WSFA audiovisual item A048.0005

The following segments are included: 0:00:04: Vivian Malone Jones at the University of Alabama for Black Honors Day. 0:01:13: Alabama State University football practice and injured player. 0:02:13: Jerome and Sharon Ennels filing lawsuit alleging racial discrimination Adam's, a lounge at Ram...

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Published: Alabama Department of Archives and History
Online Access:http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/wsfa/id/27
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Summary:The following segments are included: 0:00:04: Vivian Malone Jones at the University of Alabama for Black Honors Day. 0:01:13: Alabama State University football practice and injured player. 0:02:13: Jerome and Sharon Ennels filing lawsuit alleging racial discrimination Adam's, a lounge at Ramada Inn. 0:03:36: Possible education proration because of shortfalls in state revenues. 0:05:25: Judge delays extradition of Gary Thomas Rowe to Alabama to be tried for the murder of Viola Liuzzo, and Rowe files a federal lawsuit filed by Gary Thomas Rowe against Alabama officials. 0:06:30: House Ways and Means Committee considers gas tax bill. 0:08:04: "Coping" series: American Cancer Society public information campaign (prevention). 0:10:02: Board of Education discusses revenue shortfalls and possible proration. 0:11:33: Shots of various gas stations, to be used with story about overcharging customers. 0:12:04: Florida to Michigan, stop in Montgomery wo landing gear. 0:13:43: Three arrested for attempted bribery of a Montgomery police officer. 0:14:59: Education Support Personnel Organization (ESPO) rally. 0:15:56: Montgomery Rebels baseball team pre-opener workout. 0:17:20: "Coping" series: American Cancer Society public information campaign (treatment). 0:18:40: Youth Legislature at the Capitol. 0:19:56: Jungle Jamboree homecoming pageant at Huntingdon College. 0:20:50: Coroner's inquest into the shooting death of Arthur Ayler, an escaped prisoner who was killed by Joe Hopper, deputy prison commissioner. 0:22:24: Police officers at the scene of a wreck that occurred after a chase. 0:22:54: Congressman Bill Dickinson meeting with constituents, discussing taxes and the Iran hostage crisis. 0:24:01: Construction of addition to Auburn University football stadium. 0:25:07: Board of Education meeting (silent). 0:25:44: Opening night baseball game between the Montgomery Rebels and the Chattanooga Lookouts. 0:26:20: Future Homemakers of America conference. 0:27:36: Mayoral race in Selma between Carl Morgan and Joe Smitherman. 0:28:46: A-Day game at the University of Alabama. 0:29:56: Vivian Malone Jones at the University of Alabama as a member of the University Citizens Advisory Committee. 0:31:19: Damage from a tornado in Opelika. 0:33:11: Flooding in Mobile (WALA-TV footage). 0:33:50: Damage from a tornado in Opelika. 0:35:19: Bear Bryant at the A-Day game at the University of Alabama. 0:37:19: Senate Finance and Taxation Committee considers "sin tax" on cigarettes and liquor. 0:38:19: Baseball doubleheader between the Montgomery Rebels and the Chattanooga Lookouts. 0:38:58: Due to overcrowding, a federal judge orders prisoners to be removed or released from the Montgomery County Jail. 0:40:23: Coroner's inquest into the shooting death of Arthur Ayler, an escaped prisoner who was killed by Joe Hopper, deputy prison commissioner. 0:41:39: Truman Hobbs sworn in as federal judge. 0:42:26: Montgomery City Council to discuss an increase in bus fair and a legislative resolution regarding county taxes. 0:43:37: House adopts a substitute education budget. 0:45:19: Board of Education votes to develop teacher testing. 0:46:51: C. M. Newton resigning as basketball coach at the University of Alabama to accept an administrative position at the Southeastern Conference. 0:49:03: Post office processing influx of tax returns mailed just before deadline. 0:50:06: Chilton County peach crop. 0:51:09: Montgomery City Council discusses a resolution asking the Legislature to pass a law requiring a city council vote before the county commission can tax city residents. 0:52:24: C. M. Newton resigning as basketball coach at the University of Alabama to accept an administrative position at the Southeastern Conference. 0:53:23: Governor Fob James reacting to Legislature's work on the state's finances, including proposed tax increases. 0:54:42: Slow-motion footage from an unidentified football game. 0:55:01: Roger Staubach retiring from the Dallas Cowboys and signing an endorsement contract with the Russell Corporation in Alex City. 0:55:43: Housing starts declining nationally. 0:56:52: World Series of Powerlifting competition at Memorial Coliseum in Auburn.