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KMO radio news, Murray Morgan news broadcast c. 1960s

Full-track mono, 3.75 ips.
KMO News radio broadcast c. 1965 with subjects including Old Tacoma development, building supermarkets, 1965-1966 school year, Never Never Land


Full-track mono, 7.5 ips begins at 14:43
Murray Morgan reading the news c. 1960s including topics of judges and legislature pay raises, Japanese film “Harakiri” (1962) being shown in Proctor and violinist Michael Rabin performing with the University of Puget Sound band at Mount Tahoma High School.

"1890 Just Plain Bill - Seattle"

Morgan’s humorous spoof of the national 15-minute radio drama program “Just Plain Bill”.

“The story of a man who fought with a gavel instead of a gun. The first, fearless, fighting frontier judge.” Set in Seattle/Tacoma in the 1890s.

“The Case of Tacoma Assistant Mayor Jim Redcap vs. We Don’t Know Who”

"More on salmon recovery"

Murray Morgan interviews UW professor and fish geneticist Dr. Lauren Donaldson about his career raising and breeding Chinook salmon and trout. (2 of 2)

"News business"

Murray Morgan discusses the news business with another radio/newspaper journalist.

  • The use of recorders or not when interviewing people.
  • Discussion of the news’ coverage of local political races.
  • Talk of the building of Boat Haven for fishing boats (now possibly the Hylebos Boat Haven).

Cuts to live broadcast of hydroplane racing.

Interview with Korean War veteran/author about his series on General William F. Dean.

"Interview about rescue work & mountain camps mt. rainier - training of the military"

Interview about rescue work and mountain camps on Mount Rainier. Mountain rescue worker being interviewed mentions legendary mountaineers, the Whittaker twins (Jim and Lou), being rescued off Mount Rainier after Lou Whitaker became paralyzed in his back and hip and “had to have direct aid by rope coming down this ice wall by Dee Molenaar”.


Jim Whittaker is the co-founder of REI and the first American to scale Mount Everest. Both Whittaker twins worked in mountain rescue work in the Cascades of Washington State, were guides on Mount Rainier and were instructors for the US Army’s renowned 10th Mountain Division.


Dee Molenaar is another famed mountaineer, who was also an author and artist. Molenaar was part of the 1953 K2 expedition with Pete Schoening and has climbed Mount Rainier more than 50 times. He died at the age of 101 in 2020.

"Mayor on Hilltop Apts", "Mt. Tahoma HS"

Murray Morgan typing while listening to the radio in 1968.

KNIO Tacoma News: WA Fair Puyallup; 5 road fatalities; railroad trestle fire; City Council meeting; storm kills hikers, Drowning Gray's harbor cabin cruiser sinking, tug explosion La Push, California family missing after light plane crash, Washington State Fair underway with 109,678 attendees.


At 43:40 (digital), cuts to meeting of Tacoma City Council on Hilltop apartments, featuring Tacoma Mayor Harold Moss

Folk songs; Murray Morgan listening to KMO radio news and typing

Note: Former tape splicing broke and was repaired during this section 3 times. Digital editing was used to create a single track as originally intended.

Full-track mono, 7.5 ips
Woman/girl playing guitar and singing various folk songs:
1963 French song “Dominique”
“Michael Rowed the Boat Ashore”
Instrumental


Full-track mono, 3.75 ips

Murray Morgan uses his typewriter while listening to local radio news on KMO (recording likely in December 1965 based on news items and Christmas music being played).
Some topics on the news program

  • Eddie Ray Lincoln being shot/killed by police.
  • A missing student pilot out of Spokane that was en route to Moses Lake
  • Electrical Workers Union strike
  • English professor George Bluestone leaving the University of Washington for Hollywood.
  • Qantas orders Boeing 747 jetliners.
  • Coast Guard searches Chinese ship in Tacoma after caller says there was a bomb aboard. The explosive was never found.

Chinook Jargon Songs, Folks Songs of the Pacific Northwest and Elsewhere

Chinook Jargon songs sung:

  • “Jesus Loves Me”
  • “For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow” (could be different song with same melody since a verse mentions "Steilacoom")


Folk songs sung with guitar:

  • “I'm Never Going to Cease My Wandering”
  • “The Old Settler (Acres of Clams)” – Pacific Northwest song
  • “The Housewife’s Lament”
  • “The Frozen Logger” – Pacific Northwest song
  • “Stupid’s Song”
  • “Portland County Jail” – Pacific Northwest song
  • "My Sweetheart's the Mule in the Mines"
  • “The Moonshiner”
  • “Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye”
  • “The Sow Took the Measles”
  • "Good Old Bowling Green"
  • “Sugar Hill”

Tacoma City Council Meetings on the radio (2 of 2)

Side 2: Oct. 8, 1968 meeting

Radio broadcast of the Tacoma City Council meeting, headed by mayor A.L. Rasmussen, from Oct. 8, 1968. Hot topic and big argument of the night was the mayor feeling the council had been misinformed that $23,000 spent for a “Black culture program” would be spent for park playground leaders.

Human Relations Committee and the Open Housing Review Board member John Epps and mayor Rasmussen discuss race, Black culture and the historical effects of white America vs. Black America.

Tacoma City Council Meetings on the radio (1 of 2)

Side 1: Oct. 15, 1968, meeting

Murray Morgan types while listening to a radio broadcast of the Tacoma City Council, headed by mayor A.L. Rasmussen, from Oct. 15, 1968, on KTNT-FM. Topics discussed include a Tacoma Times article, light/electricity companies, a model city program, and minimum wage percentage raises.

At 47 minutes in, Library Board member mentions libraries will not open Jan. 2 due to $20,000 in budget cuts. (Meeting date unknown).

External sources:

Murray Morgan news broadcast

Murray Morgan reading the news. Topics include a fire station building on South 9th and A Streets and the firing of Dr. Robert C. Lee by the University of Puget Sound after Lee urged an end to the bombing of North Vietnam.

Kenton Live From the Las Vegas Tropicana 2/2/59

Side A: 1. Artistry in Rhythm; 2. Bernie's Tune; 3. Tuxedo Junction; 4. Street Scene; 5. Puck's Blues; 6. This is Always; 7. Don't Get Around Much Anymore; 8. Design for Blue; 9. Home Journey; 10. A String of Pearls; 11. It's All Right With Me; 12. Intermission Riff; Side B: I Concentrate on You; 2. The End of a Love Affair; 3. You and I and George (Red Kelly talks/sings); 4. Senitmental Riff; 5. Random Riff

State Song

Red Kelly's submission for the Washington State song.

Red and Brownie #2

Red Kelly talks by phone with Evan Brown on his radio program on KLAY 1180-AM

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