KNTV Channel 11 News Reels July 4, 1966

Description: Original camera footage edited for broadcast for KNTV San Jose Channel 11 news. Includes national, local, and sports coverage. The broadcast script for this date has not survived. Reel 1: Segment 1 (silent): Young prisoners in jumpsuits , handcuffed together in pairs, are led into the back of municipal court building, and then are seen exiting the building again, holding papers in their hands. Many of the young men appear to be Latino. Segment 2 (sound): Man with slight Southern accent being interviewed about a meat processing plan, with what looks like a hotel pool setting behind him. The top of an outdoor umbrella can be seen to the side of his head. Reporter: "How many people will you employ?" "It will be about 250 people initially and it could get as high as 600-800 in future years." Reporter: "Do you plan to draw most of these people from the San Jose area, or will you be bringing them in from other parts of the Bay Area?" "All of 'em will be from this area except some management people that we will bring in." Reporter: "Can you tell us exactly what the plant will do, what its function will be?" "Initially this will be what we call a beef plant, processing nothing but cattle, providing products of beef only - " [cut off] This is followed by a silent shot of a map titled "Proposed San Jose Plant - Swift Meat" of area bounded by Trimble Road, Coyote Creek, and Brokaw Road; and shots of open dirt crop fields. Segment 3 (silent): Small conference session around a table, with map of San Jose on the wall. Two bar charts are put up, one titled "Sal Si Puedes (Little Egypt) Area Rental Rates" and the second, "Duration of Occupancy." The group includes people of color, and women, and they appear to be having an animated discussion. [Eastside San Jose] Segment 4 (sound): Interview with dark-haired man with mustache, who may be Latino, following the conference session. Reporter: "Redevelopment would mean the condemnation of some land and the total rebuilding. How do you think the homeowners would react to this?" "Well, we're not certain how they will react to this. We plan to propose as one possibility, if everyone else goes along with this, that redevelopment of the area be only in sections. Not the entire area. Only sections where the homes are quite substandard, the homes have reached the point of no return, where it's not feasible to put any more money into them. All the [sections?] will remain the same, perhaps rehabilitation could be implemented in these sections. We have to get together with the residents of this area. Both the city and the county at this point plan to allow maximum participation of the residents of the area in determining exactly what they think is best. This would be the first time in which we --" [cut off] Reel 2: Segment 1 (sound): Interview with man in seersucker jacket and glasses, about controversy surrounding Santa Clara County Equal Opportunities Commission. "These very conservative Republicans, who have been attacking the people involved in the program, feel this is a program that would give them equal opportunity, and they're very much opposed to equal opportunity and dignity for those who haven't had the chances that some of the other people have had." Reporter: "The charges were made by Harold Stern -- now do you feel that Harold Stern is against the poverty-stricken people of this area having an equal opportunity?" "Well I certainly do. I just don't like the idea that he can come before a so-called blue-ribbon committee set up by the Supervisors, and use it as a place to attack individuals, bring all sorts of unsubstantiated charges. Now if he wants to make a contribution to the program -- I think we must accept it as an important program -- I think Mr. Stern should come forth with constructive programs, not attacks upon individuals, particularly those -- " Reporter: "Dale Scott of the County Taxpayers Association has publicly taken a position that these area service centers are a natural springboard for political activity, the implication being at least the Eastside service center would be a springboard for you. How do you feel about that?" "There's no one more political than Mr. Scott, there's no one more political than the Santa Clara County Taxpayers Association, who represent very few people, and actually consist of very big industries which are unwilling to pay a fair share of the costs of running a government in Santa Clara County." Reporter: "Are you going to involve yourself in this battle between the Equal Opportunities Commission and the attackers?" "Yes, I've asked for an opportunity to appear before the committee. This was not my original invention but I just think the committee has no purpose and I feel now it's just become a sounding board for very nasty and uncalled for attacks against individuals. I don't mind 'em discussing the program, but when you have attacks upon individuals who in my mind are dedicated people, I think we should call a halt to it. It's not going to be a sounding board for conservative --" [cut off] Segment 2 (silent): Line of people waiting for food at a county fair [Monterey County Fair?] early in the morning. "Meet me at the Fair" painted sign hanging up above them. Cotton candy vendor in the background. Multiple food preparers are making and serving pancake breakfast. A man in suit, wearing a nametag with "Monterey Peninsula" printed on it gets a plate of food. Shots of a young child looking at a cow in a pen; cowboy sleeping in hay with his hat pulled over his eyes; sheet being brushed; horses lined up; woman leading a horse. Reel 3 (silent): A man driving a tractor with a long implement attached to the front of it drives up to a fruit tree in an orchard, then bumps into the tree with the implement. The tree starts shaking fruit down into a large tarp on the ground. KNTV reporter interviews a man inside a tractor barn with an Allis-Chambers tractor in the background. The entire interview is silent, recorded as voice-over for the following reel. Reel 4 (silent footage, with voice-over): More footage of the tractor with long implement attached to it. Voiceover narrates what is going on as fruit is shaken from the tree onto a large cloth, which is then wound up and the fruit delivered into a conveyor system that collects the fruit and dumps it into a Sunsweet wooden crate. Two people are seen working with the large cloth, and the tractor is driven towards the edge of the orchard, where a Standard Oil station can be seen across the street. "This tow-catch frame is towed by a tractor, and the tractor operator tows the frame up so the middle of the frame is opposite the tree. Then he pushes the lever and the shade drops to the ground. Two people pull the shade out under the tree. When the shade is out under the tree, the picker operator drives in, grabs the tree, and shakes the fruit out onto the frame, onto the sheet. The sheet is then retracted up onto the frame, and the fruit is dumped out onto the conveyor. It moves along the conveyor, it goes up an elevator, and drops into a tub. When the tub is full, they drop the tub onto the ground and that completes the harvesting of that particular cycle." Reporter: "How long does the operation take per tree?" "The average operation, to move the frame into the tree, spread the sheet, shake the tree, and get the fruit into the tub, should take about 45 seconds to a minute and a half." Reporter: "And we're watching it being used on prune trees. Can it be used on other crops as well?" "It can be used on other crops. The shade happens to be 24 x 24 feet. A tree that has a wider spread will naturally lose fruit around the sides of this sheet." Reporter: "How many of these machines are in operation?" "At the present time we have six of these catching things in operation and possibly 100 of these trunk tree shakers in operation." 8/10/66 A-C 558; 8/10/66 D-E 558; 8/10/66 F 558; 8/10/66 G 558; 8/10/66 A-C 558; 8/10/66 D-E 558; 8/10/66 F 558; 8/10/66 G 558; 8/10/66 A-C 558; 8/10/66 D-E 558; 8/10/66 F 558; 8/10/66 G 558; 8/10/66 A-C 558; 8/10/66 D-E 558; 8/10/66 F 558; 8/10/66 G 558