KUTV Newswatch 2 at 6: Wednesday, January 05, 1977, 6 P.M. news

Digitized version of an aircheck for the broadcast of an evening news broadcast from January 5th, 1977, originally recorded on U-matic videocassette. Includes commercials. Hit at 00:08:29 as recorded. Broadcast headlines: State Health Laboratory test finds traces of radiation in some of Utah's drinking water; Utah Supreme Court rules to return spree killers Myron Lance and Walter Kelbach case to Third District Court for resentencing; Woman killed in accident when her pickup truck rolled over on I-80; Utah Governor Scott Matheson assures public that state's air quality reclassification plan will continue to be modified after public hearings; Widow of man killed by Gary Gilmore seeks over $1 million in damages from convict; Salt Lake Tribune and KUTV file action in Salt Lake City federal court for the right of the press to cover Gary Gilmore's execution set for January 17, 1977; City fathers deny additional licenses application for cab company; Senator Orrin Hatch and Congressman Dan Marriott sworn into the 95th Congress; Faulty electrical system blamed for small plane crash at Salt Lake City International Airport; Weather report; Preview of NBC News special documentary,Violence in America; Troubleshooter: Gaslight Dinner Theatre's no refund policy; Utah is one of four states to receive federal funding to create a strike force against Mexican drug traffic; Utah highway patrol trooper suffers bullet wound after accidentally throwing the bullet away in lit fireplace; Utah Department of Transportation plans to erase $14.6 million deficit by increasing state gasoline tax; National and local sports; Anonymous thief pays for missing Salt Lake County golf course property; Expectant mothers request elected induction to receive additional income tax deduction in 1976; Wirth Watching: Peter Pan Billiards in downtown Salt Lake City; Murder witnessed near Green River, WY; Decline in food stamp use in Utah, following a national trend; Judge rules that a local television station can televise executions in Huntsville, Texas; Beech-Nut baby food introduces new recipe without added sugar; World and national news headline; Stock market report; Outdoors: volcano climbing in Snow Canyon State Park; 1977 Super Bowl news, Minnesota Vikings vs. Oakland Raiders; Extended weather report; State of California purchases Volvo sedans for state employees, citing environmental concerns with US-made cars; Gene Shalit's seven best movies of 1976.