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Awards; Chicago Emmy Awards - 9th Annual Chicago Emmy Awards

Emmy awards for excellence in local television are presented in this live broadcast from the Congress Hotel. Several musical numbers are featured.

Record Type: Television

Chicago Local News - 1987-03-02 (CBS2)

Segments: -- Howard Baker tackles heavy issues as new Chief of Staff -- Robert Gates withdraws CIA director nomination -- Reagan approval rating registers at all-time low -- Murder of two Hazel Crest teens probed -- Wallace Davis bond revoked -- Harold Washington raises funds in CA -- Harold Washington benefited from CHA funds, says Thomas Hynes -- Tax form W-4A introduced -- Commerce Department's pink flamingo gift defended...

Record Type: Television

Chicago Local News - 1987-03-03 (CBS2)

Segments: -- Murder suspect charged in slaying of 2 Hazel Crest teens -- Tax hikes planned for IL -- Vrdolyak and Thomas Hynes scrap for votes in 47th Ward -- Thomas Hynes claims CHA wrongfully campaigns for Harold Washington -- Harold Washington returns from CA fundraising trip -- Andy Warhol artwork stolen from Chicago museum -- Reagan chooses William Webster as CIA head nominee -- Arms reductions proposed by USSR praised by...

Record Type: Television

Chicago Local News - 1987-03-04 (CBS2)

Segments: -- Reagan admits arms for hostage deal was mistake -- Reagan approval rating drops -- Reagan comments on Nancy's role in governmental affairs -- Tax hikes planned for IL included in new budget -- Jim Thompson unveils new tax hikes for IL -- Airplane crash kills 9 in Detroit, MI -- AIDS patient commits suicide at Cook County Hospital -- Vrdolyak attacks Harold Washington's record, past -- Thomas Hynes attacks Harold...

Record Type: Television

Chicago Local News - 1987-10-14 (CBS2)

Segments: -- NFL players cross strike picket lines -- White Sox stadium: Washington & Thompson quarrel over control -- McCormick Place control prompts Washington and Thompson quarrel -- School board fails to collect taxes on land it leases -- Reagan blasts Robert Bork opponents for using "dirty tactics" -- Stock market plunges 95.46 points -- Lottery jackpot of $41mil in PA sparks ticket sales -- Murdered DuSable student is fi...

Record Type: Television

Chicago Local News - 1988-03-27 (CBS2)

Segments: -- Gephardt may end presidential bid tomorrow -- Jesse Jackson stumps in east following MI primary win -- Donald Totten vows to keep Cook Cnty. GOP chairmanship -- Housing rehabilitation success story on west side inspires Sawyer -- Army troops leave Honduras following training exercises -- Nicaraguan policital prisoners freed in wake of cease fire accord -- Noriega clamps down on Panamanian protestors -- Palm Sunday...

Record Type: Television

Chicago Local News - 1988-05-25 (CBS2)

Segments: -- Laurie Dann poisoned package for ex-husband discovered -- Drug bust yields 247 lbs. of heroin stored in south side garage -- Murdered grade school teacher surprised home invaders, say police -- Debate between Aurelia Pucinski and Vrdolyak turns "red hot" -- David Orr ousted as vice-mayor -- Smoking ban ordinance adopted by city council -- Brewery edits controversial auto giveaway ad -- Noriega refuses deal that woul...

Record Type: Television

Chicago Local News - 1988-05-26 (CBS2)

Segments: -- Laurie Dann friend arrested for threatening her ex-husband -- Laurie Dann probe shifts to AZ after search of WI apartment -- Laurie Dann incident: Nicky Corwin's mother appreciates support -- Jack Farmer placed on FBI's "10 Most Wanted" list -- Drug houses razed by Tampa, FL law enforcers -- Bush meets with Jim Thompson in ME, VP selection talks rumored -- Telephone service restored to some left without by Hinsdale ...

Record Type: Television

Chicago Local News - 1988-05-27 (CBS2)

Segments: -- Sheri Taylor arrest angers family members -- Trial of Edwards, Daniel: Defendant sentenced to death -- Darlwyn Britt sentenced for abandonment of daughter in Gary, IN -- Drug charges leveled against 14 Pontiac prison workers -- Reagan in Finland criticizes USSR failure to assure human rights -- INF treaty ratified by US Senate -- Jesse Jackson meets with Dukakis at NM airport -- Bess Myerson charged with shoplifti...

Record Type: Television

Chicago Local News - 1990-04-23 (CBS2)

Segments: -- Amtrak train derails in Batavia, IA injuring 83 -- Collapse of buildings at 4137 W. Madison injures 3 -- AIDS protestors clogs north loop; 55 arrested -- Lithuania unrest: US prepares economic sanctions against USSR -- Robert Polhill arives in West Germany -- Shooting of Paul Palmquist by Bensenville police probed -- Trial of Dowalibys: Prosecution rests, defense begins -- Pyramid players win partial repayment fro...

Record Type: Television

Chicago Local News - 1990-04-24 (CBS2)

Segments: -- Murder of 2 at 5812 S. LaSalle is drug related -- Drug dealers found slain at 5812 S. LaSalle St. -- Murder suspect confesses to Desiree Owens slaying -- Trial of Dowalibys: Kidnapped Blue Island child testifies -- Parking tickets from Chicago wrongly sent to downstate IL drivers -- Bush nixes economic sanctions against USSR over Lithuania -- Chernobyl accident causes more evacuations in USSR -- Tommy Savage probe...

Record Type: Television

Chicago’s Sewer In the Sky - Polutions Solutions

John Drury narrates this investigation on air pollution in Chicago and explores what is causing it and what is being done to prevent it.

Record Type: Television

Coughlin Goodbye

WBBM-TV, Channel 2, employees prepared this tribute to John Coughlin on his retirement. His career is reviewed through video highlights.

Record Type: Television

NBC Chicago Broadcast Pioneers - Luncheon

Opens with a retrospective of WMAQ Radio and WNBQ/WMAQ-TV produced by WMAQ-TV. Then switches to a luncheon with many of the pioneers that made up Chicago's fourth commercial television station.

Record Type: Television

Noonbreak - Pearl Harbor

Phillip talks with William Hohri, who spent time in a Japanese- American internment camp in World War II. The digitization of this program was made possible by a grant from the Tawani Foundation, Chicago, Illinois. Umatic copy includes a newscast.

Record Type: Television