Category: Tom McIntyre

50 YEARS AGO: WXYZ COVERS DETROIT RIOTS JULY ’67

FIVE DAYS IN JULY: DETROIT FREE PRESS Tuesday, July 25, 1967 (click on image 2x for largest detailed view)
ABC NEWS DON HOWE * Tommy McIntyre; WXYZ News * July 26, 1967
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FIVE DAYS IN JULY: DETROIT Sunday, July 23, 1967 (click on image 2x for largest detailed view)
FIVE DAYS IN JULY: Wayne County sheriff officers on foot patrol near 12th and Elmhurst in Detroit. Wednesday, July 26, 1967 Photo: LIFE (click on image 2x for largest view)
FIVE DAYS IN JULY: Wayne County sheriff officers on foot patrol near 12th and Elmhurst in Detroit. Wednesday, July 26, 1967 Photo: LIFE (click on image 2x for largest view).
FIVE DAYS IN JULY: The National Guard vigilant near intersection of Linwood and Joy Rd., Thursday, July 27, 1967. (Photo: LIFE)
FIVE DAYS IN JULY: The National Guard stand vigilant near intersection of Linwood and Joy Rd. Thursday, July 27, 1967. (Photo: LIFE)
FIVE DAYS IN JULY: National Guardsman Gary Ciko, foot-patrolling Linwood Ave., looks up at rooftops for possible snipers (Photo: LIFE)
FIVE DAYS IN JULY: National Guardsman Gary Ciko, foot-patrolling Linwood Ave., looks up at rooftops for possible snipers. (Photo: LIFE)

A MCRFB NOTE

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Link update (July 26, 2017): See Scott Westerman’s recent comments HOW KEENER COVERED THE SUMMER OF 1967 at his splendid WKNR tribute website, posted July 21, 2017.

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For a more comprehensive coverage on the five-day civil-disturbances in Detroit, July, this week in 1967, see Motor City Radio Flashbacks’ previous (July 16, 2012) feature — by clicking on the header-title below.

A WKNR CONTACT NEWS PRESENTATION: DETROIT 1967

(Note: Previously featured on Motor City Radio Flashbacks, July 23, 2015)

FIVE DAYS IN JULY: THE DETROIT NEWS Monday, July 24, 1967 — “The shaded area in the above map of Detroit indicates where the rioting was more intense Sunday and this morning. There have been many reports of firebombing and looting in other sections of the city.”

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WXYZ 1270 NEWSMAN, TOM MCINTYRE, DIED 10/02/15

TOMMY McINTYRE 1936- 2015

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SADLY, WITH MUCH REGRET, Motor City Radio Flashbacks learned late-yesterday, former (Detroit radio) WXYZ, WWJ, and WXYT news reporter Tom McIntyre passed away Friday, October 2, 2015, in Venice, Florida.

His daughter, Kara McIntyre, stated he had been battling leukemia/lymphoma. He was 79. No funeral services will be held.

A memorial service for Tom McIntyre is planned for the first weekend in December, 2015,  in Venice. A definite date as yet pending. McIntyre was part of the (ABC News) WXYZ 1270 news team here in Detroit during the 1960s.

Tom McIntyre. July 7, 1936 – October 2, 2015. R.I.P. 

Press photo; 1981. Photo insert, right-bottom, courtesy of Lee Alan

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