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CHANNEL 2 NEWS: SIX O'CLOCK REPORT {JESSE OWENS, ROGER STAUBACH} (TV)

Summary

One in this series of local news programs from WCBS-TV in New York, with summaries of national and international news. Coverage includes the following: Jeanne Downey reports on the city's negotiations with transit workers as a strike deadline approaches, with comments by chief mediator Walter Gellhorn; Carol Martin reports that New York City hotels are booked in anticipation of the transit strike; Chris Borgen covers the city's preparation for the strike; Dave Monsees talks to commuters on the possibility of a Long Island Railroad strike; Earl Ubell reports that the emergency rooms of New York City hospitals are preparing to deal with strike-related emergencies, such as heart attacks; anchor Jim Jensen updates developments in the Iran hostage crisis; President Jimmy Carter signs an anti-inflation budget proposal; Jensen presents an update on the 1980 presidential campaign; Roseanne Colletti reports that after last week's Essex County prison riot, warden Albert Colier is demanding more guards; anchor Rolland Smith announces the death of orchestra leader Annunzio Mantovani; Sal Marchiano reports on track star Jesse Owens's death from lung cancer and Marty Glickman remembers his former teammate; footage of Owens at the 1936 Berlin Olympics is featured; Marchiano also reports that Dallas quarterback Roger Staubach has retired from football; Randall Pinkston reports on the problems people are having with the census forms; in his "Newsbreaker Report," John Stossel looks at television advertising and children; Downey returns with an update on the transit negotiations; Alan Kasper forecasts the weather; and John Buchin visits a Passover seder at B'Nai Jeshurun Temple in Short Hills, New Jersey, where attendees remember the Iranian hostages. Includes commercials.

Details

  • NETWORK: WCBS-TV
  • DATE: March 31, 1980 Monday 6:00 PM
  • RUNNING TIME: 0:56:08
  • COLOR/B&W: Color
  • CATALOG ID: T81:0383
  • GENRE: News, Local
  • SUBJECT HEADING: Advertising; Dallas Cowboys (football team); Football; Iran - History - Hostage crisis, 1979-1981; New York City; New York City - Transit systems; Olympic Games, 1936, Summer, Berlin; Prisons; Sports; Television and children; Transit systems; Transportation; U S - Census; U S - Elections - 1980; Olympics
  • SERIES RUN: WCBS (New York, NY) - TV, 1980
  • COMMERCIALS:
    • TV - Commercials - "Sweeney Todd"

CREDITS

  • Andrew Heyward … Executive Producer
  • John Reilly … Producer
  • Ormand West … Director
  • Jim Jensen … Anchor, Reporter
  • Rolland Smith … Reporter
  • Jeanne Downey … Reporter
  • Carol Martin … Reporter
  • Chris Borgen … Reporter
  • Dave Monsees … Reporter
  • Earl Ubell … Reporter
  • Sal Marchiano … Reporter
  • Randall Pinkston … Reporter
  • John Stossel … Reporter
  • Roseanne Colletti … Reporter
  • Alan Kasper … Reporter
  • John Buchin … Reporter
  • Jimmy Carter
  • Albert Colier
  • Walter Gellhorn
  • Marty Glickman
  • Annunzio Mantovani
  • Jesse Owens
  • Roger Staubach