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”

Play by James Forsyth that was directed by J. Herbert Kerr and featured Clayton Corbin. Presented by Black Arts/West Theater, 3406 E. Union, in Seattle. Dates of production were March 8-31, 1974.

Play by Phillip Hayes Dean that was directed by Buddy Butler. Produced by Black Arts/West Theater, 3406 E. Union, in Seattle. Dates of production were January 25, 1974 through February 17, 1974.

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")

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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”

Murray Morgan interviews UW professor and fish geneticist Dr. Lauren Donaldson about his career raising and breeding Chinook salmon and trout. (1 of 2)

Murray Morgan live from airplane crash site where 37 people were killed near S. 84th Street and South Tacoma Way on Nov. 28, 1952. Morgan interviews eyewitnesses.

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.

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.