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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution #192 M , a RESOLUTION # / 9V TELEVISION • VHF CHANNEL 8 WITS, the City Council of Canton, Illinois, on the a/ day of , 1956, passed a resolution requesting the Federal Communisations Commission to permit VHF Channel 8 to go into operation in Peoria, Illinois; and WHEREAS, said City Council, upon reconsideration of this matter, has decided to remain neutral in the VHF versus UHF television controversy and has decided not to take sides on the question of whether 'VHF Channel 8 should or should not be permitted to- go into operation in Peoria; NOW, THEREFORE, BE TT RESOLVED that, the City Council of Canton, Illinois, on behalf of the citizens of Canton: (a) Is neither for nor _against the intermixing of VHF and UHF television in Peoria, (b) Is completely neutral in the VHF versus UHF tele• vision controversy. This resolution supersedes this Council's earlier reso- lution on this subject, said resolution having been dated the , / day of jitlr , 1956. BE IT ruuThEit RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be sent to Honorable George C. McConnaughey, Chairman, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, D.C. and to each member of the Federal Communications Commission, Washington, D.C., who are: Mr. Rossi H. Hyde, Mr. Robert B. 'Lee, Mr. Robert T. Bartley, Mr. John C. Doerfer, and Mr. Richard A. Mack; to Senator Everett M. Dirksen, Washington, D.C., Congressman Harold H. Veldt, Washington, D.C., and Senator Warren G. Magnusson, Chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, Wash- ington, D.C. and Senator Paul H. Douglas, Washington, D.C. • • Signed by us at Canton, Illinois, this /,( day of October, 1956. Councilman Councilman Councilman Councilman Grow tsitman Councilman ayor •2.