


Congressman Gunn McKay asks Congress for money to construct University of Utah metallurgical research facility.Former Brigham Young University president Ernest Wilkinson recovers from second heart attack.Oakland, CA celebrates Raiders Super Bowl win.Continued cold weather in Midwestern United States causes high gas consumption and cost.Lawmen thwart extortion and bomb threat attempt against Amoco in Wyoming.Ogden police chief counters criticism at City Council meeting.Coffee price increase changes shoppers' buying habits.Raid on cockfighting arena in Salt Lake County and interview with Lonnie Johnson, director of the humane society.

National and local sports Weber State University's Bruce Collins named Big Sky Basketball Player of the Week.Troubleshooter: mail order cosmetic kit scam.Utah Transit Authority doubles ridership in one year.Suspected murder weapon found by divers in surplus canal.Lawyers for murderer Gary Gilmore appeal execution citing unconstitutional death penalty statute Gilmore maintains that he wants to be executed.Governor Scott Matheson explains the main points of his record-setting $997 million proposed budget to Utah State Legislature.Red Adair firefighter crew extinguishes gas well blaze in southwestern Wyoming.Gene Shalit's list of the worst movies in 1976.Bureau of Reclamation accepts bid to construct the Stillwater Tunnel near Duchesne, UT.Cache Amusement Company charged with exhibiting alleged pornographic movie, Girls in Trouble Salt Lake County curbs pornographic content at drive-in theatres.Unionized employees of the Utah Transit Authority ratify a new contract.Horizons: Signs above stores in late 19th century Utah towns indicated owner's affiliation with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.Report on extreme drought in Princeton, Kansas.Two University of Utah professors attack state plan for changing Utah's air quality standard Utah Power and Light supports the plan.Attorneys attempt to stop execution of Gary Gilmore by exploring the constitutionality of Utah's death penalty.Emma Uribe sentenced in Ogden, UT for planning the murder of her husband.Mountain Fuel Supply appeals for right to charge lower gas prices.Former Black Panther leader Eldridge Cleaver speaks at the University of Utah.Investigative committee determines Teton Dam in southeastern Idaho was not properly designed for its location leading to burst in June 1976.Gene Shalit's seven best movies of 1976.State of California purchases Volvo sedans for state employees, citing environmental concerns with US-made cars.1977 Super Bowl news, Minnesota Vikings vs.Outdoors: volcano climbing in Snow Canyon State Park.Beech-Nut baby food introduces new recipe without added sugar.Judge rules that a local television station can televise executions in Huntsville, Texas.Decline in food stamp use in Utah, following a national trend.Wirth Watching: Peter Pan Billiards in downtown Salt Lake City.Expectant mothers request elected induction to receive additional income tax deduction in 1976.Anonymous thief pays for missing Salt Lake County golf course property.Utah Department of Transportation plans to erase $14.6 million deficit by increasing state gasoline tax.Utah highway patrol trooper suffers bullet wound after accidentally throwing the bullet away in lit fireplace.Utah is one of four states to receive federal funding to create a strike force against Mexican drug traffic.Troubleshooter: Gaslight Dinner Theatre's no refund policy.Preview of NBC News special documentary, Violence in America.Faulty electrical system blamed for small plane crash at Salt Lake City International Airport.Senator Orrin Hatch and Congressman Dan Marriott sworn into the 95th Congress.City fathers deny additional licenses application for cab company.Salt Lake Tribune and KUTV file action in Salt Lake City federal court for the right of the press to cover Gary Gilmore's execution set for January 17, 1977.Widow of man killed by Gary Gilmore seeks over $1 million in damages from convict.Utah Governor Scott Matheson assures public that state's air quality reclassification plan will continue to be modified after public hearings.Woman killed in accident when her pickup truck rolled over on I-80.Utah Supreme Court rules to return spree killers Myron Lance and Walter Kelbach case to Third District Court for resentencing.State Health Laboratory test finds traces of radiation in some of Utah's drinking water.
