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Show t Page HERALD, 36-- THE mm 'mi mt Provo, Utah. Friday. October 13. 1978 Announces Plans to Build New Communications Structure UPI SAN DIEGO I'PI i - United maintenance snop and the news and newspicture headquarters for the Southwestern United States. About 100 persons will be assigned to the Dallas center which UPI is nual UPI Conference of Editors and Publishers (EDICOX) at the De! Coronado Hotel. Concerned about the reliability of electric power in the New York area. UPI studied nearly a dozen alternate locations fop the computerized hub of its worldwide communications system before choosing Dallas. The new location breaks from the historic practice of centering news service communication facilities in New York. The new center, to be known as the UPI Technical Systems Center, will have battery and generator power backups, as well as sprinkler and Halon fire control systems to guard against disruption of ('Pi's news distribution. In addition to the computer complex Press it will International has announced locate a new $2 million worldwide communications computer and research and development center in Dallas Rod Beaton. t'PI president, said final agreement had been reached on the Texas site and the construction and purchase of a building, the first of its kind for a news 27.000-square-fo- service. Work on the facility is expected to start immediately. The building will be located on slight- ly more than two acres in the Metropolitan Business Park just north of Dallas and will house a new generation of computers which will triple purchasing 90-8- 0 and research and development laboratory, the center will house UPI's manufacturing facility for photo equipment, a central video terminal UPI's present capacity Beaton made the announcement at a meeting of the UPI Newspaper Advisory Board, on the eve of the 19th an modern expanded facility located away from New York was the logical step in UPI's committment to newspapers and broadcast stations," Beaton said. "This new Dallas center will serve our needs well into the time in which the transmission of news will largely be by satellite. Future expansion is anticipated in the building design. "We also will be able to concentrate our research and development work in all forms of communications, both for news and newspictures, and the Texas Growth for West, South Parts of Nation Predicted Big WASHINGTON (UPI) In the last quarter of the century, the South and the West will grow so much presumes no net In its first projections of states' census since 1&72. the bureau said it North and Midwest that New York may lose four congressional seats and Ohio, Pennsylvania and Dr. John Long, chief demographer for the population projections branch, said the separate projections are needed because growth trends differed substanversus tially in 1975-200- Nevada, Colorado will be the fastest growing states, while the District of Columbia, New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois Illinois two each, the and the Dakotas would be said Census Bureau slowest growing. Thursday. The report provides During the latter period. Long said, "metropolitan areas grew much more quickly than they had before. SALT LAKE CITY a for of suit calling for the resignation of the state superintendent of public education. Judge Peter F. Leary Thursday said the suit filed by Newton C. Estes, Kaysville, did not have sufficient evidence to show that Superintendent Dr. Walter D. Talbot, and eight people who were members of the state school board in 1975, were negligent in their duties. "The accusation is insufficient in that it fails to allege any official duties of office held by the defendants which they neglected to perform," Leary i "In fact, in many third forecast A 3rd S cases, they went from decline to growth," he said, adding that the result is a "fairly large amount of difference" in the three sets of projections and the Census Bureau has no way of knowing know which trend will prevail. 5. Dismissal of Suit Ordered by Judge District Court (UPI) dismissal a judge has granted defense motion maintenance of the more than 400 video terminals in our bureaus, as well as other maintenance requirements. "UPI has been a leader in new 1965-197- 5 5. neighbors. location will better serve the 1970-197- Should recent migra- three projections for each tion and fertility and state. The first assumes mortality trends con- interstate tomigration will reflect the tinue, the bureau said, continue states in the booming trends in population from South and West will grow 1965-7the second is at more than twice the based on the period from rate of their northern 1970-7A inter- state migration from generally appears faster than the Florida, Arizona, from the developer, Midway Development Co. Inc. Darrell Fahler of Dallas is the architect of the center which UPI plans to occupv next Mav. UPI Will install two Univac computers, valued at $6 5 million, in the center They will replace existing computers located in New York, and electronically handle news copy from UPI's 200 bureaus around the world, as well as the distribution of copy to the news company's subscribers. UPI serves more than 5.000 newspaper, radio and television stations with news and newspictures. "With the continuing growth in communications technology, we felt a ""' A NEW $2 MILLION worldwide both for newspapers and broadcasting, and we intend to remain so." Beaton said the new center will be constructed to permit the installation of a sending and receiving satellite antenna of up to 15 feet in diameter. UPI video terminals generate electronic signals when reporters prepare news copy. The signals are transmitted to the centrally located computer complex by high speed lines umi IfflEM where the copy is stored, then edited and redistributed to newspaper and broadcast outlets. UPI inaugurated the electronic editing system in 1S71 and completed its domestic implementation in 1975. Since then bureaus in Canada, Mexico and Europe have been added to the system, with a corresponding growth in computer capacity in New York. Twenty newsfeature syndicates and newspaper groups also utilize the UPI e easy-to-rea- d solid-stat- I I Utah and Tennessee one each. States losing in the congressional numbers 0 pro-- 1 game under jections, the bureau said, include New York, four; Ohio, Pennsylvania and Illinois, two each; and South Dakota, one. If the population shifts Oregon, (gffi 1965-197- ruled. The judge dismissed the case without any prejudice which means Estes could refile the suit with more exact charges. He claimed the school board deliberately withheld from the State Legislature data collected in a 1975 e test of students. The study was to show how good the Utah public education system was. The test showed the students could not perform even basic reading skills, Estes said. He also charged the superintendent and the school board didn't take steps to correct the deficiency and therefore endangered the futures of the youngsters. follow the i HQ in-li- ! 100 K3W PRECISION IN-LIN- 25" E DIAGONAL PICTURE .... brings you exceptional contrast and brightness You'll see a ture far more brilliant than one on a conventional 90" tube. 1970-197- 5 trends, the bureau said, Florida could gain four seats instead of three and llth-grad- Only Nit 'till Enjoy a level of performance considered unattainable until now! These Magnavox Videomatic Touch-TunColor TVs feature a High Resolution Filter which increases the lines of resolution from 260 lines (found in conventional color TVs) to 330 lines for the sharpest, clearest picture available, with extraordinary definition of detail. Other features include an "infinite life" light emitting diode which produces an channel e chassis, and 100 number, 100 picture tube that lets the set sit 3" closer to the wall. You Must See It To Believe It I Arizona, Maryland, Friday it Granite's 9 5 gain Beaton said. UPI's worldwide news, newspicture and administrative headquarters will remain in New York. ENGINEERING SYSTEM FROM MAGUAVOX I new seats and California, computers to distribute their copy. This has put further pressure on the existing system, Beaton said. "By tripling our computer capacity, and having ample room for future expansion when required, we are confident we can better serve the needs of our subscribers around the world," ADVANCED ELECTRONIC I I I If the I forecasts hold true, the bureau said, Florida I could pick up three extra I s congressional seats by turn of the century, while I two Texas would 1965-197- artist' sketch of the facility, building and the first of its kind for a news service. 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