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Operators of regular local stations complained that when CATV cables brought extra channels into town, they lost viewers and, consequently, lost profits. The networks in turn argued that any dilution of audience and revenue would necessitate a cutback in news and public-service programming. Hollywood studios, which hold copyrights to...
Beyond that, CATV could change the country's way of life. Its copper coaxial cables, though larger than telephone cord, have 1,000 times the communications capacity. Washington willing, the U.S. could be transformed into what some call "the wired nation." Within ten years, CATV's two-way...
The President nonetheless has at his command the greatest information-gathering mechanism in the world. It is an untidy, ungainly monster. Cables by the thousands pour in daily to the Pentagon, the State Department and the CIA, in time of crisis or relative calm. In the Nixon Administration, the departments...
Swigert is no stranger to in-flight emergencies. Once, while flying with the Air Force in Korea, he landed his plane in a driving squall, crashed into a road grader someone had left on the runway and walked away unscratched from the blaze that demolished his aircraft. Another time, as...
Festival organizers claim they will require at least $1000 to pay for electrical and sound systems. As of yet, they add, they have no money. They say they hope that people will start donating not only their energy but also their "green energy." "If people could just get money from...