Indiana Broadcast History Archive

1985 Indiana News: Labor Strikes, Anti-Aging Obsessions, and Hoosier Dreams

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1985

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[AI-Generated Summary] This 1985 broadcast from Indianapolis station WTHR NewsCenter 13 captures a snapshot of Indiana life, shifting from industrial anxiety to cultural phenomena. The program leads with heavy coverage of a Chrysler strike in Kokomo and Indianapolis, where thousands of United Auto Workers (UAW) picketed against plant closures and the outsourcing of labor to non-union shops . Following this, consumer specialist Anne Ryder presents a multi-part investigative series on the booming anti-aging industry, examining the effectiveness of luxury cosmetics, the risks of procedures like Z-Derm collagen injections and facelifts, and even controversial Swiss clinics using sheep cell therapy . The broadcast concludes with lighter local human-interest stories, including a massive "cattle call" for 15,000 extras to film the finale of the movie Hoosiers at Hinkle Fieldhouse, and a surprise oil strike in a Hamilton County soybean field by geologist Kevin Strunk .

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