WSFA audiovisual item A030.0009

The following segments are included: 0:00:37: Short clip of an NBC Monday News Program Service report on Social Security benefits. 0:01:22: Partial NBC Monday News Program Service footage of a press conference with H. R. (Bob) Haldeman after his involvement in the Watergate scandal. (Music blocks...

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Format: Electronic
Published: Alabama Department of Archives and History
Online Access:http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/wsfa/id/174
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Summary:The following segments are included: 0:00:37: Short clip of an NBC Monday News Program Service report on Social Security benefits. 0:01:22: Partial NBC Monday News Program Service footage of a press conference with H. R. (Bob) Haldeman after his involvement in the Watergate scandal. (Music blocks the audio of the segment from 0:01:22 to 0:02:00.) 0:03:10: Partial NBC Monday News Program Service report from London on the June 1977 Jubilee celebration commemorating the 25th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's ascension to the throne. 0:05:06: Family members visit the graves of President John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, D.C. 0:06:18: 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. 0:09:50: Press conference with Bobby "Clean" Gene Bartow after he was named head basketball coach and athletic director at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). 0:11:02: Press conference with Mayor Emory Folmar on June 20, 1977, about the city's recent purchase of two parks. 0:19:39: Interview with a reserves recruiting officer about military recruitment and retention rates, as well as regional differences in patriotism in the South and Northeast. 0:16:04: City council meeting about the Alabama Power Company's new substation location. (When the Montgomery Board of Adjustment rejected the proposed location on Carter Hill Road on June 20, 1977, the Alabama Power Company began looking for an alternative site.) 0:18:29: Ann Muscari, director of the Lighthouse crisis intervention center, speaks to Youth Police Academy Program participants about reporting abuse and neglect among their peers. 0:21:47: Funeral for Reverend Willie Maxwell of Coosa County, who was shot and killed by Robert Lewis Burns at the funeral of 16-year-old Shirley Ann Ellington (Maxwell's foster daughter) on June 18, 1977. Includes an extended interview with Jasper Fielding about rumors of Maxwell's voodoo practices and alleged conspiracies to kill James Hicks, John Columbus Maxwell, and Darkis Anderson Maxwell. Presented by Norman Lumpkin, WSFA-TV News. 0:27:46: Partial NBC News Program Service lineup, including President Jimmy Carter's plan for welfare assistance and a Supreme Court ruling. 0:28:15: Partial NBC News Program report on off-road driving as a new spectator sport. Presented by Jack O'Rourke, NBC News. 0:28:45: Reversal of recent nationalization efforts in Zaire by President Mobutu after several economic failures. Presented by John Palmer, NBC News.