11/25/1980 WXYZ Channel 7 Detroit 5:30PM Newscast Complete

This is the complete 5:30 Channel 7 Action News Newscast for Tuesday November 8th 1980.
Bill Bonds and Diana Lewis are the anchors
Dave Diles with the Sports
Rob Kress with the Weather
Top Stories:
Ford bias suit settled - Erik Smith reports
Cost of living increases and buying power is reduced
GM Poletown Cadillac plant under fire. - Ven Marshall reporting
Katherine Patrick 75 year old Poletown resident doesn't want the plant.
American auto manufactures only sold 6 million cars
Italian earthquake death toll rises. - Joe Spencer reports
Rev Dominic Rossi is collecting relief funds
Southern California fires still burning.
Marathon Oil Refinery fire Southwest Detroit
Las Vegas MGM hotel fire - first lawsuit filed
Pontiac Silverdome - no fire code violations
Sports:
Notre Dame Hires Gerry Foust as head Football Coach
New Orleans Saints fire Coach
Nebraska basketball coach passes away
Sugar Ray Leonard fights tonight
Billy Sims Lions running back up close - John Gross reports
CT Governor has cancer
MI speaker of the house selected
President Elect Reagan - Grandfather was illegal alien
Weather - Rob Kress
Some snow in the forecast
Iran talks about the hostages
State works may have 6 more unpaid holidays to save money.
Livonia police investigate crime spree.
Pontiac Silverdome on 6PM action news
ACLU wants to minimize the Moral Majority
The Newscast originally aired on November 25th, 1980. It was run after the movie "MASH" on WXYZ Channel 7 in Detroit Michigan. WXYZ Channel 7 is the ABC affiliate in Detroit.
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[@1TexasTV]

Godspeed Bill Bonds. The KING of Detroit Television.

[@ericcriteser4001]

Wow. This is my youth. Fun to watch. Interesting to note nothing has changed in the world.

[@wolfiethedog76]

RIP ERIK SMITH....Best Morning News host ever....you arw missed.

[@arthuridis]

I think he's still alive. I haven't heard anything otherwise. Channel 7 would have had a story about it.

[@jarrelljimerson3346]

@ 10:07, The Pontiac Silverdome. Gone, but not forgotten.

[@rmartin7558]

Nice piece on Billy Sims, love the Christopher Cross tune.

[@vandrendeulv5244]

Back when news wasn't a editorial .

[@stevenburns8817]

Bill Bonds did plenty of editorializing, and not just in his "editorial" segments.

[@johnlee4492]

😢 I remember all this. My father was working for Dodge Ram truck plant. The Cadillac plant has grown Hamtramck over the years

[@eascec8374]

The Day The EBS Test Comes...

[@Shonuff42080]

History repeats itself

[@northvilletunnels]

I dont know about repeat just a long term plan by christian nationalists.

[@josephmackela8466]

I love hearing “President Elect Ronald Reagan”.

[@anandguruji83]

R.I.P DAVE DILES

[@anandguruji83]

R.I.P DAVE DILES

[@ewjxn]

Anandgurujia83, sorry i think I may have accidently thumbed your comment down, That was not my intention.

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

@@ewjxn Sometimes you wish there was more to these than just up and down hands!

[@ewjxn]

Me too. It’s better then twitter with only the heart ♥️

[@nicka727]

Did you tape General Hospital that day on WXYZ?