This video is a morning newscast from WISH-TV in Indianapolis from July 24, 1991. David Barras is the news anchor and covers breaking news stories local to Indianapolis as well as breaking news stories nationally. This newscast covers sports, crime, fires, weather, controversies, local people, and traffic.
00:09 David Barras introduces stories of the day for the morning of Wednesday, July 24th
00:30 Randy Ollis gives summary of the weather in Indianapolis and surrounding areas
00:37 Ruthanne Gordon covers news of a recall and traffic information
00:44 Dick Wolfsie advertises “State Fair Air”
00:53 Dick Rea says he will cover baseball from Tuesday night
1:10 Indiana Dinner Train advertisement
1:38 Consumer Credit Counseling Service advertisement
2:08 Old Indiana Fun park advertisement
3:01 Randy Ollis and David Barras give weather report
4:22 Ruthanne Gordon gives traffic report
**5:23 David Barras covers crime, triple murder in Decatur County over domestic dispute. Tom Miller was the shooter, 3 month old baby was left alive. Motive is unknown
**6:43 David Barras tells breaking news story of man in Milwaukee who confessed to killing 11 men, man is Jeffrey Dahmer
7:34 David Barras says the four police officers accused of beating Rodney King will go to trial soon, trial will not be held in Los Angeles
7:56 David Barras says William Kennedy Smith, accused of raping a Florida woman, is scheduled to go to trial in two weeks. Other women have come forward
8:38 Dick Wolfsie shows piece of urinal art that has been stolen
8:49 Zoo Facts advertisement for the Indianapolis Zoo
9:20 Star Kist Tuna advertisement
9:50 Auto Source advertisement
10:00 Dr. Robert P. Maddox sports medicine advertisement
10:34 Randy Ollis gives weather for Indiana and surrounding states
13:25 Dick Wolfsie interviews Keith Bratton, a local man and weird inventor who drew a picture of Suddam Hussein on urinal cover and sells captured air from a state fair in a paper bag
16:35 David Barras says business news is coming up next
16:46 Booth’s Amish Country Poultry advertisement
17:16 Doctors Immediate Med Center advertisement
17:47 The White Oak Dance Project advertisement
18:17 Safeway advertisement
18:47 David Barras introduces Ruthanne Gordon
18:58 Ruthanne Gordon covers recent car recalls
19:34 Ruthanne Gordon says there is a public school controversy, storm of protests at school board meeting last night due to the demotion and reassignments of IPS school principals including Herbert Everett. Footage of school board meeting included
22:33 David Barras summarizes the sports stories coming up
22:53 NutriSystem advertisement
23:19 Discount Fabrics advertisement
23:48 Dellen Oldsmobile advertisement
24:18 Experience 98 advertisement
**24:28 Dick Rea covers excitement from Tuesday night at Wrigley Field, baseball player Andre Dawson of the Cubs threw baseball bats after argument with umpire. Fans begin spraying beer onto field
26:07 Mark Patrick introduces Stanley Morgan at Anderson University, who has been attending professional football training camp for 15 years. He is the receiver for the Indianapolis Colts
27:40 Dick, David and Randy discuss the excitement from Wrigley Field, cover weather for the whole country
28:49 David Barras says space shuttle Atlantis of NASA was scheduled to launch that morning but was postponed due to a computer glitch. Will likely be grounded for another week
29:13 Debbie Knox and Church of Scientology preview on WISH TV
29:50 Culligan Water Conditioner advertisement
30:14 1991 Ford Escort advertisement
30:43 Midwest Medical Center advertisement
32:12 David Barras remembers on this day in 1866 when Tennessee became the first state to be readmitted to the Union after seceding
33:01 Randy Ollis covers the high temperatures across the United States
33:29 Ruthanne Gordon covers road closures, lane closures, and construction
**35:46 Footage from Milwaukee where Jeffrey Dahmer has confessed to killing 11 men and cannibalizing them. May be as many as 15 victims. Dahmer is in custody. Neighbors are interviewed, and they say they had confronted him about the foul odor coming from his apartment over a year ago. Dahmer was caught because a man had escaped Dahmer’s apartment in handcuffs
37:43 David Barras covers fire at a furniture factory in Southwestern Indiana. Owned by Kimball International
38:09 David Barras covers fire at vacant Indianapolis home, cause is unknown
38:22 David Barras says 38 members of the Indianapolis Fire Department were honored last night for their hard work
38:58 NutriSystem advertisement
39:58 Stout’s RV advertisement
40:27 Garage Doors of Indianapolis advertisement
41:40 Randy Ollis covers current weather across the country, forecast for the rest of the day and the week
44:40 Dick Wolfsie sits with Keith Bratton, showing his invention of Wet Wear. They are t-shirts packed with water meant to be worn during a drought
45:30 Kieth Bratton shows another invention of his, jumper cables for watches to solve the problem of people being late for work
45:51 Keith Bratton shows a record he came out with, mostly poetry called Vegetation Conversation
47:46 Greenback Guarantee advertisement
48:46 Sno Bowl Toilet Bowl Cleaner advertisement
49:16 Benadryl advertisement
**49:47 Ruthanne Gordon says “Final Exit,” a “how to” book, explains in explicit detail how the terminally ill can take their own lives. It has been causing a lot of controversy
50:22 Medical Ethicist says the book can be very dangerous, especially to depressed people
50:44 Ruthanne Gordon says Sudden Infant Death Syndrome could be caused by the type of delivery
50:55 SIDS informational video
51:59 Ruthanne Gordon reports a story from Greenwood where an 8 year old boy is suffering from an inoperable brain tumor. Fundraisers and blood drives have been set up
52:56 Value City Department Stores advertisement
53:27 Kroger advertisement Diet Pepsi coupons
53:57 Toyota Trucks advertisement
54:27 HHGregg advertisement
54:39 Dick Rea covers sports, talks about Wrigley field again Cincinnati vs. Chicago
56:19 Pirates beat the Braves
56:22 Final scores of recent baseball games
56:50 Highlights of the recent games, shows clips while Dick Rea voices over
58:32 Veterans Life Insurance advertisement
1:00:32 David Barras introduces top stories of the day
1:01:52 Randy Ollis covers weather, talks about pressure and cloud forecast for Indiana
1:02:36 Ruthanne Gordon covers traffic
1:03:35 David Barras talks about triple murder in Decatur County once again
1:04:55 David Barras talks about Jeffrey Dahmer once again
1:07:55 Anacin advertisement
1:08:27 Lazarus advertisement
1:08:55 Charter Hospital advertisement
1:09:26 Sports Locker advertisement
1:10:00 Randy Ollis covers weather, tells news of rain in the southern part of the state and humidity percentage for the area
1:12:33 Dick Wolfsie talks with inventor Keith Bratton, shows invention of a golf ball with ears on it, a golf tee sharpener, and “pickup schticks” which you hit together in order to attract girl attention
1:16:04 NutriSystem advertisement
1:16:33 Choclairs advertisement
1:17:07 Stouts RV advertisement
1:17:34 Greenback Guarantee advertisement
1:18:05 David Barras gives business news, mentions stock fluctuations
**1:18:21 News of a Hoosier Lottery commercial where the voice of a white actor voiced over a black actor on camera because the original was “unflattering.”
1:19:09 Rick Dawson reports that the commercial was changed again this week, shows the two different versions of the commercial
1:19:40 Spokesperson for Hoosier Lottery says they received calls from minorities saying they disliked the use of a white actor’s voice instead of the black actor’s, says they were under a tight time deadline and changed it to a black actor’s voice dubbed over the black actor
1:20:00 Reporter speaks with John Saunders, the black man whose voice is used in the newest version of the commercial. He says he doesn’t have a problem with being the new voice, he just thinks that if they’re going to use a black actor they should use a black voice
1:20:21 Hoosier Lottery Spokesperson says these kind of dubs are used all the time in the advertising industry across the country, they just didn't give themselves enough time to correct their mistakes
1:20:53 David Barras introduces last week’s Lotto Cash winner, a 67 year old grandmother. She picked her numbers at random just hours before the drawing
1:21:30 Booth’s Amish Country Poultry advertisement
1:22:00 Revlon Deodorant advertisement
1:22:16 Tom Raper RV advertisement
1:22:45 Meineke Discount Mufflers advertisement
1:23:16 Dick Rea covers Wrigley Field and baseball scores once again
1:26:41 Mazda MPV advertisement
1:27:11 Tucks Pads advertisement
1:27:28 Caladryl Clear advertisement
1:28:11 Sizzler advertisement
1:28:45 Ruthanne Gordon says the Indianapolis Airport Authority will conduct a meeting, WW1 replica airplanes will be landing at the airport
Clips
Dick Rea covers the excitement from Wrigley Field last night where Andre Dawson of The Cubs got thrown out of the game for arguing with the umpire and throwing baseball bats onto the field.
24:28
IC: “Dick Rea in for Vince Welsh this week and quite a brawl…”
25:44
OC: “...We’ll have the complete baseball story coming up later in this newscast.”
David Barras talks about Jeffrey Dahmer, a Milwaukee man who has just confessed to murdering and cannibalizing 11 men. Barras says there could be as many as 15 victims.
35:46
IC: “The city of Milwaukee is trying to recover from…”
37:40
OC: “...CBS News in Milwaukee.”
David Barras talks about a Hoosier Lottery Commercial that has been receiving a lot of negative attention for its use of a white voice actor dubbed over the voice of a black actor for their commercial.
1:18:21
IC: “That follows the changes in the voice of an actor…”
1:20:52
OC: “...No new changes are planned.”