| Summary: | The following segments are included (due to tape deterioration, the screen sometimes flashes black in the video):
0:00:10: Brief report on the fire at the Beverly Hills Supper Club in Southgate, Kentucky, that killed 165 people on May 28, 1977.
0:00:24: The Alabama Senate concludes with a lack of a quorum while filibustering Governor George Wallace's utilities bills, which were proposed to stop price increases by the Alabama Power Company. Presented by George Mitchell, WSFA-TV News.
0:01:18: Special report and interview on the fire at the Beverly Hills Supper Club in Southgate, Kentucky, that killed 165 people on May 28, 1977. Presented by Bob Kerr, NBC News.
0:03:10: Governor George Wallace holds a press conference to criticize the Alabama Senate, specifically special interest groups and individuals who allegedly have relationships with the Alabama Power Company.
0:05:46: Footage of the Captain and Tennille (Daryl Dragon and Toni Tennille) rehearsing on a stage before their concert at the Montgomery Civic Center on June 10, 1977.
0:07:48: A suitcase containing $37,000 of cash and checks is stolen from the hotel room of Pat Barsocchini (manager of the musical group Captain and Tennille) at the Governor's House Motel on June 10, 1977. Detectives Charles Hamilton and George Leek lead the investigation. Presented by Norman Lumpkin, WSFA-TV News.
0:10:12: Police investigate the death of Ethyl Gardner, who was found shot dead at the home of her brother-in-law, Sherman Casey, on June 13, 1977. She was the ex-wife of Charles Edward Smith, who escaped from the Montgomery County jail after his involvement in the Bernard Whitehurst case in January of 1977.
0:12:04: Public meeting in Millbrook, which was incorporated in February 1977. Includes an interview with a resident about the improvement of the police department.
0:13:47: Interview with Representative Alvin Holmes, about the arrest of Donald Middleton, who had threatened Holmes with a gun, called him racial slurs, and tried to run him off the road in a high-speed chase before police intervened. Middleton was arrested on June 14, 1977, and was charged with three misdemeanors.
0:15:27: Due to a nursing shortage, hospitals in Montgomery seek replacements from nursing schools and other regions of the country. Includes interviews with David Carter, executive director of the Southeast Alabama Health Systems Agency, and a local nurse. Presented by Bill Weaver, WSFA-TV News.
0:18:38: Public meeting about budget cuts to Medicaid programs. Includes interviews with Dr. Ira Myers and another man.
0:21:25: Footage of dry Alabama fields during the drought in the summer of 1977.
0:22:24: Governor George Wallace holds a press conference to address Medicaid budget cuts and to announce that his office will take over management of Medicaid to prevent the collapse of the nursing home programs.
0:25:11: Fire at the Capri Theatre on June 16, 1977.
0:26:05: Students and teachers are moved between schools in Autauga County to alleviate overpopulated and underequipped buildings and facilities; ninth graders will now be sent to the old Autauga County High School. Presented by Bill Weaver, WSFA-TV News.
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