WFAA - April 5 - 6, 1971 Part 2

0:00, 10:31 - A boxing match is underway at Memorial Auditorium in Dallas (Silent); additional silent footage of the bout between Roy Barrientes of Fort Worth who defeats Sweet Raymond Boyd (pink trunks) of Houston; Verne Lundquist reporting. 1:14, 12:19, 18:33 - Following two recent apartment fires in Arlington, Fire Chief Pat Martin discusses expectations for fires of this type going forward and what the city bases its fire code on; another man goes on to say that Arlington’s building codes are the most up-to-date they could possibly be; additional silent footage of the interview; Jerry Park reporting. 2:10, 5:12, 12:46 - (April 6, 1971) Various shots of voters and poll workers at a polling station on Election Day (Silent); Phil Reynolds reports from Dallas on the city’s races and voter turnout, which is lighter than expected; he goes on to speculate that there might be runoffs in several Dallas County elections, including the Dallas mayoral race, due to the sheer number of candidates; in Fort Worth, reporter Jay Lewis describes the scene at Precinct 86 (a fire station at the corner of Carlton and Camp Bowie) and the predicted light turnout; in an interview after the polls have closed, Fort Worth mayor R. M. “Sharkey” Stovall has won re-election and says that, given his decisive victory, he feels that he has not only won an election, but that he has also proved a point; he goes on to discuss plans for the city; in another interview, losing mayoral candidate T. D. “Tommy” Thompson says that he does not plan to run again, and this has been the “dirtiest, most slanderous” campaign he’s ever seen. 2:50 - (April 6, 1971) A meeting of the Dallas-Fort Worth Regional Airport board is held, wherein the group awards a number of construction contracts; various shots of presentations and of attendees, including Mayor J. Erik Jonsson of Dallas and Mayor R. M. "Sharkey" Stovall of Fort Worth (Silent). 3:35, 8:03 - Various shots from a northbound car driving through a construction zone along North Central Expressway in Dallas (footage shows the stretch between Mockingbird and Walnut Hill); a wrecked car is seen blocking one of the two lanes, further snarling traffic (Silent); a report goes on to describe the construction on Central (which has resulted in lane closures needed to install new center guardrails), the traffic merge it necessitates, and the accidents that have happened since construction began 6 weeks ago; Jim Mitchell reporting. 7:22 - (April 6, 1971) Firefighters battle a 2-alarm fire at the Bruton Oaks Apartment complex (9901 Bruton Road) in the Pleasant Grove area of Southeast Dallas; various shots of firefighters at the scene and of a family with a rescued baby duck (Silent). 9:54, 15:08 - (April 6, 1971) The Texas Chaparrals fall to the Utah Stars, 128-107, during their final game of the season at Southern Methodist University’s (SMU) Moody Coliseum; Verne Lundquist reporting (Silent). 11:34 - Brief shot of an apartment complex damaged by a fire (Silent). 11:37, 18:58 - 23 members of the James Ladd Burgess Chapter of the Order of DeMolay in Pleasant Grove participate in a trash collection marathon, cleaning the sides of the city’s major roads; various shots of the boys collecting litter (Silent); a report goes on to describe this project; Judi Hanna reporting. 17:00 - (April 6, 1971) Basketball players Jimmy Murphy of R. L. Turner High School in Carrollton (striped shirt) and Bill Marcellus of Thomas Jefferson High School in Dallas sign with Southern Methodist University (SMU); various shots of the two young men signing while coach Bob Prewitt (gray hair) and assistant coach Mike Pinkham watch (Silent). 17:47 - (April 6, 1971) A fire at the First United Methodist Church (117 S. Dobson) in Burleson causes an estimated $200,000 in damage; various shots of the fire’s aftermath (Silent).