On the day that the weight deadens on your shoulders and you stumble, may the clay dance to balance you. And when your eyes freeze behind the grey window and the ghost of loss gets into you, may a flock of colors, indigo, red, green and azure blue come to awaken in you a meadow of delight. When the canvas frays in the currach of thought and a stain of ocean blackens beneath you, may there come across the waters a path of yellow moonlight to bring you safely home.
May the nourishment of the earth be yours, may the clarity of light be yours, may the fluency of the ocean be yours, may the protection of the ancestors be yours, and so may a slow wind work these words of love around you, an invisible cloak to mind your life.
@tyrese3745 This aired on November 18, 1978 . KGO was are favorite station for news when we lived in the Bay Area . Van Amberg came to our school in 1971 to talk about news and how we as kids can benefit from listening to it .
@saruman84 Sorry I didn't know I was being tested professor! My comment was simply that these two monumental events occurred within weeks of each other and that they were very dark days for the City of SF and the Bay Area.
@andreestes My dad had a cassette tape recording sent from a cop that he was friends with during their time with the SFPD of the police radio transmissions regarding the Moscone & Milk assassinations . He don't have it anymore , but I tell you it sounded like it was absolute bedlam in City Hall . My cousin was working as a clerk in the Assessor's Office when it happened and my dad was no longer with the SFPD . We had moved to Idaho two years before .
@Medic83301 Thanks for the info; that is interesting. I meet Leo Ryan just a few weeks before his murder; he was a good man. So were the Mayor and Supervisor Milk. Sad days for the City.
I remember this to. What happened to Van Amberg? You can't find anything about him on the internet. He was my Walter Cronkite growing up in the bay area.
Jim Jones makes me so mad for some reason...I wonder what that could be...lol....I mean he poisoned them all and the dog wowowowo that is all I can say
This is an incredible piece of history as it happened. I am from (and still living in) the Bay Area and saw this report when it originally aired. Thank you for this post.
Its too bad the guys who killed Rep. Ryan didn't come to their senses and shot Jim Jones instead
vitoduval 2 months ago
Worse mass suicide until 9/11 came along. This was just insane to comprehend.
wrestlefanatic77 4 months ago
On the day that the weight deadens on your shoulders and you stumble, may the clay dance to balance you. And when your eyes freeze behind the grey window and the ghost of loss gets into you, may a flock of colors, indigo, red, green and azure blue come to awaken in you a meadow of delight. When the canvas frays in the currach of thought and a stain of ocean blackens beneath you, may there come across the waters a path of yellow moonlight to bring you safely home.
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1Guitarslayer 10 months ago
May the nourishment of the earth be yours, may the clarity of light be yours, may the fluency of the ocean be yours, may the protection of the ancestors be yours, and so may a slow wind work these words of love around you, an invisible cloak to mind your life.
1Guitarslayer 10 months ago
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1Guitarslayer 10 months ago
It was either November 24th or November 27th, 1978. Just my guess.
tyrese3745 11 months ago
@tyrese3745 This aired on November 18, 1978 . KGO was are favorite station for news when we lived in the Bay Area . Van Amberg came to our school in 1971 to talk about news and how we as kids can benefit from listening to it .
Medic83301 3 months ago
Reporters VS Commentators. Amazing difference.
2012antivirus 1 year ago 6
This happened just a short time after Mayor Moscone and Supervisor Milk were murdered by Dan White. Crazy time in SF.
andreestes 1 year ago
@andreestes It actually happened before it. Get your facts right
saruman84 1 year ago
@saruman84 Sorry I didn't know I was being tested professor! My comment was simply that these two monumental events occurred within weeks of each other and that they were very dark days for the City of SF and the Bay Area.
andreestes 1 year ago
@andreestes My dad had a cassette tape recording sent from a cop that he was friends with during their time with the SFPD of the police radio transmissions regarding the Moscone & Milk assassinations . He don't have it anymore , but I tell you it sounded like it was absolute bedlam in City Hall . My cousin was working as a clerk in the Assessor's Office when it happened and my dad was no longer with the SFPD . We had moved to Idaho two years before .
Medic83301 3 months ago
@Medic83301 Thanks for the info; that is interesting. I meet Leo Ryan just a few weeks before his murder; he was a good man. So were the Mayor and Supervisor Milk. Sad days for the City.
andreestes99 3 months ago
Ugh! How much evidence do you need that RELIGION doesn't work?
FrightwoIf 1 year ago
OH MY GOD!!!!!!
MrGamespecialist 1 year ago
How did you get this footage?
peabody66 1 year ago
@peabody66 It was sent to me by a friend a couple years back
robatsea2009 1 year ago
I remember this to. What happened to Van Amberg? You can't find anything about him on the internet. He was my Walter Cronkite growing up in the bay area.
rcompton43 1 year ago 2
What great quality video!
jwsf941 1 year ago
900 people and "Ted Baxter" focuses on the dog?!?!
RobGoth100 1 year ago
You can bet I wouldn't want to go to either.
therichkennedys 1 year ago
Jim Jones deceived many people to death.
sheltv100 1 year ago
9 Days after Jonestown, Dan White shot and killed S.F. Mayor Moscone and Harvey Milk.
Worrier316 2 years ago
I used to live in the Bay Area myself as a small kid... this happened, though, when we lived in Louisiana.
Still, though, this guy's actions were very wicked. How he could call himself a man of God and do this evil baffles the mind!
StukInBuf 2 years ago 3
It took over 30 years to find out that it was not Mass Suicide but a mass Genocide due to Witnessess and new evidence that came into play.
dinfg6 2 years ago
I did too. I told a someone to go to Jonestown.
frankd1965 2 years ago
@frankd1965 How?
therichkennedys 1 year ago
@therichkennedys I live in the bay area and I told someone I did not like to go take a trip to Jonestown and Chappaquiddick
frankd1965 1 year ago
Jim Jones makes me so mad for some reason...I wonder what that could be...lol....I mean he poisoned them all and the dog wowowowo that is all I can say
brandinj 2 years ago
This is an incredible piece of history as it happened. I am from (and still living in) the Bay Area and saw this report when it originally aired. Thank you for this post.
Aeolis7 2 years ago 8
I remember this was originally labled as Mass Suicide for 20 years until further investigations reveal that it was Mass Genocide
recto89 2 years ago
Who knew that 31 years later that this was revealed to be mass genocide. By Jim jones
Dook6 2 years ago
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