KUTV Newswatch 2 at 6 and 10: Thursday, September 14, 1978, 6 and 10 P.M. news

Digitized version of an aircheck for the color broadcast of the evening news from September 14th, 1978, originally recorded on U-matic videocassette. Includes commercials. Broadcast headlines 6 PM: Utah Department of Social Services accused of favoring a staff member over foster parents in the adoption of a sixteen-month-old Kerrie Ellen Kuhel; independent review to be undertaken by a panel of private adoption agencies; The coded words Howard Hughes used often during the final year of his life regarding his drug supply are exposed; Report reveals how Ted Bundy travelled between Chicago, Ann Arbor, and Tallahassee after his escape from a Colorado jail; Salt Lake County Jail inmate files a lawsuit protesting jail conditions; Bruce Jenkins, nominated to be a federal judge in Utah, testifies in front of Congress at a confirmation hearing; US House of Representatives approves a public works bill that contains full funding for the Central Utah Project; Weather report; Local and national sports; Jim Nelford, professional golfer from Provo, UT, declines to play in Texas Open; The Salt Lake City Airport will not pull out of the Utah Travel Air Commission Broadcast headlines 10 PM: Utah Social Services Department will appoint an independent review panel to decide the long-term placement of sixteen-month-old Kerrie Ellen Kuhel; Four Utah children are being treated for rabies after being bitten by animals; anti-rabies campaign in Fillmore, UT; Backers of the proposal to unify Salt Lake City and County begin their campaign ahead of the November vote; Report reveals how Ted Bundy travelled between Chicago, Ann Arbor, and Tallahassee after his escape from a Colorado jail; US House of Representatives approves a public works bill that contains full funding for the Central Utah Project; World and national news headlines; Weather report; Local and national sports; University of Utah football team reacts to their week off; Salt Lake City's Linco Costume Company created the chicken costume for a mascot who will earn $100,000 working for Ted Turner's Atlanta Braves