KUTV Newswatch 2 at 6 and 10: Friday, December 1, 1978, 6 and 10 P.M. news

Digitized version of an aircheck for the color broadcast of the evening news from December 1st, 1978, originally recorded on U-matic videocassette. Includes commercials. Broadcast headlines 6 PM: Defense lawyers file writs of habeas corpus in federal court hoping to stop the executions of the Hi-Fi killers Dale Pierre and William Andrews; Ted Bundy's trial postponed indefinitely after Florida Supreme Court asks Judge John Rudd to show cause as to why he did not recuse himself; Ted Bundy asks for court-appointed lawyer to act in his defense; A fire destroys a fire station in Lark, UT leaving town without adequate fire protection; Two children received minor burns in a fire at their home in Kearns, UT; Soldier Summit Town Marshall Roger Anderson and former Justice of the Peace Tom Brackenbury ordered to stand trial on felony charges of witness tampering; Kane County Hospital administrator says he was harassed by FDA blood bank inspectors after resisting an inspection; State Air Quality Bureau debuts a numerical system to alert the public about current air quality measurements; Weather report; Local and national sports; University of Utah basketball coach Jerry Pimm talks about an upcoming game against the University of Southern California; Troubleshooter: hospital insurance bill received six months late Broadcast headlines 10 PM: Defense lawyers try to delay the scheduled executions of the Hi-Fi killers Dale Pierre and William Andrews; Ted Bundy's trial postponed indefinitely after Florida Supreme Court agrees with Bundy that jurors would not want to hear his case over the upcoming holidays; Interior Secretary Cecil Andrus meets with inholders at Grand Teton National Park and announces a new land acquisition policy that would leave developed property owners alone; Interior Secretary Cecil Andrus prevents inholdings by designating land as a national monument in Alaska; Kane County Hospital administrator says an FDA blood bank inspection duplicates a state inspection; A fire destroys a fire station in Lark, UT leaving town without adequate fire protection; Two children received minor burns in a fire at their home in Kearns, UT; Shell Oil reduces gas delivery to its dealers, blames shortage on heavy demand during the fall; World and national news headlines; Weather report; Local and national sports; University of Utah women's basketball season opening game