KUTV Newswatch 2 at 6 and 10: Wednesday, February 21, 1979, 6 P.M. and 10 P.M. news

Digitized version of an aircheck for the color broadcast of the evening news from February 21st, 1979, originally recorded on U-matic videocassette. Includes commercials. Broadcast headlines 6 PM: Utah Transit Authority wildcat strike ends; $5.6million wrongful death suit will be filed against the state of Utah in the shooting of John Singer; City Commissioner David Campbell denies any conflict of interest with his vote to keep Police Chief Bud Willoughby; 28-year-old Neil Anderson killed in a shootout with city police in Cedar City, UT; Apartment building owners object to a proposal to strengthen Salt Lake City's fire safety code at a City Commission meeting; Fire in a rented home in Salt Lake City; Troubleshooter: South Salt Lake woman feels hassled by the dog catcher; Wyoming Special Olympics participants need lodging; Governor Scott Matheson tells reporters he hopes the Utah State Legislature will fund a cancer study in Southern Utah and comments on the potential gasoline shortage Broadcast headlines 10 PM: Chief Bud Willoughby in more trouble after being accused of lying about a meeting with Utah Highway Patrol Officer Bob Reed; $5.6million wrongful death suit will be filed against the state of Utah in the shooting of John Singer; Officers cleared in the death of 28-year-old Neil Anderson in Cedar City, UT; Salt Lake City's 911 emergency service temporarily down; New England Journal of Medicine and the University of Utah will release a study on the leukemia rate among children in Southern Utah; World and national news headlines; Utah Transit Authority wildcat strike ends; Widespread flooding in Hilo, Hawaii; Weather report; U & I Sugar Factory fails to find a buyer and will close its doors; Local and national sports; football player Chuck Ehin fooled into signing with BYU; Wirth Watching: junkyard sculptor Scott Crabtree