KUTV Newswatch 2 at 6 and 10: Monday, August 7, 1978, 6 and 10 P.M. news

Digitized version of an aircheck for the color broadcast of the evening news from August 7th, 1978, originally recorded on U-matic videocassette. Includes commercials. Broadcast headlines 6 PM: Through disability payments to Donald Coe, the Veteran's Administration recognizes that radiation from atomic explosions can cause leukemia; other veterans may now find it easier to claim disability status; Doctors perform brain scan on the sole survivor of the Immanuel David family murder-suicide; Salt Lake County will cover the hospital and burial costs for the family; Tooele, UT policeman fired during a corruption investigation is suing the city's mayor and police chief; Tim Funk of the Utah Coalition of Senior Citizens holds a hokey press conference for older residents in Murray, UT who are afraid they will lose their homes if a new city hall is built; Florida judge rules that Ted Bundy cannot have the outtakes of video shot by KUTV during the reading of his indictment; Large grass fire in Northwest Salt Lake City; Weather report; Troubleshooter: Salt Lake City woman refunded for roof paint job; Local and national sports; Chris Kirnak plays for the men's hockey team in Portland, OR; Catholic monk Father Emmanuel Spillane remembers Pope Paul VI in Huntsville, UT Broadcast headlines 10 PM: Social workers met with the Immanuel David family one year before thier murder-suicides, but lost track of the seven children due to the family's frequent moves; People wait to view the body of Pope Paul VI at the papal summer home; NBC's new morning show, America Alive, barred by landowners and thus unable to cover John and Vickie Singer's case regarding the education of their children; Government may recall Firestone 500 tires because of blowout reports; Nuclear power protests lead to mass arrests in San Luis Obispo, California; Weather report; Local and national sports; Judge throws out a lawsuit against NBC after the plaintiff's lawyer could not prove that the network's broadcast of Born Innocent incited an attack on a 9-year-old girl; Wirth Watching, best-of: Utah Stuntman Association show