KPIX Eyewitness News Nightcast - 2/19/85 - Part 2 of 3

Here's Part 2 of a newscast that aired on local CBS affiliate KPIX on February 19th, 1985. Thanks to my Aunt & Uncle for recording this.

News stories include:

1. Sewage released into Russian River ("If the river is a sewer...I'm a suer!')
2. Artificial heart patients meet
3. FDA approves Indocin 4
4. Riots in South Africa
5. Deadly avalanche in Swizerland
6. Israeli PM Shimon Peres meets with Pope John Paul II
7. Margaret Thatcher arrives in U.S.
8. Pentagon plans "Star Wars" Space Shuttle tests
9. Canadians protest U.S. cruise missile test
10. Import quotas to expire
11. 40th Annivarsary of Iwo Jima

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• 80's
• News
• Bay
• Area
• California
• San
• Francisco
• Local
• Dave
• McElhatton
• Wendy
• Tokuda
• Retro
• TV
• Television

[dynamo805]

What is this? A Friday night? ONly one reporter (Doug Murphy, on a story from dayside).

Amazing, how much the anchors read.

[80sCommercialVault]

February 19th, 1985 was a Tuesday.

[MeInTX]

Really? The only way to get rid of excess sewage was to dump it into the river? If that's truly the best possible option, then...well, I'm glad I wasn't living there.

The two artificial heart patients would live for over a year with their new hearts, though both of them died in 1986.

I think the end of the Cold War brought an end to the Star Wars plan--too bad it didn't stop George Lucas before he created Jar-Jar.

The import quotas were indeed lifted. And now we all own Chrysler!

[dynamo805]

A Tuesday night during Sweeps, and they didn't even have a reporter at the nighttime? wow! butthis brings back so many awesome memories. Amazing tha the quartet of Dave, Wendy, Joel & Wayne were there for 8+ years. How often does that happen?

[troodon311]

Why in the hell are all the pictures of the artificial heart guy in black and white?

"Strength of the dollar" lawl