Word: channelizing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Duke of Edinburgh enjoyed his first ride in a jet aircraft: a 72-minute, 500-m.p.h. test flight over southern England and the Channel. The plane: British Overseas Airways' new Comet airliner, designed to launch commercial jet travel this spring between Britain and South Africa...
...section by Ralph Lowell, trustee of the Council, probably gives the best indication of what's in store for the future. It states that Council members have been "vigorously engaged in exploring the best means for taking advantage of the proposed reservation of VHF channel 2...They are agreed that the (Council) is the proper agency to coordinate their efforts, and the rising of funds...The Council is actively seeking these necessary funds and is more than reasonably confident that they can be secured (if the channel is reserved in Boston...
...neck out and build a television station all by itself. But almost all have approved of the Council's actions so far, and have indicated they'll donate in the future. Though its officials aren't talking, it seems safe to predict that the actual station on Massachusetts' Channel 2 will be run by the Lowell group...
Boston is a case in point. At least four commercial groups, notably CBS, have petitioned the FCC for use of Channel 2. Although this pressure is not of itself sufficient to sway the FCC from its original purpose of educational television, when combined with the uncertainty of local educational groups, it may achieve that result anyway. For, if the Lowell Institute Council--which includes most of the colleges and universities in metropolitan Boston--does not take advantage of Channel 2 within a year or so, the commercial stations will probably be allowed to move...
...present, the Lowell Institute Council lacks the money to finance such a venture. Although Council members have been "vigorously engaged in exploring the best means for taking advantage of the proposed reservation of VHF Channel 2," the chances of raising the necessary sums quickly seems remote. It is impossible to tell whether this is due to the cautiousness of the Council members or because securing donations for such a purpose is particularly difficult in Massachusetts...