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Show 4 The Salt Lake Tribune, Monday, July 9, 193 Rejinis the Menace By Hank Ketcham Hj. Broadcasters, FCC 'Lax on Equal Rights By Margaret A Kilgore United Press International frf s sd The broadcast industry fails to put women and minorities in managerial positions and the Federal Communications Commission does not force the outgoing FCC ('oinni's-sione- r Nicholas Johnson said Sunday. He released results of a study conducted by his FCC staff and a Georgetown University law seminar, which he isue, teaches, showing hiring patterns and broadcast required stations to regularly advise the FCC on its hiring practices. Have No Intention Nevertheless," the study said, it has become clear in that very short time that neither the broadcast bureau nor a majority of the commissioners have any intention of the questionable improving employment praci ices that data has revealed in a large percentage of the licenst es. The commission has failed to demonstrate any positive in the nations performance top 50 broadcast murkc ts. said An FCC spokesman Johnson's report was independent, did not speak for the entire commission, and that the FCC would have no official comment on it. cern for effectively with discrimination. con- dealing The studv showed that tions WTFV and WPRI sta- in Frovidence,' R.I., V. N S in Syracuse, N.Y., WBZ in Boston and WSAZ in Charleston-- ( Huhtidgto n, W.Va. were the best In the industry for employment of minorities. I.ow en Minorities WAR! in BirmingStations ham, Aid., KUTV and KSL m Salt Lake Ci'y, KMSP in Paul in Kalamazoo-Gran- and president. KUTV. Inc., was comment for unavailable Sunday. The figures were based on a percentage ratio system of overall population compared to the minority population in a given area. JULY SALE! HOOVER! UPRIGHT VACUUM adjustment fer all shag, plush, carpets kitchenindooroutdoor. Sack Lots AVKZO SAND GRAVEL ' Rapids, Mich., rankl'd at the bottom of the list in overall minority hming practices. Lima, Cement, Plaster small as S, 10, 100 lb. lots Sf.liTfrffidWN go. L. II. Curtis, president and gentral manager of KSL. Inc., declined comment port" arid George re 1 993 So. 1 1 th East 484-525- 9 SALT LAKE on the reC. Hatch, San Francisco Best It's WASTEFUL to watch an old black-anwhite movie on a COLOIt TV." d Money Run Out Pennsylvania Stalemate Poses Welfare Threat PHILADELPHIA (AP) -Tof welfare families in Pennsylvania are facing the threat of a critical food shortage because of a budget impasse in the state legislature. The lawmakers have been unable to agree on a new budget to replace the one for the fiscal year that ended June 30. Meanwhile, 50,945 welfare families did not get checks. Some their have 27,000 state employes been deprived of their housands s. Coordinators of emergency food distribution centers said Sunday that resources were almost depleted. Eight centers have been established in Pittsburgh for the distribution of food donated by volunteers. Canned goods and other items were rationed. The response to our appeals for donations has been slow, said Alice Scott, 27. I dont know how much longer we can hang on, said Mrs. Louise Brookins, Philadelphia chairman of the Welfare Organisation Rights (WRO), who used up the group's $2,000 savings to distribute free food. The amount of tax relief is the major issue in the dispute. The Republicans want a $:!l)9 million tax cut, while the Democrats and Gov. Milton Shapp have proposed $218 million in tax cuts. Shapp planned to meet with the legislature's negotiating conference committee on Monday in an attempt to resolve the dispute. It appeared that the only relief hope for immediate would be from stop-galegislation for emergency funds. But legislators resisted such measures on the grounds that they would take the pressure off negotiations. No money can be released without a budget. Welfare recipients study said staSan Francisco network affilithe variety of and employprogramming ment criteria, including news and public affairs, commercialization, local programming and minority hiring. It listed WCCB in Charlotte, N C. at the bottom of the overall rankings. The study said women comprised about 22 1 percent of the employes at the 147 stations surveyed, but only C.4 percent of the women employes were in the top five high-paing categories. That tremendous disparity points up an urgent need for affirmative action programs designed to get more worried decision-makininto the end of broadcasting." the study said. The Johnson tion KP1X in was the best ate based on will be sale to get food stamps, repayable when their checks are issued. Also, banks which normally distribute the checks in Philadelphia have agreed to loans to grunt interest-frethose on relief. e However, disabled persons and suburban welfare recipients who get their checks through the mail are not eligible for the loans. Effective July 1 1973 Walker Bank pays y g high-payin- Philadelphia, Washington Tops In a breakdown of network affiliates ranked by the percentage of women employed in positions, WCAU in Philadelphia and WMAL and WTOP in Washington ranked at the top, followed by LKY in Louisville, in Kansas City, KMBC Ky, in Los Mo., and KABC Angeles. Ranked at the bottom of the list for hiring too few women were WOTV in high-payin- g Kalamazoo-Gran- d Rapids, Mich; KT1 in St. Louis, and KSL in Salt Lake City. Johnson, whose seven-yea- r on the FCC has expired, observed that in 190 the FCC issued formal rules forbidding employment discrimination by radio and television stations based upon race, color, national origin or sex. 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