April 1982

WMAR-TV News (WMAR)

Series II. News Stock Footage Video, 1982-1987

April 1982

Month	Date	Story	Description
April	1	Gas Station Murders Arrests	Bill takes us to news conference where feds talk about breaking up nine million dollar marijuana smuggling ring.
April	1	Speedy Trial	VO of two suspects arrested for murders of two AA county gas station attendants in December.
April	1	Missing Boys	Another follow-up on 3 missing boys in Harford county.hope fades they'll be found alive.
April	1	March of Dimes	VO of kick off to March of Dimes fund raising efforts.
April	1	Violence Center	VO/SOT on fundraising efforts for new home for battered women in Baltimore county.
April	1	Phone Rates	VO/SOT with C&P type on new long distance rates.
April	1	Taxman	Today Strassels talks about penalty you'll have to pay if you underpay your taxes.
April	1	Waxter Center Guests	VO of Imogene Coco and King Donovan visiting Waxter center.
April	2	Unemployment	Pkg on 9% national unemployment.plus local unemployment.
April	2	Metal Layoffs	Sparrows point metal firm layoffs of workers.another sign of hard economic times.
April	2	Hughes/Stadium	SOT with government on Irsay's rejection of $22 million stadium expansion plan.
April	2	Stadium Prep	Wayne pap piece on preparing memorial stadium for opening day.
April	2	Gas Station Suspect Arrest	VO of 3rd suspect arrested for Dec. gas station murders in AA county.
April	2	Bauman	Bob Douglas pkg on withdrawal of one repb. 1st district candidate to support another to beat Bob Bauman..
April	2	Bridge	VO of tie up because bridge open going towards Hawkins Point.
April	2	Taxman	Strassels talks about mileage deductions.
April	5	Opening Day	Gary pkg on opening day.stadium issue still unsettled, but fans look for good things.
April	5	Hviding Sentence	Seiler pkg. on death sentence given to convicted killer of Steven Hviding.Jackie Harris.
April	5	Greco Trial	Amy Art VO of closing arguments.
April	5	Bank Accident	VO/SOT as car crashes into 24 hour teller in Stewart's hopping center.two injured.
April	5	Taxman	Today Strassels tells us how to deduct moving expenses.
April	5	TTY	VO/SOT at BGE which unveils new TTY system.
April	6	Greco Verdict	Gary pkg on guilty verdict in VincentGreco's rape/murder case.
April	6	Zoo Birds	VO/SOT with zoo spokesman on why two flamingos were destroyed after being stoned by two kids.
April	6	UAW Vote	VO/SOT types going into Towson Center to vote on new G-M contract.
April	6	Storm	CNN pkg on snowstorm in northeast.it missed us, but hit New York, Boston & Philly.
April	6	Concorde/BWI	VO of concorde forced to land at BWI because of bad weather in New York.
April	6	Winds	VO showing damage from strong winds in our area.
April	6	Douglass School Construction	Seiler pkg as minorities charge discrimination in awarding construction contracts to minorities.
April	6	Taxman	Tonight Strassels tells us about energy tax credits.
April	7	G-M Reaction	Wayne gets reaction from G-M Broening Hiway plant workers.who rejected national contract.
April	7	Pork Barrel Legislation	Pkg on what pork barrel projects were funded this year.
April	7	Fatal Fire	VO of scene of eastern shore fire where four children died.
April	7	Seder	VO of seder at Levindale geriatric center.
April	7	Passover	SOT with rabbi who says this Passover significant because of Israeli move out of Sinai.
April	7	Budget	VO/SOT with Reagan administration official talking to local business types on shape of economic things to come.
April	7	Taxman	Strassels tells us how to notify IRS that you sold your house.
April	7	Governor's Easter Egg Hunt	VO/SOT at governor's Easter egg hunt at his mansion.kids from MD school for blind participate.
April	7	Mayor's Easter Celebration	VO showing fun at mayor's Easter celebration downtown.
April	12	Goodman Update	Talk with Israeli radio about Alan Goodman.who used to live in Baltimore.and who shot up Arab mosque in Israel.
April	12	Duncan St. Fatal Fire	Gary pkg. on fatal fire on Duncan st. Two children die.five others injured.
April	12	Car Shop Fire	Boyle pkg. at two alarm car shop fire on Reisterstown rd..$800,000 damage.
April	12	Escape Follow	VO/SOT with mother of one of the MD pen escapes.Kevin Gibbs' mom talks about her son.the convicted rapist.
April	12	Protest March	Seiler pkg. on Parren Mitchell et al. marching in front of city hall to protest awarding of construction contract.
April	12	Taxman	Today Strassels tells us how IRS deals with tax contract.
April	12	Spring	Stover photo essay to music on the arrival (finally?) of spring.
April	12	Goodman	Alan Goodman of Baltimore shoots up a Moslem mosque in Jerusalem killing two Arabs.
April	12	Escape React	Bill Seiler gets reaction from neighbors following escape from Balto county jail of nine inmates.
April	13	Bill Signing	The General Assembly winds up another year as governor signs a number of bill at the Capitol.
April	13	Wheelchair Murder	Balto Co police investigate strangulation death of a paraplegic woman. Say they have run out of leads.
April	13	Legislative Wrap	Bob pkg (Brad Voice) on Hughes signing bills day after end of 1982 legislature.
April	13	MTA Accident	VO/SOT at scene of MTA accident some 50 injured.
April	13	Baltimore County Cops Contract	CO of county cops for story on new contract ratified by same.
April	13	Wheelchair Murder	CO for story on crippled girl found murdered in Lock Raven.
April	13	Maryland Farmers	Pkg. on how MD. Farmers are dealing with economy.
April	13	Gardens	VO/SOT as Spring springs.gardens grow.
April	13	Taxman	Strassels talks today about record keeping.
April	13	Bus/Truck AX	MTA bus and fire truck crash head on Gary Wordlaw is on the scene and has all of the video.
April	13	Car Wreck	Two cars collide at North Avenue and wolf street. Driver had to be cut out of car.
April	14	Shooting	Two escaped cons try to rob a store and get blown away by cops and security guards for their trouble. One of the suspects..
April	14	Mayor Orioles	The Orioles and Baltimore agree on a new leasing plan in which they share fifty fifty in profits at the stadium.
April	14	Fatal Fire	One man dies two others are injured in early morning fire.
April	14	Bombers	B-25 bombers stop over at BWI as they take part in rememberance of doolittles raid on Tokyo.
April	14	Bike Race	City and WMAR tv announce a professional bike race to take place in the city.video of mayor and his official announcement.
April	14	Stadium Lease	O's and city come up with innovative stadium lease plan.50/50 split in profits.
April	14	Shooting	VO/SOT at scene of bizarre shooting where two escapees from MD pen try to tob store.one killed.one critically.
April	14	Frye Fund	Irvington community sets up reward fund for arrest of guys who shot officer Frye back in Feb.
April	14	Drug Bust	VO of drugs and stuff confiscated in county drug bust.
April	14	Aftra	CO of Aftra strikers picketing at sun papers.
April	14	Taxman	Strassels tells us how to make tax payments.
April	14	Arco	VO of Arco station for story on how credit cards won't be accepted after today.
April	14	Dutch Shit	Douglas pkg. on Dutch ships at inner harbor.bringing business and trate to Baltimore.
April	14	Bullride	Stover musical piece on people riding mechanical bull at Hopkins Plaza on beautiful spring day.
April	14	Heart Drug	VO/SOT with doctors and patients who are involved in developing new drug for treating angina.
April	15	Oster Killed	Former deputy attorney general Oster is found stabbed to death in a Baltimore back alley. VO of crime scene and.
April	15	IRS Rush	Midnight is deadline for filing income tax forms. We have video of last minute help at tax office.
April	15	Port Economy	New study on the value of port of Baltimore. VO of press conference and the port. Report to be used to get fed.
April	15	MI Tang	Jim Boyle takes a ride in an MI tank to see just how good it is and in the process breaks down on the proving gr.
April	15	Nuke Rally	Another anti nuke rally. VO is limited.
April	15	Peabody	Competition for grants as Peabody conservatory of music. VO with a little music in middle.
April	16	Oster Arrest	VO/SOT with police on arrest of suspect in Ohio.in Oster murder.
April	16	School Shooting	VO of shooting outside Garrison Jr. High NC students involved.	16
April	16	Crime	Pkg. on reaction to latest crime stats. which show rate dropped 16% first three months of 1982.some impressed others not.
April	16	Batman/Robin	VO of Amy Art of hearing of two county cops accused of being 'too' tough. Nicknames Batman and Robin.
April	16	Baltimore City Cops	VO/SOT as cops ratify new three year contract with city.
April	16	Baltimore County Budget	CO/SOT as county budget for year is unveiled.
April	16	Teacher React/Budget	SOT reaction to new budget proposal from teachers.they're optimistic that layoffs can be avoided.
April	16	Taxman	Strassels' last hurrah.tells us that the system really works.
April	16	Hopkins Fair	VO of opening of fair at Johns Hopkins.
April	16	Pylon	VO of new pylon being unveiled at city limit of Balto-Wash parkway.new city 'high' sign.
April	16	Community Painting	Boyle mini-pkg on community painting own houses to save city money.and volunteer.
April	16	Oster Suspect	Suspect in murder of Oster is arrested in Ohio. This pkg uses crime scene file along with cops' sound bite.
April	16	Hutchison Budget	Balto Co exec Donald Hutchison recommends new budget with a slight hike in property tax. VO with a sound bite.
April	16	Health Budget	Nations top city health officials meet in Balto to talk about fed budgeter cuts that threatenpublic health pro…
April	16	Oster Murder	VO of scene and pic of former MD deputy Attorney General found murdered in alley off Maryland Avenue.
April	16	Cabbie Follow	Seiler pkg. follow on murder of Essex cabbie.
April	16	Connie Francis/Crime Victims	VO/SOT with Connie Francis pushing crime victims' compensation bill.in town for concert. Meets with police.
April	16	Drug Bust	VO of suspects in drug bust.arrested in city.but arraigned in Woodlawn.
April	16	Chase	VO of chase by police of drug suspects.
April	16	Taxes	VO of last minute tax preparers and filers on deadline date.
April	16	Taxman	Last minute tips for last minute tax filers.
April	16	College	VO/SOT with students attending college day at Civic Centre.
April	16	Mom of the Year	VO/SOT with mother of the year in town today.
April	19	Thomasek Return	Suspect Frank Thomasek is brought back to Baltimore. We do a live shot with file B roll and interview with ACOP.
April	19	Oster Funeral	Jon Oster is buried today as suspect heads back from Ohio.
April	19	Bodies Found	Those three missing boys are found floating in the river. We do a package with family and man who found the bodies.
April	19	No Nuke	Anti nuclear demonstration in Baltimore to kick off ground zero week. Alan Smith pkg.
April	19	Trauma Day	Medical types gather in Baltimore to learn more about shock trauma centers and how they can have one.
April	19	Poor Lady	A poor woman who was dumped by her family is being kept alive only because of neighbors who for her.
April	19	Aftra Strike Ends	VO of reporters back at work to show end of strike.
April	19	Green Escapes	Fran pkg. on escape of convicted killer George Green from hospital visit.Gampy's murder.
April	19	Oster Funeral	VO of Oster funeral.several hundred show up for it.
April	19	Missing Boys	VO as bodies of three missing Harford Co. boys are found near where they were last spotted three weeks before.
April	19	ACME	Joan on set story on how ACME is threatening to close unless employees give concessions.
April	19	Wyman Park Public Health Hospital	Pkg. on rededication of public health hospital which fought.and won Reagan budget cuts.
April	19	Historic Hotels Money	Mcgrath pkg. on bill before Annap city council to fund renovation of historic hotels a la Williamsburg.
April	19	MTA Buses	VO of MTA buses for story on consolidating two bus routes.and cutting Sunday service.
April	19	Zoo Elephant	VO of Lyn at zoo for story on Dolly.new zoo elephant no shots of elephant.she's camera shy.
April	19	Andy at large	Andy talks about the strike.
April	20	ACME	JJ pkg. on meeting where meat cutters find out about wage concession pkg. ACME is proposing.
April	20	Business Tour	VO/SOT as area business leaders leave for overseas tour to sell Maryland to foreign businesses.
April	20	Fire	VO of fire at standard carpet at old town mall.
April	20	"One Mo Time"	VO of one mo' time opened at mechanic theatre tonight.for one mo' time.
April	20	Jail Break	For the second time in ten days a group of prisoners has escaped a Maryland state prison. We have fix of con.
April	20	Jessup React	We talk to neighbors of the Jessup prison for reaction to the recent escape.
April	20	Shooting	A Baltimore man is in critical condition after being shot in stomach. Police arrest suspects. VO
April	20	Lottery Raid	Police break up illegal lottery ring in Annapolis. We have a VO of location and talking head.
April	20	Bus Accident	Another MTA bus accident injures 18 people. This time a car ran into the bus. Pkg.
April	20	Balto Opera	Baltimore opera company holds news conference to unveil it's new 1982 season.
April	20	Volunteer Services	Maryland and Baltimore volunteers are honored today. This is national volunteer day.
April	20	Free Cheese	Part two of the free cheese giveaway. More Baltimoreans stand in line to get five pounds of surplus.government.
April	20	Census	Tobie carts Bob Douglas story on new census figures..
April	21	ATT Protest	ATT stockholders gather in Baltimore while protestors protest outside and their group says it will push ATT to dro.
April	21	ATT Meeting	ATT stockholders rally in Baltimore. Big question is over divestiture of the corporate giant.
April	21	Blue Chip	Mayor announces cities blue chip in summer jobs program has topped its goal.
April	21	Schaffer in DC	Mayor testifies in Washington to push for enterprise zones.
April	21	Funeral	One of the three missing Harford county boys is buried today. VO
April	21	Park Board	The Park Board meets to rubber stamp new deal between the Orioles and city to share profits.
April	21	Sickle Cell	Athletes announce golf tournament in Baltimore to raise money to fight sickle cell.
April	22	Double Homicide	Gangland style double killing. Police find two women nude and tied up. Apparently strangled.
April	22	Jail Break	Two more bad guys bust out of state pen. This time they are caught in downtown area after a thirty minute search.
April	22	Drug Raid	Big drug bust in Anne Arundel county as cops arrest more than 100 folks.including many students in high school.
April	22	Secretary Day	City honors secretary's with a big rally at war memorial plaza. VO
April	22	Dolly	Baltimore zoo brings out its newest resident.Dolly the elephant. We do a hello dolly type of story.
April	22	Jailbreak	Joan pkg. on latest MD pen escapes.this time police quickly recapture two inmates.
April	22	Double Homicide	VO of two bodies found in Exeter St apartment.strangled nude.bound hand to foot.
April	22	Drug Raid	VO of drug bust in AA co.said to be largest over there.
April	22	Pascal/Juvenile Crime	Pascal proposes plan to have juvenile criminals serve time on weekends.
April	22	School Closings	Balto co proposes closing of 10 schools.
April	22	Fish Market	VO of fish market at marketplace for story on how dealers may move to new complex in Jessup.
April	22	Secretaries Week	VO/SOT on how secretaries should be treated well all year round.not just during Secy's week.
April	22	Secy of the year	VO of Secy of year in Baltimore.Morgan state Secy of more than 30 years.
April	22	Gold Treasure Exhibit	VO/SOT at new exhibit at museum.gold treasure taken from sunken shit off Florida.
April	22	Andy at large	Andy at large talks about the shape and price of kites.
April	23	School Closings	Teachers and parents reach to the proposed closings of 10 Balto schools.
April	23	Child Custody Case in Westminster	Supporters turn out to protest issue involving grandfather & grandmom who have snatched grandchild from kid's nat.
April	23	Editorial	Editorial promoting talking, 2 done by Arnie/Kliener.
April	23	Social Security	New consumer price index means good and bad news to folks on social security. We talk to some oldsters about it.
April	23	Delaware Banks	Maryland big banks are leaving their credit card operations out of state.lured by less restrictive banking la.
April	23	Teen Arson	Most arsons in Baltimore are set by youngsters. The city is setting up work shops to stop this problem before it.
April	23	Child Custody	A long and drawn out court battle over child custody. Grandmother faces charges for fleeing state with her grandson.
April	24	Flooding	Heavy rain today with some flooding in the area. We do a short voice flooding.
April	24	Prison	Two asst. wardens are fired as state cracks down on state prison security. State agrees to hire more guards.
April	24	MTA Accident	Another MTA bus wreck in early morning rain. This bus hit a truck.driver to be charged.
April	24	Drunk Drivers	State will soon set up roadblocks to look for drunk drivers. This is a VO SOT.
April	24	Steel Workers	Assoc. of iron and steel engineers is in town for annual meeting.we talk to them about state of the business.
April	24	A.A. Politics	Pat McGrath previews upcoming election in AA county by looking at the candidates.
April	24	Time Piece	This is a VO. City gets a new old time piece for inner harbor.but no pictures of the clock because dedication.
April	24	Cheese Trial	VO of the hearing that never was around Holfeld live telling how suspect in cheese theft didn't show up for court date.
April	24	Prisons	SOT with state corrections commissioner and warden of pen in light of errorts to stop recent rash of escapes.
April	24	Douglas School	Joan pkg. on settlement of contractors' dispute in renovation of Douglas school.
April	24	Fire Station	VO/SOT at groundbreaking of chase fire station.first county fire station to be built in 8 yrs.
April	24	MTA Bus Ax	VO of latest MTA bus ax..cockeysville and York roads.seven injured.
April	24	Handicapped Parking	Fran tells us how transit and traffic decides to change rules to help handicap ped park easier.
April	24	Ocean City Air	Susan tells us about new air service to ocean city from BWI.
April	24	Special Olympics	VO of torch lighting ceremonies kicking off this spring's city special Olympics.
April	24	Andy at large	Andy tells us about pet care that comes to you.
April	27	Orlinsky Indicted	City council president Orlinsky is indicted on 12 counts of fraud and extortion. This is a reproduced piece with.
April	27	Reax city hall	Mayor reaction to the Orlinsky indictments.
April	27	Reax wife	Video of Orlinsky's wife who refuses comment on indictments but his neighbors are talking.
April	27	Colts Draft	The colts trade away Bert Jones and take their picks in the NFL draft. This is a VO with various sound bites.
April	27	Hughes Campaign	Governor Hughes is on the campaign trail again.looking to win the primary. Pat McGrath follows him around the.
April	27	Orlinsky Indicted	Mary pkg. on city council president being indicted on 12 counts of extortion mail fraud etc..dealing with sludge co.
April	27	Russell	VO of house of Ed Russell.also allegedly involved Orlinsky case.
April	27	Orlinsky Profile	Jack backgrounds Orlinsky and career leading up to indictments.
April	27	Killer Capsules/Drugs	Pkg. on toxic capsules accidentally circulating in Howard Co..can be fatal.
April	27	Cheese Suspect	VO of cheese suspect who showed up for court date today.
April	27	Pascal/Crime	VO/SOT with AA Co police chief.and co exec Pascal on drop in overall crime rate for first quarter of year.
April	27	Hughes	VO as governor kicks off reelection campaign.
April	27	Andy at large/eatery	Andy takes us to unusual eatery at Putty Hall and Bel Air rds.family place with puppet-type show while you eat.
April	28	Orlinsky	City council president makes statement on indictment.says.basically.I am not a crook.
April	28	Corruption	Jack looks at all the corruption by MD. Politicians in past years.
April	28	Teachers Uninion	Teachers react to city announcement that 10000 education employees may lost jobs because of budget cuts.
April	28	Chadderton/Myers Trial	Joan on set tells us about testimony in Chadderton/Myers trail.murder for hire in Carroll Co.
April	28	Video Games	Pat tells us how surge in video game playing is good for state economy.
April	28	O's Contract	VO of BD of estimates which okays plan for city and Orioles to split profits 50-50.
April	28	Andy at large/Pretzels	Today Andy visits world's largest pretzel factory.in nearby Pennsylvania.
April	28	Orlinski Talks	Walter Orlinsky resurfaces following his indictment and says we will not resign.but will serve the people.
April	28	Fatal Fire	One man dies in early morning fire. We have VO of aftermath.
April	28	Murder	Cops find nude body of woman under as a bridge.her head beaten in by a rock.
April	28	Public Works	A prisoner's lawsuit results in state spending more money for medical care at Hagerstown slammer.
April	28	Pascal	Robert Pascal is on the campaign trail and talking about beefing up jails. Is elected governor.
April	28	Gas Stations	Anne Arundel County police are intensifying fight against criminals who are preying upon gas station.
April	28	2 on the Road	Susan has a real fish story in this one. Did you ever hear the one about the part time janitor lady who is making money...
April	28	Governor Hughes	Pkg. on government press conference.says he'll look into maximum security prison for juveniles.
April	28	Anti Commercial	VO/SOT as delegate Pat McDonough criticizes Hughes ad campaign.
April	28	Hunger March	VO of folks getting ready to leave Baltimore and march to Washington to protest hunger in US.
April	28	Cheese	VO to update situation of cheese giveaway.
April	28	WEAA-FM Radio	WEAA goes off the air.they say because of money. But station manager says that's not so.
April	28	Aquarium Director	VO/SOT with new director of aquarium Peter Felham.
April	28	Mayor/Jobs	VO of mayor talking at boys' Latin commenting on new study that shows city lost 20000 jobs permanently.
April	28	Superteams/Superteems	Area high schools prepare for first annual super teams competition.to benefit syds research.
April	28	Andy at large/Banana Split	Andy takes us to Towson state for annual banana split pig out.
April	30	Orlinsky	VO of City Council president as he goes into court to plead innocent to charges of extortion, mail fraud, etc.
April	30	Board of Estimates	VO of Board of Estimates meeting just 2 hours after Orlinsky pleas.biz as usual.
April	30	Watermain Repairs	Susan tells us about plans to limit water service to parts of southeast city.county and AA Co. to fix watermain.
April	30	Prison Dogs	Mary takes us to Hagerstown where newest guards enter prison system.guard dogs.
April	30	Orioles Auction	VO of kickoff to Orioles auction.wives project signing of birdmobile..to be auctioned off.
April	30	Baltimore Can do	VO/SOT at kickoff of Baltimore can do project..co-sponsored by channel 2.bring in cans for free ticket to Orioles game.
April	30	CNN-2	Promoting the coming of CNN-2 to channel 2 this coming Monday.
April	30	Andy at large/Billboards	Today Andy takes a look at the signs of our times.otherwise known as billboards.