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during 1958 the K. R. O. N. T. V. News department covered and aired some 1600 films stories here are some of the highlights George martin reported in april for example, cameraman Charles Stanton and Dale McGill were both assigned to cover the arrival of a group of

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new san Francisco residents who were welcomed by thousands of their newly adopted townspeople, banners festooned the streets and confetti filled the sky. As the san Francisco giants came home, a parade brought young fans from their school rooms to cheer their new hero. The crowds grew steadily

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as the parade neared Market Street. As of that date, the Giants had not lost a single National League game and there was talk of pennant hopes in some quarters hopes the season of course did not bear up beneath a blizzard of confetti. The parade swung jointly

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into Montgomery. Okay, at one point there was only enough room for a single escorted convertible to pass right and the procession was almost brought to a halt by the ovation Given star center fielder Willie Mays riding with hank sauer. The parade compared with 1951. Welcome to

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General MacArthur. Mhm. Next day at the ballpark, a capacity audience present Mayor Norris Poulson of Los Angeles George Christopher of san Francisco who engaged in some civic shenanigans in which Paulson nearly got beans. Then the newly relocated Los Angeles Dodgers and san Francisco giants took to

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the field and the crowd roared another welcome. The first pitch by Ruben Gomez to giant with jimmy Davenport was a strike, then another first, the first major league ball retrieved by a spectator who as you'll see, earned okay A fly into right field. The Giants went

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on to win 8 to nothing. A very satisfying opener for San Francisco. Mhm Yeah, 19 time in the news during 1958 the sirens at Alcatraz sounded their dread message escape. As two convicts disappeared, one of them was found a short time later cowering at the edge

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of the chilly waters of the bay. Another was later found dead drowned while trying to swim ashore. But when reporter Tom franklin and cameraman Charles Stanton visited the rock, the search for Aaron Burr get was still going on will be other convict. He had threatened a

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guard with a knife bound him and disappeared. The accomplice, Clyde johnson was discovered on this beach and recaptured guard. Harold Miller was gagged and tied with his hands behind this tree. Then at a news conference miller told his story. Forget I found out later. Mr made

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a few large steps to get directly behind me and took home the right shoulder and spun me around that put me right in between two men and johnson. He was waiting here at the night warden paul Madigan then covered the story of the daring escape attempt,

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including such information as prison officials could get from the recaptured johnson johnson said that he separated from forget immediately and he didn't know where he went or what he did that he had gotten into the water and it took him that long to get around to

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the point at which he was found and he intended to hide out until darkness and then try to make a float of some type and float away. And that's all the information that we've been able to get. Yeah, I feel that uh forget is drowned and

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I hope that the body will turn up on a beach is a guard on that detail. Armed, nope. Our guards on the island generally armed. Other than those other powers. None are armed. No one was armed except those men in the towers. As it turned out,

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warden Madigan's forecast about Bridgette was true several weeks later his body was found floating off Alcatraz. Yeah, the year's weather in northern California was a strange mixture in the winter, a long dry spell, but earlier in the year a long series of wet spells which brought

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floods to many areas. In the Grant and Park district of Kent field heavy rains put laurel street under three ft of water. At least one family took to a boat to get around high water in Kent field brought mostly inconvenience but it also puts something of

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a damper on mail delivery. The postman tries to live up to the departmental slogan about neither rain nor sleet nor gloom of night shall stay. These couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds, but the saying from Herodotus doesn't mention floods mm The male will

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go through, but not just yet. Mhm 1956 4 men escaped from a prison camp by stealing an airplane. Three were recaptured soon afterwards. The fourth got away after two years of Freedom Gerald E book um told K R O N T. V. News that he would

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surrender the following day. He kept his word alerted by the co exclusive story in the final edition of The Chronicle. Other news men were present as boca walked out of the world of freedom accompanied by his attorney Harold Tobin and his father welcome surrendered to warren

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warden. Fred Dicks reporter Charles wrote a ball who broke the story, went on with broken and other reporters the night before. Behind closed doors, Balkans. Father and the escapee talked with me with Attorney Tobin and wrote about the only other person present cameramen dale. My gift.

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Well jerry, we know the story of your escape now. But can you tell us what happened afterwards? Where did you go after your three fellow escapees were recaptured. Well, I went to butte Montana. Mhm. Got a job. Yeah, I met my wife got married. Mhm. I

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uhh I worked there for two years. Finally decided to turn myself in. Did you do anything to change your identity? I used a different name. I obtained a social security card. This other name and obtained a driver's license? Yeah. What was the name you were known

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by in butte john kelly. Did you tell your wife? Yes. Uhh, when I finally decided to give myself up by, I explained the situation, I told her everything and though she was quite upset about it, she agreed that it was the right thing to do. Well

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now, why did you come to this decision? Well, we, I want to live like a normal person and my wife is expecting a child now and uh, I wanted to give it a good home. Well, just be happy. It's, it's the only way I know to

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do it. Oh well Mr buck. Um, what do you think has happened to your son George? I think that the boy has just grown up. How do you feel about it? Well, of course, knowing the boy like I have known him, it makes me very happy

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to see make this decision. I don't know. I don't believe I ever felt better in my life than to have the boy to come through and want to go back and straighten up and live normal. After the next day's formalities in the warden's office were completed.

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Welcomes Father left The sun was escorted to the prison by two guards. He faces at least another year there plus a probable extra one for the escape attempt, but eventually bottom looks forward to a life as he puts it without fear of any kind. This is

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one story that was not a sign after Cameron and Dale McGill had taken the usual ragging from news director Bill Katherine for being late to work. He explained that he'd heard on the radio that a crippled plane was coming into Alameda Naval air station. So he

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took some pictures over san Francisco bay. The big Navy flying boat was straining to make the field after losing a propeller high over the pacific McGill was the first photographer on the scene as the turbo jet plane lumbered heavily through the haze ahead was the Oakland

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estuary and safety. Here's what happened. Mhm mm. Yeah. A racing engine endangered the lives of 17 aboard after the plane slammed into a 15-foot seawall, but all aboard escaped serious injury, wives alerted of the plains trouble or waiting at Alameda Naval Air

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Station. The plane was about 385 miles from the mainland when the six bladed propeller on the left inboard engine ripped loose and chopped through the fuselage. These pictures of the 87 ton craft were made as it rested on the sea wall not far from the estuary

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for which it was reaching strangely enough, the big flying boat had set a new speed record from Hawaii despite the lost engine just under six hours, Here's where the propeller smashed into the fuselage. We take you now to a rehearsal for a concert, which features a

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strange new type of sound called vortex. It makes use of tape recorders and other devices to produce unusual noises combined at varying speeds and rhythms. Now, Henry Jacobs rehearse is two of the composition. Is that giving you that? Well, why doesn't the effect I want? But

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my thought was that we could use the motor that starts real slowly build up speed and we get a sliding effect so you can get it one time. Now I just Oh well, yeah. Now that we slow it down Well, actually, yeah, become very deep in

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the texture and playing at that speed. Let's see what happens. Okay, from there right here. Okay, right, Uh huh. Now that will be Just one revolution around the 38 speakers. Then we'll return to this, we'll have a bass sound and come in with a two base

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cases. Then the concert at san Francisco's Morrison planetarium, music lovers crowd. The lobby is the hour nears the vortex. Elections there to here will be enhanced by lights World across the dome by a special projector. Final preparations are made for the concert, which will be heard

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through 38 loudspeakers faced across the dome. Special controls permit the sound to come from the speakers alone or in combination. Now the audience enters as Jacob's mans. The controls, The house lights dim. The concert begins shortly

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before she headed for a history making trip across the top of the world, under the polar ice caps, the atomic submarine Nautilus took 30 Bay Area Newsman including KR Owens Camera Mondale McGill on a press room, the sleek 320 ft vessel glided easily toward the Golden

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gate and the open sea beyond, oddly enough, though she operates effortlessly on the surface, she's even more efficient below the surface. So once at sea, she immediately submerged and had a rather respectable angle in the control room. The crew on duty pointed the vessel tour of

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the Farallones and the open sea beyond. Despite her nuclear power, the Nautilus emits less radio activity to the men aboard and they'd get on the streets of any city in the compact but well arranged missile, there's even a jukebox to help while away the long hours

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underwater for a sub, the bunks are comfortable and furnished a reasonable amount of room for long trips underwater, precise navigation is essential on this trip is on others. She's right on the button. Now, headed back for san Francisco bay for a visual check. We up periscope

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and take a look around and dead ahead. The Golden Gate bridge beyond it, the city's rimming the bay pictures made directly through the periscope. Even before the polar trip, the nautilus claimed the record for sailing more miles fully submerged than any other submarine. 1500 miles to

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that time. In the Arctic. Nearly 11,000 in the Pacific 20,000 miles in the Atlantic 58 was a year that saw a man shooting missiles around the earth toward the moon and out into space. Thousands of miles american testing took place from the missile base in florida,

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but in december, the US opened a second such base on the west coast. The site Vandenberg Air Force Base about 150 miles north of Los Angeles where launching pads were under construction. In recent weeks, the first thor was trucked into the base. Newsman were briefed on

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the forthcoming shoot. A forest of cameras stood ready to record the flight of the big rocket including one manned by KR Owens Charles Stanton. Slowly the 65 ft four was raised into place. This was to be the first firing not supervised by scientists. A six Man

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Air Force crew did the job as they would in combat Liquid oxygen seek from the 50 ton bulk of the missile. The countdown neared zero now was the time. Mhm. Yeah, wow faster and faster. The big missile rose into the hazy sky. Belching a trail of

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flame our cameras, I kept on it until it disappeared from view over the pacific walk. Yeah. Mhm. The flight of the four not only inaugurated Vandenberg as the nation's newest missile center, it also christened the Navy's pacific missile range after the successful shot before was pronounced

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operational, ready for use if needed in combat When the Air Force unveiled a missile like F 10. For a Starfighter cameraman Charles Stanton. Singlehandedly examined it in sight and sound. You'll see at one point a comparative climb with the now outmoded F 80 and at another

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hear a sonic boom do you want Towards Los Angeles? He must be there in approximately 15 minutes. Yeah. Yeah. You know, we got some bonus. Pretty low spot too first. Uhh uhh the Air Force mobile trading attachment. I need

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a girl like Mr Decker. Yeah, the dime shoeshine, the nickel cup of coffee and the cigar store indian were joined in history last year by the ferry boats of san Francisco bay with a mellow mournful whistle. The elderly steamer san Leandro made a final crossing from

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Oakland to san Francisco and return hundreds crowded aboard for the final trips. Some curious because they've never been on a ferry. Others nostalgic because they rode regularly when routes criss cross the bay also aboard reporter Tom franklin. How long have you been captain of the ferry

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boat? Seven years before that? I was on the bay and river for About 11 or 12 years. What is your personal feeling about discontinuance of the service? I'm sorry to see the boats go home and I say that the rest of the crew feel the same

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way. You can see the work is pleasant. Lots of fresh air and sunshine and we're sorry the books are trying out but that's life. My a lot of them. Yeah. How long you been working on the ferries? 40 years. What are you going to do now?

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Go on retirement. You kind of sorry to see this last day of the ferryboat service. Yeah. For other people, not for me. you kind of tired of the fairies. Well, I was going to get off in the way. Yeah, yeah. Uh huh. Oh, I

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know, yeah, yeah. The right to report public proceedings from any public place has not been accorded television in courts of law. Despite the efforts of responsible television used men across the nation, there have however, been a few scattered breakthrough. This is the exterior of a courtroom

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in Redwood city California where the verdict is about to be delivered in a murder trial and this is the interior. As the defendant. 20 year old Elaine Sally arrives to hear the jury's finding on charges that she stabbed and bludgeoned to death. Her roommate 19 year

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old Catherine kelvin's using a flat iron and a bread knife, Dale Miguel's camera free to operate in the courtroom with proper decorum and available light is square on Miss Sally's face as the jury files in behind her and goes to the box to render its verdict

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home. She is guilty of murder, stunned. She is escorted back to herself to await herself. President Eisenhower made a whirlwind 4.5 hour visit to san Francisco just before the election in an effort to beef up support for the republican state ticket and he'll party breaches a

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helicopter brought him from the airport to a Civic greeting in the city where Mayor George Christopher welcomed him before he was bundled into a car and cavalcade ID to the civic center? So he waved at crowds which generally were sparse. He looked especially to reconcile feuding

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senator William F Knowland and Governor Goodwin Might. At the civic auditorium pickets protested U. S. Foreign policy inside. Mr Eisenhower urged everybody to vote republican to protect the rights of union members. Then it was back to the old helicopter again in the brief time. He had

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also held a televised coffee hour with republican women at san Francisco international Airport. Mr Eisenhower inadvertently made his trip back to Washington a little longer than planned. Then the presidential plane turned into the skies and headed east. Mhm. Late one afternoon immigration men picked up draftsman

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William Hickling as he left his office in 25 minutes he was aboard a plane bound for Canada on route to Finland from which he came here as an infant. His appeal from a deportation order on grounds that he had once been a communist was still pending

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when he left. He had not been permitted to telephone his wife the day immigration officials reversed their decision and ordered him returned. Mrs Hackl I talked with him in Helsinki. She spoke from the K. R. O. N. Tv newsroom. Well I feel fine airport today. Okay,

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the world weary I guess. Tell me about it. Oh they gave there there were reporters or men, women, there were photographers, newsreels, everything. Oh this is wonderful. Right along calls from new york post and everything else? I'm glad you come back. It's gonna be cold back

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here. Is it called that snow on the ground. Have you got an overcoat down what go? You know what department said when I told bob, you know, you didn't pick up without any money without any clothes without anything. He says, well, they'll take good care of

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him along the way. They'll see that he gets whatever he needs. Yeah, we didn't even buy me a toothbrush. I asked him for what I told him I said so after all you could have had a prescription filled over in Vancouver. So I prepared my medicine.

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Well that you should be spending money for no prescription. I think this is outrageous. If you're all right, we'll talk about it when I can pay maybe next week. Huh? I hope trump. The immigration men said, hey killer will be brought back from Finland forthwith. And

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he was our cameras gave his arrival complete coverage, including sound on film which for time purposes is not included here. His appeal is still pending. The strongest man in the world. Came to san Francisco early last year. He's paul Anderson, the £355 olympic weightlifting champion. Tom

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franklin did this interview. Well, the very heaviest weight I have ever lifted was really A bunch of steel scrap iron and things like that. But the most enjoyable lifting I've ever done is 30 girls on a platform. That's really the best way to lift. I think

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you mean to say, a great big fellow like you. The girls aren't afraid of you. Well, no, because I think the main reason is if everyone knows you're strong and you are large, why you have nothing to prove? So. Be very gentle with the girls. Yeah,

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paul. I began to see what you mean. They're big and strong. I don't have anything to prove. And thankfully paul's been great to interview you and I wish you the very best in your in your wrestling career. Thank you very much. Have enjoyed it for a

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time last year. The san Francisco animal shelter was holding, but just barely a male german short haired pointer for it seems the liver colored animal had a remarkable penchant for getting out of the stoutly constructed cages at the shelter and wandering around the place, obviously looking

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for an exit. He was picked up as a stray four days earlier and since then had been found in the corridors with monotonous regularity. Just as monotonously he had been put back in his cage only to get out all over again. Cameramen dale McGill staked out

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in the kennels to see how the pooch accomplished the fact. Yeah. First, a careful examination of the door, then rising on his rear feet. The dog tries to open it with his teeth and he succeeds. He walks out of the cage. A free dog until the

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keepers catch him again shelter. Superintendent James and Brown declared he's the smartest escapee we've ever had some of climb fences and jumped over walls, but this is the first one that just opened the door and walked out as to how the valuable dog got away from

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his owners. Obviously he just opened the door and walked out toward the end of the year. It became apparent that a dedicated effort was underway to reduce the problem of juvenile delinquency, an effort undertaken by a group of teenagers who wanted to combine all the city's

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juvenile clubs into a council to support worthwhile project. I talked with the boys and with Karl May of the American Friends Service Committee who has been advising them for a year. They represent such groups as the Aces Los Bandidos, the Devil's disciples. But after several more

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meetings, I think that we are black to complete the whole city of our clubs. Actually, we have 24 now, we've only had three meetings, I believe six million, seven million should be able to complete the whole city. I've been talking to quite a few people on

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the streets recently and got a couple of people even sign up with us and got from a gas station and cop on the beat and different people throughout the city are really interested in this and we can get some moral support from the public itself. Show

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these people that were not what they say we are. I think we can really give something really great going here the next day a group of the boys marched on city hall to make a protest. Police Captain William Henry Han had said he was against their

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proposed mass meeting of the 50 or so teenage clubs in the city, there might be trouble. He said if a large group gathered, the boys talked frankly to the mayor. He answered frankly, Inspector Hanrahan says that he is against large groups meeting. Well, I think that

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if you can let us meet our own way in case you guys don't know. We've had three or four meetings already and there has been I mean, I think the juvenile delinquency has been stopping already. I mean Percy and all these guys. I mean, they've done

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an awful lot for the kids in san Francisco and maybe you guys don't know it, but they've done a lot for the people to I mean that's I think these guys deserve a lot of credit and you can get half the sitting here to back us

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up and along with Mr Hanrahan and the Police force and my brother important people, juvenile delinquency will go down the drain just like that and that's that's it. Certain things were going to agree with you, certain things, perhaps the police department and other people will not

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agree with you on. But for goodness sake fellas, when they don't agree with you, you cannot take the law in your hands and you can't become rebellious and you can't become obstinate and you can't say, well, we're going to do it anyway, then we can sit

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down and discuss it and we're going to say to the police department or to somebody else, can we do this for the boys? And you need we're going to exert every effort to accommodate 1958 highlights from KRON- TV George Martin reported.