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5/2/59
COMMDR. WEBSTER NAMED FOR POLISH PARLEY
The Federal Communications Commission last week desig¬ nated Commander E. M. Webster, Assistant Chief Engineer of the Commission, as its representative at the meeting of the Subcom¬ mittee of the Third World Conference of Radiotelegraph Experts for Aeronautics. The Conference will be held at Cracow, Poland, May 19 to May 22.
The Cracow Conference will lay the groundwork for an allocation of frequencies for inter-continental air routes. Any future assignments of frequencies to commercial aviation com¬ panies operating under the jurisdiction of the United States, and licensed by the Federal Communications Commission must necessar¬ ily be based upon a comprehensive plan covering the allocation of frequencies to the aviation services generally.
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RADIO REPORTERS ADMITTED TO WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCES.
Radio news reporters were granted equal rights with the press at White House press conferences yesterday, as a result of negotiations between Fulton Lewis, Jr. , temporary Chairman of the Radio Correspondents’ Association, and Stephen T. Early, White House secretary.
All departments and agencies of the Federal Government have now given radio reporters these rights, Mr. Lewis announced and the Senate and House have set up specidl radio press galleries in the last two weeks.
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COAST GUARD TO BUILD STATION NEAR D.C.
The United States Coast Guard will establish a $205,000 radio stations on Telegraph road, five miles south of Alexandria, it was announced this week.
Contract for building the station was awarded to W. Frank Martens, of Newport News. The Coast Guard purchased a 200acre tract for the site and said work on the station would begin immediately.
Coast Guard spokesmen said the station would form a link between Washington headquarters and districts throughout the country. Local communication operations now are carried on from a temporary transmitter at Fort Hunt.
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