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1966-05-17
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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. Reel 1: Segment 1 (sound): San Jose Bees coach speaks to camera about upcoming game with Stockton, how the team is playing, and player Dan Keller. (No specific reference to interview in broadcast script) Segment 2 (silent): San Jose Police Chief Ray Blackmore speaking to group at conference tables; focus on one man in the group, likely Kenneth Bell. Script reads, "A controversial police committee cleared a big hurdle today but ran smack into a stone wall. A group studying ways of hearing charges of police brutality or harassment agreed to accept a plan authored by police chief Ray Blackmore. The vote was ten-to-two. Blackmore set up a committee headed by himself to investigate charges against officers. Two members of the City Human Relations Commission will sit as observers and a person making a complaint may have two other representatives...most of the committee approved but the Rev. Kenneth Bell had misgivings. Bell said he generally approved the plan but felt that it will break off communication and conversation with the city's minority groups. Opponents said later that the new committee still avoid the heart of the matter because under Blackmore's plan only police officers will investigate charges against fellow officers. The stone wall was this: practically no representatives of the civil rights groups showed up for the meeting." Segment 3 (sound): Interview with Dr. Robert Clark, who is asked why John Gilbaugh was not considered for new administrative post at San Jose State, and who claims "It is not a feud." Story reads, "The dispute at San Jose State College over the downgrading of the Dean of the College to a teaching role received the attention of the president of the college today. Dr. Robert Clark was asked about the charges by Dean John Gilbaugh that the faculty is the dominant factor...exercising extraordinary influence in the selection of administrative officials. Dr. Clark was asked whether this is -- as it has been described -- a feud between him and Dean Gilbaugh." Segment 4 (silent): Shots of the Pacific Southwest Airlines sign at San Jose Municipal Airport; PSA ticket desk, sign advertising PSA offers, PSA schedule. Script reads, "In San Jose all is 'go' for the start tomorrow of Pacific Southwest Airlines service into Municipal Airport...after a triumphant long legal battle with Pacific Airlines. The first PSA flight leaves San Jose for Los Angeles at 7 a.m." Reel 2: Segment 1 (sound): Reporter Bob Marsden stands outside the Santa Clara County Administrative Building, reports on investigation & audit into the County Assessor's Office. Interview with County Assessor Dwight Mathieson. Script reads, "The possibility of an investigative audit of Santa Clara County tax records has moved closer to a reality. Channel 11 reporter Bob Marsden has a report... Within a few days, an auditing team from the State Attorney General's office will be making an official visit to the Santa Clara County Assessor's office here at the County Administration Building. The purpose of their visit will be to examine the 'locked file' property tax records of 184 unaudited major industrial firms. The investigation was announced yesterday by Deputy Attorney General Marshall Mayer in anticipation of a request from the local Board of Supervisors asking for such an investigation. Mayer charged yesterday that there are three reasons why the probe must be made in this county. Number one : the findings by the Assembly Municipal and County Government Committee that major firms had never been audited. Number two: the manner in which the audit of Fairchild Semiconductor has proceeded; and number three: the questionable competence with which County Assessor Dwight Mathieson answered questions posed by the Assembly Committee at recent hearings. I asked Mathieson for his reaction to Mayer's charges... San Jose Attorney John Thorne and County Supervisor Sig Sanchez who yesterday pushed for an Attorney General's investigation where both out of town today and could not comment on Mayer's action. However, it is presumed by many that both were aware of the possibility of such action when they proposed such an investigation at yesterday's Board of Supervisors meeting. This is Bob Marsden, reporting from the Santa Clara County Administration Building." Segment 2 (silent): Baseball game at night. Story reads, "The San Jose Bees exploded for 5 big runs in the 6th inning tonight, then went on to defeat the Stockton Ports at Municipal Stadium 8 to 4...The Bees had single runs in the 2 and 3, as right hander Dan Keller of Bees had a perfect game going through the first 6 innings...Stockton jumped on Keller for 2 hits in the 8th, then added 4 runs in the 9th, but the Bees had their 10th win in their last 11 games all wrapped up...3rd baseman Phil Mastagni was the hitting star for the Bees, as he went 3 for 4... a crowd of 2000 were on hand for the game, played in beautiful baseball weather...The Bees and the Ports go at it again tomorrow night at Municipal Stadium...game time is set for 7:30." Reel 3: Segment 1 (silent + sound): Justice William O. Douglas chatting with Dr. Robert Clark outside San Jose State building; cut to cocktail reception inside, with Justice Douglas talking to attendees; cut to small conference room where Justice Douglas makes remarks . "America knows little about Asia...in days of McCarthy, we liquidated all our experts on China, all of our Vietnamese experts..." Opines that American needs a great education on Asia, and the Fulbright hearings have been very constructive. Story reads, "Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas began a two day visit at San Jose State College as the man selected by students to be this semester's visiting scholar. Justice Douglas was welcomed to campus by college president Dr. Robert Clark, who hosted a faculty reception for him. Tonight he addressed the deadline dinner of Sigma Delta Chi -- the Journalistic Society -- and tomorrow addresses students and the public, afternoon and evening. At a news conference, Justice Douglas was asked about our policy in Vietnam and his views on the public questioning of that policy. " Segment 2 (silent): Protesters at United Technology Center site, crates of napalm bombs loaded on truck, railroad crossings, police car arriving. Woman is arrested; man lies down in front of truck and holds on to the front bumper as he is arrested; both are put into the police car and driven away. Script reads, "Redwood City police arrested two more anti-war demonstrators at the site of United Technology Center's napalm plant this morning. A half dozen demonstrators from Stanford University arrived at the Harbour Blvd. plant shortly after 9 a.m. When the first truck carrying empty napalm cylinders arrived at the plant main gate, four demonstrators walked in front to block the vehicle. Police cars had been cruising the area all morning, anticipating the action. Yesterday, the police chief and assistant chief arrested two demonstrators. This morning, Captain Joel Mansfield supervised the arrests. First to be arrested was 23-year old Leith Spieden, of 889 College Avenue in Palo Alto. When she refused to leave, she was dragged off by Lt. Robert Gsell and Mansfield. 25-year old Alan Traister of 2051 Harvard Avenue in Palo Alto was roughly hustled out of the way of the truck, then bundled into a patrol car and handcuffed. Mansfield then shouted at the remaining demonstrators, 'Anybody else?? We'll back another car in!' The protesters withdrew, and the truck proceeded into the napalm plant. The two arrested student demonstrators were booked for creating a public nuisance, and released on bail. Other demonstrators indicated there would be more such acts of civil disobedience, especially if a court hearing to force Redwood City into holding a referendum on the napalm issue is denied tomorrow morning." 5/17/66 A-D 473 NAVY SJ SF; 5/17/66 E-F 473 100' SIL; 5/17/66 G-H 473
Television stations Television broadcasting of news Nineteen sixties Vietnam War, 1961-1975 San Jose (Calif.)--Politics and government Baseball teams Police brutality--United States Police chiefs Police-community relations--United States College administrators Airlines Airports--California--San Franciso Bay Area Tax assessment County auditor Anti-war demonstrations Military weapons Student movements San Jose State University
Time Period
1966-05-17
Place
San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.) San Jose (Calif.) Santa Clara County (Calif.) Redwood City (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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