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Show Mnyor Proclaims CATV Week In Monb to Join Nation -v.: wW .veil s!eill- ,: t. I'11' v'e.o:n of ivm I ii.::v.:!'s u'luh t!'.i' mti i;;v:.i".'.'"it itn e!m n! m ! i u-. u-. u'.:-vwiin ," s.u.l . v;,- l!,".i'.m m.r.i.i;;iT ot' the 'iV'.eu:ni. Mr lviU'.;u s.iul t!i.it fer i!,'!'.a:s ;i m.'iith e.u!e ' "V s-!wi i'v. s e'.'.j, le'.e-' le'.e-' is..1:) p.v:ais --jviior to ve iivi ; il o'.t the air e-ve:.i'.'.y tr it.r TV. ti.no a S'.wi'.or Si'leetion f c!u:i:'.e!s from vluoh to lve their or.'.ert.umnenl. "Ye!." he s.iiil. "few oer 'leo te- ihir.k they a iv par- (vi;i!!ts v. a nv.tu'. ln'.'.uMi v'.'.j.r ulu:ry that is help-to help-to i;r.p:ve the eoononiy i' their own communities." ' Mr. 1hm!aui. h.se com a:-v is jviruvvpatms in Na-'kvul Na-'kvul Cable T' Week, i-l.-.T.ed t'.io impact of a typ-1 typ-1 CATV system on the ommum'.y it serves. "lVt'otv a cable system jyncr.ites any rewiuio," lio .-aivl, "it must nuke a sl.'.o-..Me sl.'.o-..Me o.iyit.il investment In its plant. The cable olistrl-Ini'.i.'it olistrl-Ini'.i.'it s stout can oust us much as ft.SiHt pot- mile- if slum- on existing utility I vies, or as much as $7,.riH) a m.lo it' pl.uwl uiulerivuiul. "The timer site, lower, antennas, an-tennas, signal receiving ami pioeessm equipment, veltl-lies, veltl-lies, t'ftioe equipment, tost eii pmont aiul other major items together with oixM'at-capital oixM'at-capital may represent as much as JtOO.iW." Mr. Honloaux said that other excuses such as salaries sal-aries .advertising, insurance .uiui ot't'uv supplies coulJ mean ait annual outlay of :o,iva. Moreover, he said, one should consider franchise fees paid to local governments, govern-ments, income tax payments ;'nd taxes paid on physical plants. "Mast of these represent n flow of money within the community," Mr. Bordeaux said. "But, there is another important contribution to the community impact on local lo-cal businesses." He said more TV sets are sold and thus more work for repairmen. Cable TV may offer the opportunity for local lo-cal advertising for everyone, from drug store to supermarket. super-market. All of it starts dollars dol-lars flowing in the local economy. ec-onomy. , On the national level, Mr. Bordeaux said, it has been projected that in the next 10 years cable television could add 900, 000 jobs, contribute con-tribute $5 billion in capital investment, and pay an estimated es-timated $500 million in city, state and federal taxes. |