require about 10 years to put into effect fully, most experts estimate. The step under consideration would shift television broadcast ing from very high frequency VHF) channels to the ultra high (UHF) band. The Federal Com munications Commission an nounced Tuesday that it is study ing the matter. 12 VHF Channels Most present TV sets receive only VHF channels channels two through 13. Of the 37,000, 000 sets estimated in the nation, $nly 7,000,000 are equipped to receive UHF telecasting only by installing an adapter. Such an installation costs from $25 to 75. The FCC emphasized, how ever, that in any shift to UHF it would allow a transition period "sufficiently long to cover the useful life of VHF only receivers in the hands of the public. Future sets presumably would be built mainly for UHF use. The newest models still are aimed at the VHF market but are built so that conversion to UHF can be made in only about five minutes and at a nominal cost. Reason for Study The reason FCC Is studying the shift to UHF is that there are. at present, 70 UHF channels available for allotment for Com mercial TV stations compared to VHF's 12. Hence, It said, the shift would permit a greater number of stations for each re ception area and establishment of stations in areas never before served by TV. The FCC first began opening up UHF channels in 1952, but UHF stations established since then have had a rough go of it. The public had too few sets which could receive UHF, and VHF stations already were estab lished in the field with superior programming and a prior claim on advertising dollars. Contestants Win $100 Weekly for 12th Year Hollywood (U.R) Steve and Dorothy Rowland increased their total prize money to $63, 600 Tuesday night by winning $100 a week for a 12th year on Edgar Bergen's television quiz program, "Do You Trust Your Wife?" Rowland, a Los Angeles in surance salesman and delica tessen store operator, trusted his wife to compete for the cash prize against Lawrence Whal strom on the CBS television show. Mrs. Rowland named cor rectly seven of 10 wives of U.S. presidents while Whalstrom only could name two. The Rowlands also won the opportunity to return next week to try for $100 a week for a 13th year. The couple has been on the program for three months. Wednesday. June 27, 195S MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE Snake River Development Plan Opposed in Pendleton Hearings Pendleton (U.R) Oppo-, nents to proposed private ue-j velopment of the Mountain Sheep and Pleasant Valley pow er sites on the Snake river call ed 20 witnesses to testify here yesterday as a Federal Power commission hearing concluded a two-day session. General thesis of the opposi tion was threefold: (1) that the proposed development would provide inadequate flood con trol, (2) charges of monopoly, and (3) the two proposed dams would not provide or allow full development of the river sys tem. Shift To Lewiston The hearings will reconvene in Lewiston, Ida., tomorrow for another two days of taking non technical testimony. A later hearing in Washington, D.C., will take technical testimony. Lyle Wolff, attorney for the National Hells Canyon associa tion, also introduced 24 letters of protest against the proposed development. Harvey Libby, president of the Oregon Farmers Union, de clared the proposed construc tion would "not be in the public interest." He compared the situ ation with that preceding the construction of Bonneville dam on the Columbia. A favorite comparison offered by many of the opposition wit nesses was between the pro posed private two-dam develop ment and the suggested federal Nez Perce dam. Nearly unani mously they agreed that the pro posed Mountain Sheep and the Pleasant Valley projects would not measure up to the overall river development offered by the Nez Perce dam. Monopoly Charged The four - company combine that proposes to undertake the $213 million project, was ac cused of proposing a monopoly. "rinr rnnsumer owned elec trie systems would be as frail reeds, subject to every arbitrary whim of this tremendous five state super power corporation," Gus1 Norwood, executive secre tary of the Northwest Public Power association, told the hearing. He declared that only the fed eral government would be able to develop the Snake river for the benefit of all. Arthur C. Higgs, assistant at torney general for Oregon, fre quently rose to question wit nesses, particularly h regard to the problem of fish passage over the high dams. Largest in Northwest A group of four private power companies. Pacific Power and Light, Washington Water Power, Montana Water Power and Port land General Electric, have com bined together in requesting a license for construction of the two dams. It would be the larg est hydroelectric project ever undertaken in the Northwest with private capital. Allan A. Smith, attorney for the private power companies, said that he expected to call about 40 witnesses to offer testl-l of the two dams, when the hear-l Ida., tomorrow. Opponents indi- about 20 witnesses to the stand mony in support of construction I tags reconvene in Lewiston, cated that they would send in the Lewiston hearings. 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