Word: coaxial
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...test is fizzling in Bartlesville, Okla. in major experiment. With subscribers to shows via coaxial cable down from December's 580 to 300, sponsoring Video Independent Theatres will drop prices from $9.50 to $4.95 a month...
From Maine to California, the Republicans last week kicked off their 1958 congressional campaign in a big display of televised speechmaking, with Dwight Eisenhower as the evening's coaxial keynoter. The President flew into Chicago in a snowstorm, sat down to a $100-a-plate dinner (cold roast beef and string beans) with 5,400 Republicans at the huge International Amphitheater. In a twelve-minute address at meal's end, he promised "prompt and effective modernization of our defense organization," urged improved educational and mutual assistance programs, asked an end to partisan bickering over U.S. security. Said...
Sharp Competition. In Tirana, Italy, long mystified by sudden blackouts of local TV sets when good programs were scheduled, police discovered that the coaxial cable was being cut with an ax, finally arrested Movie House Owner Marco Soltoggio...
...stubborn San Franciscans would not be done out of watching their team. More than 10,000 of them deserted the Bay area and followed coaxial cables to television-blessed towns. Pro fans flocked to the saloons and hotel rooms of Chico and Fresno, where they settled for football and a drink. Those with a yen for more extra-athletic excitement went to Reno and the Nevada shore of Lake Tahoe where they could watch the game and get in a little gaming of their...
...will get under way in Washington, B.C. area in next year if District's commissioners approve. Washington Broadcasting Co., operator of station WOL, plans to string coaxial cable along telephone lines, charge subscribers $8 to $10 a month for first-run movies, operas, Broadway plays, sports events. System is same as one tested in Bartlesville, Okla. (TIME, Sept. 16), and company will need 200,000 subscribers to make profit...