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Cable operators carrying MTV will be offered the advertiser-sup ported second service for free. “In just three years, MTV has evolved from a start-up business to a profitable and influential national cable channel,” Horowitz said. “Over the course of time it has be come clear to all of us that the suc cess of MTV has not only been an achievement in its own right, but also has opened the doors for fur ther music programming innvoa- tions at our company. As a result, we have been investigating the devel opment of a second all-music cable channel.” Robert W. Pittman, executive vice president and chief operating offi cer of MTV Network Inc., said the development of the second service was stimulated by MTV’s success and the need expressed by cable op erators, advertisers and the record industry. “MTV proved that by creating the proper environment, television can be a powerful tool for the exposure and marketing of rock music,” he said. “The second service is designed to effectively reach a new audience in much the same way.” The new channel will utilize many of the same facilities, resources and talent of MTV. Plans call for the channel to be carried on RCA’s Satcom F3-R satel lite. Lack of iron rising issue for children United Press International ST. LOUIS — A pediatrician says iron deficiency is a serious but largely unrecognized problem that often is mistaken as a learning dis ability. Dr. Alvin N. Eden said as many as half of the 8 million children who will be born in the United States in the next two years will suffer from poor nutrition. “Make sure you give them a da ily vitamin is a practice that’s going up, but it’s not getting enough iron," he said. “This is an age when iron deficiency is becoming an in creasing problem.” Children can suffer central ner vous system damage even before anemia — a symptom of acute iron loss — is present, he said. Fatigue and irritability caused by minor iron deficiency can be eased by three to four weeks of iron therapy. Disabled finding computers make life more productive United Press International NEW YORK — Nan Davis is an example of how a computer can dra matically affect a person’s life. Miss Davis was paralyzed in an auto accident five years ago on the night of her high school senior prom. Doctors told her she would never walk again. She did walk again — a few halt ing steps with the aid of a compute rized device that electrically stimu lated her leg muscles in much the same way her brain would have done. To see her take those few steps to pick up her college diploma was not only moving, but focused attention on the use of computers as an aid to the disabled. Fortunately, more and more peo ple are realizing that the same kinds of computers and accessories that are in common use in homes and of fices can easily be adapted to trans form a disabled person, dependent on others, into an independant per son who happens to have a physical disability. Dr. Frank G. Bowe, who is deaf, is a long time activist pushing for the rights of the handicapped and his book. “Personal Computer 8c Special Needs” (Sybex Books) gives example after example of how computers help the disabled. He tells the story of Rick Pilgrim who, because of a spinal injury, is unable to move anything but his eyes and mouth. Under different circumstances, Pilgrim would be totally dependent on others for care and support. Thanks to a government job de velopment grant, but more impor tantly because of a voice-controlled computer, he is fully employed as a computer programmer. Pilgrim may not be able to stretch his legs, but his computer has cer tainly allowed him to stretch his mind and his horizons. “I’m fulfilled,” Pilgrim said. “For most people, a computer is a tool,” Bowe said, “for people with special needs it is essential.” Peter A. McWilliams is the coun try’s most popular computer writer. His readable, witty, informative and irreverant books have sold nearly a million copies. He was asked about his latest book-in-progress during a telephone interview serveral months ago. “It’s about computers and the dis abled,” he said. There was a moment of silence by the interviewer. The unasked ques tion was whether McWilliams was se rious or making a somewhat tasteless joke. 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