This video is a compilation of stories done by reporter Clayton Taylor from WFIE Channel 14 Evansville. Taylor is a news reporter and covers local and abroad stories about fires, crime, natural disasters, politics, holidays, differences in countries, and more about people in the surrounding towns around Evansville.
Seg 1: (00:00-2:36): Fire in a tobacco warehouse;
Seg 2: (02:38-4:48): Emergency services regarding flooding in a community;
Seg 3: (04:48-06:53): Ashland Oils phasing out operations due to funding in Breckenridge County;
Seg 4: (06:54-08:51): Murder trial of John Wesley Ralph;
Seg 5: (08:52-11:24): 1982 Kentucky primary;
Seg 6: (11:24-13:42): Politician’s nicknames;
Seg 7: (13:42-15:06): Gas spill into river causing evacuation of Davis Middle School due to heavy fumes;
Seg 8: (15:06-17:03): Adult literacy course-48 year old learning how to read;
Seg 9: (17:04-18:56): Removing confiscated drugs and paraphernalia from police station and burning it;
Seg 10: (21:10-22:35): Barge collision on the Ohio River in Wolf Creek, Kentucky;
Seg 11: (22:48-24:13): Divorced man cuts house in two as a way of “dividing property” (incomplete);
Seg 12: (24:13-26:02): “Buy American” campaign leads to the destruction of a Honda automobile (incomplete);
Seg 13: (26:02-28:29): Interviewing Bill Monroe and history of Bluegrass Music;
Seg 14: (28:30-30:41): Vincennes Airport and Glider planes;
Seg 15: (30:44-33:44): Thoroughbreds giving birth;
Seg 16: (33:44-35:32): Police dog training;
Seg 17: (35:33-50:41): Multiple news stories in and of Russia;
Seg 18: (50:43-52:52): Lamellar Icthyosis skin disease and Dream Factory;
Seg 19: (52:57-54:32): Cross country bicycling-story of man riding a bike to California;
Seg 20: 53:32.001-56:43: Ned Blake’s Llama Farm;
Seg 21: (56:43-59:05): Top Untold Stories of 1981: Cow thief; goats; snakes, politics; large vegetables;
Seg 22: (59:08-101:09): Fear of Nuclear War, religious peace;
Seg 23: (1:01:09-103:33): 4th of July, Polish family celebrating and adjusting to United States;
Seg 24: (1:03:33-1:06:12): Boy Scouts;
Seg 25: (1:06:16-1:08:07): Thanksgiving celebration in school
00:00-1:45 Newswatch 14’s Clayton Taylor reports on the Big Independent warehouse, which was once the largest tobacco warehouse in the world, being burned down by a fire that even caused some surrounding homes and buildings to catch on fire.
1:47-2:29 Taylor does a follow-up story on the damage caused by the fire and how it is affecting the Big Independent’s business.
2:38-4:48 Taylor reports on how a flood of a rest home has displaced 91 people. Other residents of Owensboro have felt the effects of the flood, with many of them being stuck in their homes.
4:49-6:49 Taylor reports on how Ashland Oils suspended the building of its plant since it could not find support to help pay for the building and construction of the plant. His reporting found that even those opposed to the plant liked the idea of having a large source of jobs come to Breckinridge County.
*6:55-8:47 Taylor reports on the trial of 48-year-old John Wesley Ralph, who was charged with killing William Hobart Ralph and his common-law wife, Ruby Pointer on June 10, 1980. Through his reporting of the trial, Taylor reports John confessed to the murders but his attorney is using the defense of alcoholism and a stroke that prevents him from telling right from wrong. If J.W. Ralph is found guilty, he will die in the electric chair.
8:52-9:15: Anchor David tosses it to Taylor in studio where he reveals the winner of the 1982 Kentucky elections. He then tosses it to his in-depth story.
9:16-10:50: Taylor’s package on the 1982 Elections.
10:51-11:21: Taylor tag’s his story in the studio and then sends it back to the anchor.
*11:26-13:40 Taylor reports about how in Kentucky the political nicknames of candidates will appear on the ballots. Nicknames like toad, big daddy, and pee-wee are used by candidates in these elections. Taylor reports that the candidates say they would not be recognized without their nicknames.
13:43-15:05 Taylor reports how a gas spill of 15,000 gallons at a Chevron plant on the east side of Owensboro Kentucky caused a Davis Middle School to be evacuated due to heavy fumes.
15:08 –16:57 Taylor reports on how in Davis County through the Displaced Homemaker Program illiterate people can receive one-on-one training on how to learn basic reading and comprehension skills.
17:04-18:53: Taylor reports that police are burning confiscated drugs and paraphernalia since it is not things that you can just throw away. Through his reporting, Taylor reports they are burning contraband that is worth an estimated about $110k.
18:30-1836: Taylor uses natural sound to show the confiscated stuff being buried at the landfills.
19:01-21:00 Repeated previous story again.
21:10-22:30 Taylor reports on barges that collided on the Ohio River in Wolf Creek, Kentucky, which caused a bunch of different emergency services to the scene but it was so hot that they could not stop the fire.
*22:48- 24:13 Taylor reports on a couple who was getting a divorce, and that wanted to split things fifty-fifty, but instead of using a lawyer, the husband start to split the house in half. Virigl, the husband, attracted worldwide attention. This story was cut short.
24:17-26:00 Taylor reports on how people started a “Buy American Campaign” because they were mad jobs were going overseas. So, they smashed a Honda car for a dollar a swing.
26:02: Taylor starts a package with the natural sound of instruments.
28:30-30:40: Taylor reports on the Wabash Valley Soaring Association, which has thirty members who are part of the few pilots who have learned powerless flight.
30:42-33:42 Taylor reports on the process of a thoroughbred horse giving birth and how quickly the baby is walking.
33:50 – 35:28 Taylor reports on how police dogs at the Davis County Sheriff’s Department are trained and what their job is at the department. Taylor did it for journalism and got bitten while wearing the fake arm.
35:58 Uneasy Americans tell Taylor they are nervous about being in Russia.
37:13 The Americans going on the trip to the Soviet Union sing an American song on their way out of the US.
37:38 Taylor reports a story about the Friendship Force Participants and how they are acclimating and noticing the differences between the US and Moscow.
39:43-41:30: Taylor reports and gets to see what an apartment in Moscow looks like and how the Russian people live.
41:35 Taylor reports on the how the Soviet people celebrated their holiday.
43:50 Taylor reports on how the Soviets go all out for the celebration of their revolution in October and how religion is making a comeback in a country that is mostly atheist.
46:35 Taylor reports on the cemetery in Leningrad that all of the people who died during World War 2 are buried. Taylor reports that the American people were told by the Russians that they wanted peace.
*48:38 Taylor reports how the Friendship Force program participants from America feel like they have made lasting friendships with their Russian counterparts. He also reports that Russians were going to come to America in exchange in the program.
50:46 Taylor reports about eight-year-old Wendy Vaughan, who was born with Lamellar ichthyosaurs, which is a rare skin disease that causes her to burn easily, and how the Henderson chapter of the Dream Factory allows her to go to Disney World.
52:57 Taylor reports on how a retired car salesman has rediscovered the joy of bicycling and has the goal to pedal all the way to California from Newburgh, Indiana.
54:35 Taylor reports on how Ned, a supply truck driver, got interested in raising llamas and has raised a couple on his farm and has started a business through the animals.
56:50 Taylor reports on the best stories of 1981 that may have gone unreported, like a goat named Bill Ralph who held a family captive.
59:08 Taylor reports on how at a local church children released balloons with messages of peace while adults signed petitions for nuclear disarmament during the threat of nuclear war.
1:01:09: Taylor reports about a Polish family who left Poland after the threat of martial law and how they are celebrating their first Fourth of July and how they are adjusting to their adoptive country.
1:03:33: Taylor reports about a Boy Scout leader who has been around the chapter since July 4th 1913 and how being a scoutmaster has been a vital part of his life. The master has taken over 12,000 scouts on this trip in his time in charge.
1:06:16: Taylor reports about the Thanksgiving celebration in a kindergarten class and asks the children what the holiday means to them.
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Taylor reports on the trial of 48-year-old John Wesley Ralph, who was charged with killing William Hobart Ralph and his common-law wife, Ruby Pointer on June 10, 1980. Through his reporting of the trial, Taylor reports John confessed to the murders but his attorney is using the defense of alcoholism and a stroke he had that prevents him from telling right from wrong. If J.W. Ralph is found guilty, he will die in the electric chair.
6:55
IC: “On June 10th, 1980 William Hobart and his common-law wife, Ruby…”
8:48
OC: “….From Owensboro, Clayton Taylor Newswatch 14.”
Taylor reports how in Kentucky the political nicknames of candidates will appear on the ballots. Nicknames like toad, big daddy, and pee-wee are used by candidates in these elections. Taylor reports that the candidates say they would not be recognized by the public without their nicknames.
11:26
IC: “Politics has always been a game of recognition…”
13:40
OC: “…From Owensboro, Clayton Taylor Newswatch 14.”
Taylor reports how the Friendship Force program participants from America feel like they have made lasting friendships with their Russian counterparts. He also reports that Russians are going to come to America in exchange for the program.
48:38
IC: “Images of the Soviet Union, there are many which stand out…”
50:39
OC: “…Clayton Taylor, Newswatch 14.”