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Date of Copyright
1966-05-22
Description
Original camera footage edited for broadcast for KNTV San Jose Channel 11 news. The accompanying script, read by the newscaster, provides details of the stories and completes the broadcast. Segment 1 (silent): Fire burning in foothills; "Fire Camp" sign with arrow; school bus labeled "Ben Lomond Youth Conservation Camp"; view of valley; reservoir; smoke on hillside. Script reads, "Dry grass and warm weather combined this afternoon to aid a stubborn brush fire in a foothill region east of Almaden Reservoir. The first alarm was sounded from the Loma Prieta forestry look-out station at 12:30 p.m. By late afternoon more than 40 acres had burned and the blaze was still out of control. Division of Forestry dispatcher Robert Pitts told Channel 11 news there were seven trucks and one bulldozer on the scene...an almost totally inaccessible canyon behind the lake. The fire was fought by 60 members of the Youth Conservation Corps from Ben Lomond and 12 men from the Forestry Division. Pitts said the cause of the blaze is believed to be an unattended campfire. The fire is the first major blaze of the 1966 dry season in Santa Clara County." Segment 2 (silent): Bull riding at the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds. Script reads, "A near-capacity crowd was on hand today for the final series of events in the 12th annual San Jose Fireman's Rodeo at County Fairgrounds. Cloudless skies and temperatures in the mid-70s -- a marked contrast from yesterday's fog and cold winds -- provided a real western atmosphere. Highlight of the afternoon's program was wild bull riding competition. Experienced cow-hands from all over the west demonstrated their prowess at staying with the bucking and charging animals. The 7,000-plus crowd showed appropriate approval. Spectators also showed concern for the welfare of little 'cow-bow' -- he is the dog in charge of returning the bulls to their corrals. But cow-bow proved himself to be one of the real veterans of the rodeo circuit as he outmaneuvered and nipped at the heels of the enraged culls. The rodeo is the annual fund raising event of the San Jose Fire Department's Widows and Orphans Fund." Segment 3 (silent): Shots of a rocky shoreline along a small harbor, sail boats passing by, several kids on the beach, fishermen showing off their catch from their boat. Script reads, "Capitola's cries that its beach had been stolen by the Santa Cruz Small Craft Harbor were received with some skepticism this winter. Capitola insisted the Corps of Engineers project for the small craft harbor had siphoned off the sane flow that keeps Capitola sandy and solvent in the summer. Capitola's claims seem to have been proved. The Santa Cruz Small Craft Harbor is choking on the stolen sand. Along the channel through which hundreds of boats enter and depart the sheltered harbor, sand is building until the engineers are going to have to have it dredged for the second time. At low tide the channel is barely navigable...even for the small craft. It is creating a beach where none was before...and for small boat owners it is an unwelcome beach encroaching on their access to the harbor. For barefoot beach combing and scratching unsolicited testimonials the stolen sand is fine, but Capitola now entering the peak tourist season wants it back. The Corps of Engineers is being asked to construct a bypass to remedy the situation." Segment 4 (sound): Interview with John Schatz about Santa Clara County rehabilitation program; interview with former narcotics addict who says many addicts pay for their habit through prostitution, shoplifting, robbery, dealing drugs, but that at one point or another they do want help. Story reads, "Narcotics addicts in Santa Clara County have a new hope...a program approved by the State Legislature and endorsed by the County Board of Supervisors. It would allow any police or health officer to take a person suspected of being a narcotics user to County Hospital for examination and treatment. But according to Assistant District Attorney John Schatz, the program provides an avenue of aid without threat of jail for the addict. Many narcotics users, once released from jail, return to their habit again. Many can be cured, however. One of these is housewife Mary Vargas of San Jose, who has been off narcotics for five years, after being on heroin for 13 years. For narcotics addicts, al alternative to jail -- the only treatment most addicts have known thus far." 5/22/66 A-D 478
Type
moving image
Format
Original 16mm film
Form/Genre
Television news programs
Extent
1 Reel of 1
Identifier
1983-68-478 casjhsj_000540
Language
English
Subject
Television stations Television broadcasting of news Nineteen sixties Vietnam War, 1961-1975 San Jose (Calif.)--Politics and government Fires Rodeos Harbors Drug addiction Drug addicts--Rehabilitation U.S. Corps of Engineers
Time Period
1966-05-22
Place
San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.) Almaden Reservoir (Calif.) Santa Clara County (Calif.) San Jose (Calif.) Capitola (Calif.) Santa Cruz (Calif.)
Provenance
History San Jose California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.
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