KUTV Newswatch 2 at 6 and 10 pm: Monday, December 25, 1978

Digitized version of an aircheck for the color broadcast of the evening news from December 25th, 1978, originally recorded on U-matic videocassette. Includes commercials. Broadcast headlines 6 PM: Fire at the Swing Apartment building in Salt Lake City kills two; Man forces his way into a Salt Lake City home, holds the family hostage, and sexually assaults a woman before being shot by police; Police continue to look for a man involved in the weekend shooting spree in Northern Utah; Salt Lake County sheriff's office looking for a thief who stole more than $100,00 in jewels from a parked car; Pope John Paul II makes his Christmas address; first day of Hanukkah; Utah phone operators working on Christmas; 17-month-old baby born prematurely is home for Christmas in Mona, UT; Weather report; Local and national sports; Utah State Legislature will consider a bill outlining the responsibility of skiers and ski resorts; Holiday Hospital Projects brings Christmas cheer to Salt Lake City hospitals and convalescent homes Broadcast headlines 10 PM: Investigators look into what started a deadly fire at the Swing Apartment building in Salt Lake City; Man forces his way into a Salt Lake City home, holds the family hostage, and sexually assaults the mother before being shot by police; Police cut back the search for a man involved in the weekend shooting spree in Northern Utah as they believe he has left the area; Salt Lake County sheriff's office arrests jewel thief and recovers half of the stolen goods; World and national news headlines; Pope John Paul II celebrates first Christmas Mass; Christmas celebrated at midnight Mass in Bethlehem; Utah phone operators working on Christmas; Christmas shopping from catalogues to battle inflation; Thief in San Francisco steals 17th century Dutch paintings from the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum; Weather report; Local and national sports; Wirth Watching: Christmas as remembered by senior citizens; Nutritionist says Christmas dinner may be the healthiest meal people eat all year