Roy Faires reports on spelling puzzle books created by students at Burnet Middle School in Austin
Faires meets with a cancer patient searching for an Austin doctor to administer an alternative treatment
A visit to Scampi’s Organ Palace in Austin, then known as Scampi’s Old Organ Grinder Pizza Emporium, to hear music from one of the last theatre pipe organ remaining in Texas
Faires hosts 24 Action News, introducing a report about an out-of-court settlement between the City of Austin and its natural gas supplier
Update on the Hillside Strangler cases in Los Angeles, in which 10 women aged 12 to 28 years old were killed during a four-month period in late 1977 and early 1978
Faires introduces a report about a train derailment in Somerville
Suspect charged in the murder of three young Girl Scouts camping in Oklahoma
Faires advises viewers about an upcoming closing of the Congress Avenue Bridge in Austin
Roberet Spurck chosen as the new administrator of Brackenridge Hospital
Faires reports on President Jimmy Carter’s decision to delay production of the neutron bomb
Report on a cross-age tutoring program in Austin
Faires visits Faubion Elementary School in Cedar Park to attend an assembly about timber wolves
Partial report on how the arts helps with learning
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This footage features an assortment of edited reports for 24 Action News broadcasts on Austin’s KVUE-TV in 1978. Every segment features Roy Faires, acting either as the reporter for the story or the host for the news program. Faires worked as a special project director and entertainment critic/reporter at KVUE-TV, Austin’s ABC affiliate, from 1976-1989. Both local and national reports are included. Three stories are of particular significance. One relates to the Cold War, with Faires detailing President Jimmy Carter’s decision to postpone the production of nuclear bombs. The other two refer to high-profile murder cases that happened that year, including the Hillside Strangler murders in Los Angeles and the murders of three Girl Scouts in Oklahoma.
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