Wurlitzer Wigwam, 1971 March 16

Item — video: 22

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

A new piano manufacturing plant in Logan pollutes the air. 01:45.

Louise Degn's note: I got into trouble with this story too. The Wurlitzer people called my supervisor, Ted Capener, and said that I'd been trespassing on their property. I thought I was just doing what I'd been assigned--covering a controversial issue in Logan. Wurlitzer had declined to be interviewed, so I'd just gotten the story without them. After two controversial stories, Ted was probably glad that I left the newsroom during the spring of that year to finish my Master's Degree at Northwestern University. Technical Note: The video flutter at the beginning of the story was caused by broken sprocket holes on the original film while it was being transferred to video for this 2002 reconstruction. The original voice track of this story was lost and has been rerecorded for this 2002 reconstruction. Original script available.

Dates

1971 March 16

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