KUTV Newswatch 2 at 6 and 10 pm: Wednesday, January 17, 1979

Digitized version of an aircheck for the color broadcast of the evening news from January 17th, 1979, originally recorded on U-matic videocassette. Includes commercials. Broadcast headlines 6 PM: Salt Lake City Personnel Director Robert Mullally alleges that three city commissioners traded a neutral stance on city-county unification in exchange for a pay raise; Salt Lake City Personnel Director Robert Mullally says that an attempt to place the police chief in charge of the city Personnel Department was part of a conspiracy; Salt Lake City Finance Commissioner Jennings Phillips answers questions from a polygraph examiner regarding missing parking meter funds; Salt Lake City police are looking for a man who escaped from county jail after attacking and robbing an officer; Iranian students postpone their planned victory march over the ousted Shah; Utah girl injured in West Germany arrives in Salt Lake City for medical treatment; Utah hospitals are running out of patient beds during their busiest season; Weather report; Local and national sports; interview with BYU basketball coach Frank Arnold ahead of the game against the University of Utah; Troubleshooter: jeweler loses a family heirloom watch Broadcast headlines 10 PM: Fast falling snow causes hazardous roads in the Salt Lake Valley; Salt Lake City Personnel Director Robert Mullally alleges that three city commissioners traded a neutral stance on city-county unification in exchange for a pay raise; Fire Fighters Union former President Jim Kleine says that Salt Lake City commissioners promised fire fighter pay raises if they did not support city-county unification; Salt Lake City Personnel Director Robert Mullally says that an attempt to place the police chief in charge of the city Personnel Department was part of a conspiracy; Salt Lake City police are looking for man who escaped from county jail after attacking and robbing an officer; Driver survives a remarkable car crash in Granger, UT; Lobbyists ask the Utah State Legislature for funding to support the Handicapped Children's Services Department; Iranian students postpone their planned victory march over the ousted Shah; World and national news headlines; Weather report; Local and national sports; Squirt All-Star junior hockey team from Salt Lake City leaves to play in a Canadian tournament; Wirth Watching: Young Sign Company makes advertising signs