WFLD Channel 32 - Newscene With Kathy McFarland (1982)

For all you Kathy McFarland aficionados out there, here is another full edition of Newscene with Kathy McFarland on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:

Newscene opening (voiceover by Jim Barton)

Headlines:

- Another attack on Pope John Paul II, on the eve of the one-year anniversary of the assassination attempt; this attack was by a young man dressed as a Spanish priest, carrying a bayonet on the steps of the basilica of Our Lady of Fatima shrine.

- A 19-year-old former sailor is charged with threatening President Reagan during his visit to Peoria, Illinois on May 12th.

- Presidential assailant John Hinckley showed no visible reaction to his parents' weeping during his trial; his father tells the jury he is to blame for the way his son turned out; but Hinckley "turned pale" as videotaped testimony of actress Jodie Foster was shown in court.

Commercial: Homemakers furniture store (an affiliate of John M. Smyth) with Shelley Long (looking more as she would when she assumed the role of Diane Chambers on a little series called Cheers which started the next season) - announcing a new gigantic store on North Avenue (between The Kennedy and North Lake Shore Drive).

More headlines:

- Ticket holders for upcoming Braniff International Airlines flights urged to make other plans - all Braniff flights are cancelled and its employees told not to report to work the next day, after the airline reported a $200 million loss over the past 15 months, a sign the airline is shutting down.
Illinois State Senate Budget Committee votes overwhelmingly to ask 40,000 unionized state workers to forgo 3/4 of pay raise due them July 1st and take fewer days off; the unions are unhappy with proposed changes.

- Brief cutoff in state welfare checks due to a dispute over funding and the Government's hiring of 150 new state workers.

- An initiative to reduce penalties for speeding on state highways is threatened by a possible cutoff of Federal transportation funds.
Chicago police staging major crackdown on drug violations - over $1.3 million worth of cocaine have been confiscated in this week alone, and five arrests made.

- 42 days since Argentina seized the Falkland Islands, and no sign of breakthrough in peace talks with Great Britain - report on the day's fighting.

- Shades of the 1960's: Feds admitted filming a recent anti-nuclear power demonstration held in Chicago the past month, but claim it's not for spying.

- National Guard troops patrolling five-block area of Fall River, MA, following a fire that caused $13 million in damages and started the previous night at the Notre Dame de Lourdes Church and spread to several homes; cause of fire was accidental.

- Mount St. Helens volcano is erupting again within the next few days.

- Gallup Poll shows Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) leading Reagan 51%-45% if Presidential election were to be held today (as of this newscast)

- Richard Pryor released from Louisiana hospital after being treated for respiratory problems for a week; he was asked to check in to the hospital by producers of his latest film (NOTE: based on where he was hospitalized, the film Pryor was working on at the time was The Toy, co-starring Jackie Gleason).

- Nancy Reagan might have an understudy waiting in the wings: Virginia Relyea of Albany, NY, who sent the First Lady a letter and a picture showing her close resemblance to Mrs. Reagan, who sends a letter back saying if things get too hectic, she may take Ms. Relyea up on her offer.

- Weather update: Highs ranging from 65-80 degrees.

Commercial: Commonwealth Edison Speakers Bureau - "Energy experts who will talk to any group in Northern Illinois - and talk facts, not opinions". (voiceover by ??)

Today's winning Daily Lottery number: 570.

Sports:

- Illinois House approves measure to bar night baseball at Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs; reasoning that "the densely populated area around Wrigley Field would be hurt if the Cubs decided to change their long-standing policy of playing all their home games during the day."

- Cubs lose to Atlanta Braves, 6-3, snapping their four-game winning streak - attendance at Wrigley: 11,000.

- White Sox beat Toronto, 9-2, avenging that team beating their winning streak.

Weather:

- Tonight: Cloudy with chance of showers and thunderstorms, low 57.

- Tomorrow: Partly sunny, high 65-80.

- Friday: Partly sunny, high in 70's.

Newscene ending (voiceover by Jim Barton) - (c) 1982 Field Communications.

Public service announcement: Army College Fund ("Be All You Can Be")

Commercial: Dominick's Finer Foods - Head Lettuce at 44 cents, through Wednesday, May 19th (voiceover by ??)

WFLD Benny Hill promo and Station ID (voiceover by Jim Barton)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, May 12th 1982.

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