KUTV Newswatch 2 at 6 and 10 pm: Wednesday, February 7, 1979

Digitized version of an aircheck for the color broadcast of the evening news from February 7th, 1979, originally recorded on U-matic videocassette. Includes commercials. Broadcast headlines 6 PM: Salt Lake City police arrest an ex-convict after he offered to kill the city's pornography prosecutor; Drug bust in Weber County results in the arrest of four suspected drug dealers and confiscation of $80,000 worth of contraband; Southern Utah residents attend a screening of the KUTV documentary Clouds of Doubt on the nuclear fallout; Former Rock Springs, WY Public Safety Director Ed Cantrell will stand trial for first degree murder; Spanish exchange student Jesus Moreno, in need of an operation after a car accident, was turned away by the University of Utah Medical Center; Salt Lake City Special Investigative Board to make their recommendation on how to avoid another scandal at City Hall; Utah Transit Authority operations cutback effects Kennecott employees; Westminster College Acting President James Peterson ensures the school's longevity in a speech to the student body; Weather report; Local and national sports; University of Utah's women's basketball team discusses their on-the-road meals and sleeping accommodations; A fifth grade class' conference call with Congressman Dan Marriott; KUTV viewers pledge money for Spanish exchange student Jesus Moreno's surgery Broadcast headlines 10 PM: Noted scientists including Dr. Linus Pauling charge the Atomic Energy Coalition with disregarding the safety of Southern Utah residents in KUTV's documentary, Clouds of Doubt; Governor Scott Matheson responds to KUTV's documentary, Clouds of Doubt, and speaks about the future of the nuclear fallout study; Southern Utah residents attend a screening of the KUTV documentary Clouds of Doubt; Salt Lake City police arrest an ex-convict after he offered to kill the city's pornography prosecutor; Drug bust in Weber County results in the arrest of four suspected drug dealers and confiscation of $80,000 worth of contraband; Former Rock Springs, WY Public Safety Director Ed Cantrell will stand trial for first degree murder; Utah man who argued he developed Grizzly Adams earns the rights to the character after a long court battle; Utah court rules that the ban on advertisements for chiropractors is illegal; World and national news headlines; Weather report; Local and national sports; Utah Prospectors coach Dick Nemelka practices with the team; Wirth Watching: paper use at the Utah State Legislature