WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News at 6:00pm (Complete Broadcast, 6/11/1980) 📺

Here's a *complete* broadcast of the 6:00pm edition of Eyewitness News with Fahey Flynn and Jack Jones (subbing for Joel Daly) on WLS Channel 7. (some of description here omitted due to character limit)

Includes:

Mark Wolin report on commuter tax hike (feat. Vivian Nannen of Arlington Heights, Howard Sikurski of Niles, Margaret Shurtleff of Winfield, Ald. Robert Shaw (D-9th Ward) and Mayor Byrne)

Chuck Goudie report on Lake Forest package bombing of Percy Wood, the President of United Airlines, at 887 S. Forest Hill (feat. Postal Insp. Raymond Oldham and Phil Bettiker of Cook Co. Sheriff's Police) [later revealed to be the work of Ted Kaczynski, the infamous "Unabomber"]

Report on rapist caught in Chicago River after attacking a woman, leading to Vivian Rosenberg report on bond for Palatine rapist Henry Hurst (w/ Gerry Broderick of Rolling Meadows Police, victim fiancé Ray Scully, Hurst atty. Rick Alossa and victim's mother Danielle Hayner; plus courtroom drawings by Andy Austin)

Commercials for:

Frigidaire
Diet Rite cola
Sears Father's Day sale

Jim Gibbons report on new school budget, featuring Chicago Board of Ed meeting highlights and comments from Supt. of Finance Joseph Madison; plus School Finance Authority audit with chairman Jerome Van Gorkom

Reports on CTA's budget crisis (with CTA chairman Eugene Barnes and RTA Chairman Lewis Hill) and the finding of a "stolen" Greyhound bus (at North Halsted parking stall)

Kim Peterson report on 81-year-old Gladys McArthur hiding animals in her apartment at 4244 N. Mozart St.; 2 neighbors are interviewed

Commercials for:

Hillshire Farm smoked sausage
1st Metropolitan Builders (with Lillian Randolph)
Vidal Sassoon Skin Care
Arlington Park

Diane Lawson report on cutoff of unemployment benefits to former federal workers; Stella Cuthbert of the State Labor Dept. gives advice to those affected

Bob Petty report on summer job fair at Navy Pier for sanitation work, with job applicants Michael Stacker, Walter McCray and Joanne Donelson, and Asst. Sanitation Comm. Tom Siwek

Carol Bogart report on fired Downers Grove Good Samaritan Hospital nurse Linda Kurle who was suspected in patient deaths; also featured are hospital staffer Karen Klett and attorney Oliver Gregory, her attorney Al Botti, and Linda herself

Commercials for:

Good Year American Eagle tires
Toyota dealers
Red Lobster
Aramis for men

Reports on Fred Astaire's upcoming marriage to jockey Robyn Smith and a piece on exotic dancers

Next is Tim Weigel's sports report, [31:18] Denis Savard signed to Blackhawks; interviews with draft picks Modzell Greer and Keith French), plus Cubs' slump as reported by Jay Berry, and more

Commercials for:

Jewel food stores
Sears
American National Bank
Bob Evans Pork Sausage

Sen. Richard Daley and family (including mother Eleanor and brother William) visit White House to reiterate support for Carter

Frank Mathie report on new portable Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis device for kidney patients; one of its backers, nephrologist Dr. Gordon Lang of St. Joseph Hospital, and air-space analyst Russell Smith testifies how CAPD works for him

Commercials for:

Vivitar pocket camera
Rust-Oleum
Lip Quencher
Chicago Health & Racquetball Club (with Raquel Welch)

Reports on death of Japanese Prime Minister Ohira Masayoshi, massive pending recall of 1969-79 Ford cars, condition of Richard Pryor and upcoming departure of White House Chief of Staff Hamilton Jordan

Report by Ann Compton on problems dogging John Anderson's presidential campaign, with Ed Asner vowing to support him

Commercials for:

Dominick's Finer Foods
Florida orange juice
Ball Park Franks
Shell Auto Care

Report on Louisiana alligator problem (with wrong graphic), leading to story on rare birds at Brookfield Zoo and weather with Frank Sechrist

Commercials for:

Omega watches
True Value hardware stores (voiceover by Lee Phillip)
Conair Royal Persian Henna
Estee Lauder 'Summer Lights, Summer Brights' beauty kit

South Bend, IN police recovering from 'blue flu',news of Illinois budget surplus, Lebanon, IL asking for law banning Ku Klux Klan, and fire in Steger

Preview of Mark Wolin truck story and report on Alberta Hunter for 10pm

WLS-TV Editorial by VP/GM Peter Desnoes - "Two-Tiered Sales Tax Fix"

Commercials for:

Hefty plates
Sugar free Tab cola
Tuscan Pops (with Buddy Hackett)

AM Chicago bumper promo (with Robb Weller)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, June 11th 1980 during the 5:59pm to 7:01pm timeframe.

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