The Independent-News, Volume 102, Number 43, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 31 March 1977 — Page 12

MARCH 31. 1977 - THE INDEPENDENT NEWS

TESTIFIES BEFORE SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE "Competition in the telecommunications industry should neither be prohibited where it is feasible. nor farced where it leads to wasteful duplication and inefficient use of resources." Paul H. Hen son. chairman of United Telecom munications. Inc . made that statement tixiav Henson offered his views in tesUnions before the U S Senate Subcommittee on Communications Oversight Hearings on National telecommunications Policy United Telecom owns and oper ates the I ruled lelephone Sv stem, the nation's third largest, of which United lelephone Company of Indiana. 1m... is a part "Polics alternatives have too often been posed as a choice between competition and monopoly." Henson stated "Such a statement of the issues is far too simplistic, and has served more to obscure than to enlighten the debate over a nation al telecommunications policy." Henson said the failure to distinguish between the provision of telecommunications services and the provision of telecommunications facilities is at the heart of the polarization of views over the appropriate role of competition in the telecommunications industry. "Those who look at the enormous economics of scale in the provision of facilities conclude that the provision of communications services is therefore a natural monoply. Those w ho look at the many opportunities for competition in the provision of communications services conclude that competition in the provision of facilities is desireable. Either viewpoint, if translated into national telecommunications police. would, in mv opinion, be contrary to the public interest." Henson said. Henson said the Federal Communications Commission is now

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committed to policies that will, in the long run. result in severe social and economic dislocations for many consumers of communications services to the general public. He called on Congress to develop a national telecommunications policy that will protect and promote the interests of all consumers and proposed four objectives for such a policy. First, he urged Congress to reaffirm the objective of the Communications Act of 1934 to make reliable, high quality communications services available to all citizens at reasonable rates. He stated that this objective has been embodied in the ratemaking principles will ultimately be borne by those consumers who can least afford to do so — residential and small business customers, especially those living in rural areas and small urban communities. Second, he urged that national telecommunications policy be based on the economic realities of the communications industry. Such a policy would foster and encourage competition in the provision of communications services and prohibit the wasteful and uneconomic competition in the provision of communications facilities. Third. Henson said that in markets where competition is deemed desirable, there should be no artificial constraints place on the telephone industry. He said such constraints are not only contrary to the principle of full and fair competition. but also result in effectively denying new services to those areas of the country that only the telephone industry is willing to serve. Fourth. Henson said he would support, with one exception, the policy of open competition in the provision of terminal equipment. The exception is that each customer have one telephone set provided and maintained by the telephone

industry. He said this policy would ensure the continuity of service to every customer so as to protect life and property, provide a means by which the telephone company could isolate service problems and mitigate the economic dislocations caused by competition in the terminal equipment market. It would also promote technological change while offering the customer a degree of protection against technical obsolescence. The full realization of the benefits of new technologies, their cost and availability to all segments of the public and their ultimate social and economic impacts are matters that will, in the end. be determined bv a national telecommunications policy adopted by Congress. "Henson said. "It is my sincere hope that Congress can formulate a new policy that will provide definition and direction to the communications industry and assure the American people the continuation of quality communications services in the future." A wife was telling her neighbor about her fishing trip with her husband. "1 did everything wrong on the trip. 1 talked too loud. I made too much noise. I used the wrong bait, I reeled in too sooh, and I caught more fish than he did."

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Kindergarten Pre-Registration At Oregon-Davis Children in the Oregon-Davis School area who will enter Kindergarten in the fall should be preregistered by their parents before April 4. 1977. To pre-register, return the slip or call 867-4714 or 867-2911. Also pre-register those children who are eligible for first grade but have not attended kindergarten during the 1976-77 school year. To be eligible for kindergarten, the child must be five years old on or before September 1, 1977 and six years of age on or before September 1 to enter first grade. A legal birth certificate is required for registration. The birth certificate may be obtained by contacting the Health Department in the county in which the child was born. Indiana Law requires all elementary school children to be immunized against diptheria, whooping caugh. tetanus, measles, rubella and poliomyelitis. Each child is required to have a tuberculin skin test prior to attending school for the first time. Health forms will be handed out at the meeting for

parents to have completed by their family doctor and dentist. The Oregon Elementary PreSchool Group will meet at 9:00 a.m. Tuesday . April 19. 1977. The regular morning kindergarten class will not meet this day. The Davis Elementary PreSchool Group will meet at 9:00 a.m. Wednesday, April 20. 1977. The regular Davis kindergarten class will not meet this day. The Oregon Elementary afternoon class will meet both days.' HORSE SHOW CANCELLED The Walkerton Horse Show committee met recently and voted to discontinue their annual horse show due to a continuing and growing lack of interest on the part of the 4-H club, the benefactors of the shows. The committee would like to thank all the sponsors and all who followed the shows from year to year. Horse Show Committee GENERAL MILLS SEARCH HONORABLE MENTION Miss Ramona Alexis Ellis, North Liberty High School student, is listed among the General Mills Search of Family Leader of Tomorrow honorable mentions in Indiana.

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