Here’s a 9/11 edition (but 1980) of ABC’s World News Tonight as aired over WFAA Channel 8 in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX; anchored by Peter Jennings in London, Max Robinson in Chicago, and Frank Reynolds in Washington.
Includes:
Opening (with preview of special assignment report on genetic engineering) (voiceover by Bill Rice), and headlines:
– Surgeon General declares toxic waste to be a worsening environmental threat; reports from Brit Hume on Capitol Hill [with comments from Sen. Daniel P. Moynihan (D-NY) and Rep. Albert Gore Jr. (D-TN)], Jim Hickey in St. Louis, MI (about cattle at Comperda Farm quarantined after being contaminated with PVB from a nearby landfill; plus PCB in Ellisville, MO, about which Gov. Joseph Teasdale speaks) and John North in Los Angeles (homes in Fullerton and West Covina, CA exposed to toxic sludge; resident Mary Hammer interviewed); a greater look in Nightline is previewed
Sponsor billboard for Oil of Olay (voiceover by Bill Rice)
Commercials for:
Oil of Olay
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Insulation (featuring The Pink Panther) (voiceover by John Bartholomew Tucker)
– John Scali on training exercises in Egyptian desert where American pilots have been training Egyptian pilots to fly phantom jets
– Iranian President Bani-Sadr sniffs at Secretary of State Muskie’s letter, saying it will make no difference in hostage situation (Day 313; video and audio cut out from 9:05 to 9:12, rejoining report in progress); followed by a look at power structure in Iran
– South Korean prosecutors demand death penalty for oppostiion leader Kim Dae Jung
– Charles Bierbauer on war games carried out by NATO and Warsaw Pact members
– Deputy Polish Premier meets with Soviet president in Moscow, and leader Stainslaw Kania vows that what triggered strikes would never be allowed to happen again; America cautions Moscow to carry out restraint
Stock prices
Commercials for:
American Florists Marketing Council
Mr. Coffee Rebate (with Joe DiMaggio)
Home Loan Money from Savings & Loans
– Republicans file FOIA request in 29 states over President Carter’s use of funds in his campaign
– Barry Serafin on less-than-cordial reception for Reagan at union meeting in Buffalo, NY, then going to Erie, PA to attack Carter’s energy policies
– Press secretary Jody Powell has nothing to say about any debates
– While John Anderson is campaigning in California, Ann Compton reports from New York on his campaign manager shilling for funds
Commercials for:
Dutch Boy Latex Flat Enamel paint (with Frank Gifford)
Schweppes (Buckingham Palace guard answers “call of Schweppervescence”)
Ford (about car engineers in Germany, England and Dearborn, MI)
– Jules Bergman with last part in series of special reports on genetic engineering, about the making of Interferon; featuring interviews with molecular biologists Dr. Doug Foge, Dr. David Baltimore and Dr. Paul Berg, and Robert Swanson of Genentech Inc.
– DEA agents seize 20 tons of marijuana along San Francisco’s waterfront, 16 arrested
– Corn crop is 16% less this year due to drought
Commercials for:
Minute Rice & Cheese
Old Spice (is that Parker Stevenson early on in the ad?)
Polaroid One-Step camera (with James Garner and Mariette Hartley presiding over barbecue)
– Greg Dobbs, in Bala, North Wales, reports on competitive simulation displays of shepherd with sheepdogs and sheep; Scottish shepherd Alistair Cutter speaks about qualities required
With that, the newscast ends
Promo for Monday Night Football Fever on Thursday (!) (voiceover by Fred Collins)
Commercials for:
Sleep Country – beds for only $399
Promo for Sat′·ur·day (about education for illegal alien children)
Hydrocurve ($89 for soft contact lenses)
Station ID / PM Magazine promo
Opening for News 8: The Scene Tonight with Tracy Rowlett (with Lalo Schifrin’s “Tar Sequence” edit as from the movie “Cool Hand Luke” – and shot of General Electric PE-350 camera during one of studio shots)
This aired on local Dallas-Fort Worth TV on Thursday, September 11th 1980 during the 5:30pm to 6:00pm timeframe.
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