KUTV Newswatch 2 at 6: Friday, January 26, 1979, 6 P.M. news

Digitized version of an aircheck for the color broadcast of the evening news from January 26th, 1979, originally recorded on U-matic videocassette. Includes commercials. Broadcast headlines: Salt Lake City Police Department will have to sign a detailed agreement with the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration requiring active recruitment of females and minorities; Salt Lake City's former Chief Deputy Treasurer Meredith Poulson pleads innocent to the charge of misusing public funds; State prison escapee wanted for rape arrested in downtown Salt Lake City; Deceased Lutheran Pastor David Aasved's seminary advisor says Aasved would not have wanted the death penalty for his convicted killer Walter Wood; The Environmental Protection Agency increases the allowable smog levels across the nation by 50%; There are two sides to every parental kidnapping story; proposed Utah law will increase the crime of child snatching from a misdemeanor to a felony; Troubleshooter: man says recently purchased truck is a lemon; Weather report; Local and national sports; Outdoors: qualification round of the World Pro Ski Race at Snowbird Ski Resort; 16 lbs. 13 oz. baby born at Cottonwood Hospital