MUNICIPALITY OF BETHEL PARK
Municipal Building 5100 West Library Avenue Bethel Park, PA 15102 
(412)831-6800       FAX (412)83l-8675





                                                  July 18, 1995







The Honorable Rick Santorum
U. S. Senate
One Station Square
Pittsburgh, PA 15219

                    RE: Bethel Park - Closed Captioned Television


Dear Senator Santorum:


     It is my understanding that inquiries have been made to the
United States Department of Justice concerning the obligations of
municipalities to provide closed-captioning for the broadcast of 
local government meetings on public access television channels. 
Any information that you could provide concerning this matter would
greatly be appreciated.

     On behalf of Bethel Park Municipal Council and Mayor Hoffman, 
thank you very much for your assistance.

                                             Sincerely,


                                             William Spagnol
                                             Manager

WJS:dao


cc: Judith Miller



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