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Description: Here's an excerpt from Eyewitness News at 10pm on WLS Channel 7, anchored by Joel Daly and Terry Murphy (the latter filling in for Fahey Flynn). Also featuring a brief appearance from Dr. Walt Lyons at the end. Includes:

Joel reporting on:

- 900,000 Christmas shoppers packing stores in and around the State Street area, with footage from River Oaks in suburban Calumet City where shoppers took advantage of "after Thanksgiving" sales

- Dress rehearsal for a production of Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" at the Goodman Theatre at 200 South Columbus Drive, which was open to a paying audience for the purpose of helping feed starving refugees in Cambodia

Terry reporting on the CTA Snowfighter traveling on the "L" loop for a test run to herald the coming of the winter season; she notes that the yellow train will mostly be in the garage "for a while"

This segues into Dr. Walt's weather report; he only goes so far as saying "Yep" before this excerpt ends.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, November 23rd 1979 during the 10pm to 10:30pm timeframe.