KUTV Newswatch 2 at 6 and 10 pm: Thursday, December 28, 1978

Digitized version of an aircheck for the color broadcast of the evening news from December 28th, 1978, originally recorded on U-matic videocassette. Includes commercials. Broadcast headlines 6 PM: Winter storm causes two light planes to crash within an hour of each other in Box Elder County; Searchers pinpoint the crash site of a third plane near Lewiston Peak in Utah County; Sledding accident in Sugar House Park kills a 24-year-old man; Gene Andrews Paul, suspect who terrorized a family on Christmas Day, will be arraigned on charges of kidnapping and aggravated sexual assault; Utah Senator Orrin Hatch may be considered for national office; Sherm Harmer of the Utah Cattlemen's Association disagrees with the American Meat Institute's estimates that beef costs will increase; Utah offers land near Price, UT to the Antelope Island Ranching Company in exchange for Antelope Island to create new state park; Weather report; Local and national sports; international hockey tournament at the Salt Palace in Salt Lake City; Utah Department of Public Works making garbage removal more efficient and less expensive; Psychiatrist recommends to begin living by resolutions ahead of the new year Broadcast headlines 10 PM: A United Airlines plane crashes near the Portland, OR airport; Braniff Airways jet lands normally after being jolted by severe turbulence in Miami, FL; Fog and dakrness halt search efforts for a private plane in the mountains of Utah County; Winter storm causes two light planes to crash within an hour of each other in Box Elder County; World and national news headlines; Gene Andrews Paul, suspect who terrorized a family on Christmas Day, will be arraigned on charges of kidnapping and aggravated sexual assault; Utah Senator Orrin Hatch is running for the Chairmanship of the Senate Republican Campaign Committee and may be interested in running for national office; US economy declined in November, the first drop in four months; American's bought more abroad than they sold causing the trade deficit to rise; Sherm Harmer of the Utah Cattlemen's Association disagrees with the American Meat Institute's estimates that beef costs will increase; Weather report; Local and national sports; Inventor patents a new cigarette that produces less smoke