WFAA - May 19 - 21, 1971 A Part 2

0:00, 9:05, 15:50 - (May 20, 1971) A report on the current controversial and busy Texas State Legislative session; additional silent footage of the session, wherein the House approves a new congressional district for Dallas-Fort Worth; Sen. Ralph Hall (D-Rockwall), Sen. Charlie Wilson (D-Lufkin), and House Speaker Gus Mutscher are seen; in an interview, State Sen. Oscar Mauzy (D-Dallas) talks about this new redistricting, how it fails the current standards, and what he’d like to see happen; Rosser McDonald reporting. 0:18 - (May 20, 1971) Clovis Lee Austell, accused of murdering Dr. France McKee on March 6, 1970 in McKee’s Tanglewood home, is ordered to be released from the Tarrant County jail after having been held for six and a half months without an indictment; various shots of Austell leaving jail with his attorney, James A. Mills Jr. of Dallas (Silent). 0:55, 10:50 - (May 20, 1971) The 26th Colonial National Invitational Golf Tournament is underway in Fort Worth; in an interview, golfer George Knudson talks to Verne Lundquist about his putting that day and his struggles over the last couple of years; additional footage from the opening round; in an interview, 19-year-old amateur golfer Ben Crenshaw tells Jerry Haynes about his performance that day; in another interview, golfer Lee Trevino describes his poor round and tells Haynes that he considered pulling out of the tournament entirely because his mother has been hospitalized in Dallas and says he didn’t really have his heart in the tournament today; defending Colonial champion Homero Blancas tells Lundquist how pleased he is with his opening round performance. 5:23 - The American Hot Rod Association’s Grand American Championship Series is set to be held at Green Valley Raceway in North Richland Hills; various shots of reporter Jay Lewis awkwardly lowering himself into a dragster, pretending to race on the track, and ultimately receiving a trophy from GVR track owner Bill McClure (Silent). 6:34 - (May 20, 1971) A meeting of the Dallas County Commissioners Court is underway, wherein the commissioners certify the election results for the recent successful liquor-by-the-drink referendum (Silent). 7:08 - Various football highlights of the Los Angeles Rams playing the Dallas Cowboys and the San Francisco 49ers. 7:54 - (May 20, 1971) Dr. J. J. Pearce, superintendent of the Richardson Independent School District (RISD), is honored in a ceremony at Richardson High School for his 25 years of service; a bust of Pearce is unveiled. 10:22 - The trial of Kenneth Lee Patterson continues this week in the Dallas Criminal District Court of Judge Ed Garret; Patterson is accused of killing Mrs. Earl Crossland, whose body was recovered from the Blue Lake pond-creek on March 27, 1970; various shots of Patterson being escorted through a jail (Silent). 14:44, 16:37 - Wes Wise, mayor of Dallas, says that he intends to speak to state legislators in Austin about the liquor-by-the-drink tax proposed by the city and county, a measure supported by many Dallas property owners; Wise goes on to discuss the upcoming budget, what programs would be cut first in a revenue shortfall, and the likelihood of higher taxes; Phil Reynolds reporting. 17:38 - Brief shot of the downtown branch of the Dallas Public Library and of the library hours (Silent). 18:04 - (May 20, 1971) Shots in and around the new Annie Richardson Bass Library and Recreation Center, located on the campus of the All Church Home for Children (1424 Summit) in Fort Worth (Silent). 18:40 - (May 20, 1971) A dedication ceremony is held for a new flagpole at the under-construction Dallas County Historical Plaza; this flagpole was donated by the Junior League of Dallas Garden Club; various shots of the event and of the attendees, which includes Commissioner Mel Price; the flag is raised (Silent). 19:13 - Two brief, different shots of Frank Dyson, Dallas’s chief of police (Silent).