Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 179, Decatur, Adams County, 31 July 1958 — Page 11

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First Flying TV Station On Copier Los Angeles First With Flying TV By VERNON SCOTT UPI Hollywood Correspondent HOLLYWOOD (UPI) — The world’s first flying television station hovered oyer southern California today keeping an eye in the sky on the news, special events and traffic conditions of this sprawling community. Station KTLA transmits from a “telecopter” unit employing a miniature camera and transmitter aboard a Bell G-2 helicopter. In an area that includes mountains, beaches, deserts and some five million people, the station has endless variety and backgrounds to choose from. KTLA’s news manager, Gil Martyn says, “We’re just scratching the programming surface. The telecopter will be on hand in mountain searches for lost children, fires, police matters, air crashes, highway closures, and boat rescue.” Has Special Lens The camera is equipped with a telescopic lens that can fill a video screen with the picture of an automobile taken from 1,000 feet in the air. During a special showing the telecopter and its two-man crew of pilot and cameraman circled Los Angeles City Hall, transmitting a sharp picture to station monitors. According to vice president Jim Schulke, the camera could have puled in a picture of the people inside working at their desks. The telecopter was constructed secretly in the fenced yard of cop-ter-owner Dick Hart to keep competitors from latching onto the idea. Some $40,000 was pumped into the project, not counting the helicopter itself which is worth another $42,000. Weight was the primary problem. Two thousand pounds of equipment was reduced to less than 400 pounds in order to get the whirly bird off the ground. Light Metals Used “We used mostly aluminum and magnesium,” says engineer John Silva. “We cut down on the chassis, eliminated structural parts and we even went on a diet. Milkshakes were taboo. “For every six pounds we cut down we could add another gallon of gasoline.” Civic authorities foresee additional possibilities. Civil defense director Col. Richard Lynch said, “We could use the telecopter to advise people away from the scene of a disastr, clear our way to work, and still let the public see what's going oh.” Fire Chief William Miller commented, “The telecopter could hover near a fire in an otherwise inaccessible spot and direct ground firefighters from a'’monitor at headquarters.” Whatever the results, southland viewers are assured of spectacular programming in the months to come.

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Indiana May Gain Seat In Congress 1960 Census To Show Goin In Population INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — The size of Indiana's congressional delegation, which has shrunk gradually during the last 20 years, stands a good chance of increasing after the 1960 census. But it still would be smaller than it was way back in the 1890 s, even if the delegation is boosted from 11 to 12 members. More significant than the size of the Hoosier group in the House, however, would be the redistricting of Indiana to create a 12th District, or the addition of an atlarge district subject to the will of all voters in the state. Also of significance would be the additional presidential electtoral vote Indiana would have,

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raising the number from 13 to 14. Electoral votes are based on the number of congressional districts plus two—one for each U. S. senator. 13 Even Before 1900 Increase of Indiana’s House delegation was forecast by the Census Bureau in Washington Wednesday. The bureau said that as a result of the 1960 census, It states probably will lose and 9 states will gain seats in the House. Indiana was listed as one of the states which, because of a population increase, would stand to gain a seat. Before and after 1900, Indiana had 13 members in Congress. The number remained at 13 even after the size of the House was set inflexibly at 435 in 1911. It stayed at 13 until 1930, when it was cut to 12, and at 12 until 1940 when it was cut to 11, where it has been ever since. Who would benefit most from a reapportionment? The Republicans or the Democrats? “We would gain the seat because it would come from the in-

dustrial population," said Democratic State Chairman Charles E. Skfflen. That might be true, particularly if some populous industrial area like the 3rd District were spliced to give more representation to St. Joseph County, third most populous in the state and ranking behind Marion and Lake, each of which is a congressional district by itself. Reflect In 1963 a Nevertheless, each state does its own redistricting and presumably the party in power in state politics would have something to say about the lineup of counties, although federal reappbrtionment laws apparently protect against gerrymandering—unfair or abnormal districting. Any increase in the delegation would not reflect in Congress until it meets in 1963, because members of the Congress convening in 1961 will be elected the same year the census is being taken. St. Joseph County, with industrial South Bend furnishing most of the population, is in the four-

county 3rd District. The ether three counties are normally Republican, and often their GOP majorities combined are greater than St. Joseph's Democratic majorities. From a population standpoint, if any present districts are thinned out to give the electorate greater representation, the 3rd would be in line for such carving. For in 1956, the 3rd cast a greater vote than any other district except the 11th (Indianapolis). sth, Bth Popitous Other among the more thickly populated multiple-couhty districts are the sth, where the congressional vote in 1956 was third highest in the state; the Bth, where the vote was fourth highest, and tiie 10th, where it was sixth highest. Eugene J. Cadou, Indiana political expert for United Press International, recalled that in 1925 the Republican-controlled Indiana Legislature was about to adopt a gerrymander bill redistricting the state to the party’s advantage when the Democratic minority

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members of the Senate fled |» Springfield, Ohio. They stated about a week breaking lup a quorum, until they were persuaded to return on the promise of the Republican that they would not proceed with the controversial bill. Cadou recalled that D. C. Stevenson, ex-grand dragon of the Indiana Ku Klux Klan, claimed credit for persuading the Democrats to return. Better Roads Needed PITTSBURGH - (UPI) — The Pennsylvania Highways Department found recently that almost half of the state’s primary doads are obsolete and that 68 per cent of the secondary highway system in rural areas is unsafe for modern cars and trucks. A magnificent Southern magnolia grows near die South Portico of the White House in Washington. It was planted there by President Andrew Jackson in honor of his wife, Racket