KUTV Newswatch 2 at 6 and 10 pm: Friday, December 15, 1978

Digitized version of an aircheck for the color broadcast of the evening news from December 15th, 1978, originally recorded on U-matic videocassette. Includes commercials. Broadcast headlines 6 PM: Gypsy Codianna and Craig Marvell, convicted of the execution-style murder of a former friend, ask a district court judge to postpone thier execution date; Salt Lake woman stabbed and robbed in the parking lot of Fashion Place Mall in Murray, UT; Troubleshooter: multiple children hit by cars on a dangerous stretch of highway in Salt Lake County; Two men found dead by co-workers after inhailing hydrogen sulfide gas; Hundreds of angry tax payers gather at the Salt Lake County Clerk's Office to show support for a lawsuit that aims to get some of their tax money back; Utah School Board and seminary teachers are reviewing the ruling by Federal Judge Clarence Brimmer that bans school credit for release time religious programs; Downtown merchants blaming construction linked to Salt Lake City's beautificiation project for the recent decline in business; Reactions to smog in the Salt Lake Valley; Weather report; Local and national sports; report ahead of the Hofstra vs. University of Utah basketball game; Utah Youth Soccer League completes their second season Broadcast headlines 10 PM: President Carter announces that the United States and the People's Republic of China have agreed to establish full diplomatic relations; World and national news headlines; Manufacturing industries in the Salt Lake Valley worry there are not enough skilled workers to fill vacant jobs; Gypsy Codianna and Craig Marvell, convicted of the execution-style murder of a former friend, lose bid to postpone thier execution date; Police searching for a man who stabbed and robbed a Salt Lake City woman in the parking lot of Fashion Place Mall in Murray, UT; Two men found dead by tannery co-workers after inhailing hydrogen sulfide gas; Troubleshooter: multiple children hit by cars on a dangerous stretch of highway in Salt Lake County; Hundreds of angry tax payers gather at the Salt Lake County Clerk's Office to show support for a lawsuit that aims to get some of their tax money back; Weather report; Local and national sports; Wirth Watching: cooking for credit at South High School