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In the ballgame for the Los Angeles Lakers, West, Baylor, Chamberlain,

and Goodrich. For the Warriors, Lucas, Thurman, Mullins, Wiley, and Ellis.

Jerry West puts the ball in play, moves down court. He feeds to Baylor. Elgin

drives, jumps.

He's back.

No, no, no, no, no, no.

What's the matter?

The Lakers are going to tie it up.

What?

The first one's up. Ed, that message you left for me to get over here, I... Wait

a minute, wait a minute. He makes the second one.

That ties it up. With two and a half minutes to go in the fourth quarter, the

Warriors call timeout.

Ed.

You know that shindig the chief was invited to speak at tonight?

Well, he got hold of two extra tickets for us.

Is that all?

We can go as soon as the game's over.

I thought it was something important.

Well, it's nothing earth -shaking, I admit, but I thought you'd want to go.

Sorry, I'm busy.

One of his better speeches, he said. I know, I typed it up, 37B.

Oh, crime in the North Beach area.

B.

Oh, sorry, Pacific Heights.

Busy, huh?

Very.

Official?

Personal.

Doctor, lawyer, Indian chief.

And you're done.

And Lucas, he's really hot tonight.

Chamberlain sets on the low post. Now moves out to a high post. Baylor working

along the baseline. He controls.

Gives outside to Harrison. Harrison moves on a weave. Outside.

Chamberlain on the low post.

Now he moves back underneath.

Go, Warriors. Get him.

I thought you were so busy.

Oh, he can move.

Uh -huh.

All right, all right. I have a date. Why does everybody have to make such a big

thing of it?

Depends on whether it's heavy or light.

First. The dangerous kind.

And I'm a big girl.

Oh, no.

Oh, hurry. Put a fuse in. Yeah, a fuse.

Where are they?

I don't know.

Power failure? The lights are out as far as you can see.

We better stay put till the signals come back in again.

Anytime you count your blessings, Mark, don't overlook battery -powered TV.

The set conked out. Power failure.

Who's ahead?

It's still tied. I'll call you back. 65 seconds to go. The score is still tied.

He makes it, but there's no score about...

a portion of this program to bring you a sick alert message.

This is the San Francisco Police Department.

Four square miles of the downtown Southern District have been blacked out

power failure.

Motorists are advised to use alternate routes until power is restored in about

20 minutes.

We turn you now to the Warriors Lakers game. Ellis drives into the right -hand

corner. Double team feeds outside to Wiley.

That's an open invitation.

What can happen in 20 minutes?

You name it. It's all dark and mugging, grape, gluten.

What about patrol calls? Will radio calls from headquarters get through to

Of course.

But if the power's off in headquarters?

It isn't. There's a little regenerator that cuts in automatically if there's

city power failure. All units in southern district stand by for tactical

Repeat.

Power failure. Failure caused by designated exclusive charge at

All units in southern district stand by for technical alert.

Can't find room. Give us outside. With substation headquartered. What are we

going to do then? An accidental power failure is bad enough.

Deliberate act of sabotage.

That could mean real trouble.

This is KL -17811 calling 3620024.

You're like an old fire horse who just heard the bell.

It is very dark out there. This town's going to be tied up in knots.

Well, maybe I can get the score on the car radio. I'll let you know. You're

leaving. I have to go home and change.

You won't be able to move ten feet.

Well, it looks like you'll be up in a minute. See you tomorrow, Ed. Have a

time.

Chief Ironside's office.

Hello, Ed.

Glad I caught you.

You and Eve meet me at headquarters.

She just left, Chief. I'll try to catch her.

Chief? Hello?

That's right. We have a car over there. Thank you very much.

Headquarters.

Commissioner Randall's got a meeting in Sacramento.

Can anyone else help?

Thank you.

I know you just got off, Harry, but you're not relieved.

What can I do?

Headquarters.

Captain Lavery's off duty.

That's right. Thank you. I was just walking down the street, not bothering

anybody, when all of a sudden this fool comes up and puts the arm on me.

Police brutality, that's what it is. You were carrying six watches and three

cameras. What do you call that? I found them.

The window was smashed in the hawk shop around the corner.

Booker. Hey, you can't do that. It's police brutality.

Watch his rights and treat him gentle.

Yeah, well, that should be around 3 p .m.

All right, we'll try to do the best we can.

Okay, thank you very much. I take over. I need a break. All right.

What are you doing here?

Heard you were having a party? Thought I'd crash it.

I think you just came down to see us peasants sweat.

Who's in charge?

Captain Lavery's in command. Lieutenant Holloway has the watch right now. In his

office? Last I heard, yeah.

Be sure and check all units.

Oh, there he is right now. See you later.

Thanks, Bob.

Lieutenant?

Yes?

I'm Robert Ironside.

Oh, how do you do, Chief?

This is Mark Sanger.

Mr. Sanger, what can I do for you?

I was going to ask you that question.

I was in the area when the power failed, and I thought I'd lend a hand. That is,

if you can use it.

Well, I appreciate it, Chief, but I think we've got things pretty much under

control, and I'm sending out the off -duty men as soon as they report in. Are

ready for anything?

What about the substation? I've got a mobile squad on there right now.

Lieutenant Holloway?

Excuse me, Chief.

The place for old firehorses is in the barn.

Chief?

I'm sorry it took so long.

Traffic's all jammed up.

Eve had a date. She got away before you called.

I'm sorry I dragged you out.

Looks like there's nothing here for us to... Johnson, get two men up to the

section. The flight's all we've got. On the double.

That's the auxiliary generator, Ed. Get down there.

Call from communications, Lieutenant.

Everything's out. the phone get two squad cars park them in front can't all

units are in the field call them in we need communication lieutenant yes walkie

talkies will cover all units in the district on attack two frequency and you

won't weaken the force you have in the streets where they may be needed right

distribute the cc units we have on hand put one in my office right thanks chief

you're welcome if you could stick around in your sparing office you can use the

one at the end of the hall

Sergeant Brown, did you find anything?

I was just coming in that door when the explosion went off. Did you see anybody?

No. All right.

Stay here. I'll have a look around.

In all the confusion, we didn't get a final score on the basketball game. I

know. Any ideas on the game?

The power station blow up.

The explosion. I wouldn't even try to guess.

We'll just have to get all the details we can and see what kind of pattern they

form. Hey, we can use one of these.

Thank you.

Where's Lieutenant Holloway? Probably in his office. Dave, what happened to your

head? Well, right after the explosion, I saw a guy run up out of the lower

level. He went out the side door and I went after him. Next thing I knew, I got

clobbered. I found him lying out there. You didn't see anyone? Only a car.

Went barreling out of the parking lot without his lights. But I got his

number, YSA 860.

What makeup car?

Sedan, but I can't be sure about the color. It was too dark out there.

All right, Dave, get up to Holloway's office.

Fill him in and have him send out an APB.

Tell him I want to know everything that happens in the district right down to

jaywalking. Right.

And you better get that head looked at.

Oh, no damage, Bob. It's too thick.

Agreed, but have it checked out anyway.

Come on, sir.

Oh, Bob, I'm glad you're here.

Lieutenant Holloway's good, but he's still a little green. Now get that head

checked out.

All right, Mark, let's get to work.

That's right. Communication center not functioning.

We'll be using this setup during the alert. Stand by.

Get APB, Lieutenant.

APB.

Vehicle and documents wanted for bombing a police facility and an ADW against a

police officer.

License number.

Young. Sam.

vehicle traveling north on Payson Street. There is no assistance required.

Then south to Grand Street.

East to Dudley.

And if I remember correctly, substation six supplies power from everything from

there on to the bay.

Dave, you all right?

Yeah, I told you before.

Didn't even break the skin. Good.

Can you fill in any other details for me? No.

I saw this guy downstairs, chased him outside, and then pow!

I guess the fellow that slugged me sabotaged the generator.

Sorry, Bob.

Afraid I blew it.

Not your fault.

Funny, our being together again in an office like this.

Remember the first time, Bob?

Captain Haley told us he was going to try us out as a team.

I guess maybe that year with you was just about the best year of my life.

And now look at us.

You're up for retirement soon, aren't you?

One more year and then I got a civil service job lined up.

With that and your police pension, you'll have it made.

Bob,

Now, Holloway took me off duty. Told me to go home and get some rest.

But I don't want to miss the action.

How about if I hang around and help you?

Be like old times.

There's a playing field.

Four square miles of darkness.

Now, what's the object of the game?

Burglary?

Murder? Well, there are a lot of big fat jewelry stores in the area. There sure

are. Just about every other kind of target you can think of.

Well, what have we got?

With a pattern.

As soon as the reports start coming in. I tried to get a CC unit, but they were

all tied up. We'll manage.

Bob, what if knocking off something out there is not the object of the game?

What if they have another target?

Headquarters. Suppose there's something here they want to get. Like one of the

prisoners in the jail section.

Narcotics. The stuff they picked up in that raid is worth thousands.

And it's all right here.

Well, it is a possibility.

But there's a lot more out there.

And there's a good one.

Section 22.

Art galleries, rare bookstores, wholesale jewelry district, diamond

23. Banks, museums, Picasso exhibits.

What's Holloway's extension?

1731.

Busy. Hey, ask Holloway to keep us posted on 22 and 23 in particular.

Okay.

You two go back a long way.

Yeah, he broke me in when I was a rookie.

How come he never made lieutenant?

Couldn't hack their written exams.

They were pretty tough.

This is unit 174. A window smash.

A jewelry store at 340 James Street. We'll check it out.

Sorry, no luck downstairs.

What about the generator?

Maintenance man said it'll take at least an hour to fix.

Was he in the room when it happened? Yeah, somebody came up from behind and

slugged him. He seems to be all right. They slipped some kind of explosive into

the generator brushes.

The lab boys are just starting to work. Well, we should have city power in less

than ten minutes. A car with the license number YSA860 was reported stolen

yesterday. No trace of it yet. There's been less looting than anticipated.

Forget the looting. The important thing is what's happening that might have been

planned in advance.

Trouble is, with only the walkie -talkies to work with, some of the units

having trouble getting through.

Sniper on roof. Any follow -up on that?

I haven't heard yet.

Oh, there was a firebomb thrown in the same block and another a few blocks

All right, Ed. Stay with it.

I'll read them off, Mark.

You spot them.

Window smash.

Hudson Street on the corner of Madison.

Sniper on roof.

Blaine Street between Evans and Marsh.

Firebomb, same location.

Think they'll make it in time?

That's Jonesy's department.

Go on in and see.

Not me.

My job is to make like a cop, out here, where I can take off if I have to.

The lieutenant just got a call from the power company. Another substation's been

blown up. No chance of getting the power back on in less than 30 minutes.

And it might take a lot longer.

Man 1, this is M274.

Liquor store broken into.

Looters have dispersed.

That's correct, 206, and the crowd has been dispersed. Three looting suspects

are in custody.

Firebomb thrown from moving vehicle 200 block Jefferson.

No follow -up.

That's firebomb number five.

And it's near where the first one was thrown.

What strikes me is that there's been no follow -up on any of them. Probably just

some kook getting his kicks.

It could be a way of diverting mobile units away from the action.

Yeah, it sure could.

One man in a car, throwing firebombs like a newsboy tossing out papers.

That could keep a lot of our men on the run.

Lieutenant Holloway said to tell you he's alerted adjoining districts to

all power substations.

Good. Maybe now the game won't go into overtime. What about 22 and 23?

Firebombing and looting in 22, nothing in 23.

Well, there's something more important, I think.

Go on down the hall, see for yourself.

If this wasn't broken when I was here before, I would have stepped on the

It's all over the floor.

And get a hold of Ed.

Tell him to bring somebody from the records bureau.

The point now is, Dave, if what they wanted was microfilm, why'd they wait so

long? Well, it's very simple. They just waited till everybody was swamped,

that's all.

And breaks the glass from the outside so he can reach in and unlock the door.

Broken glass would drop inside.

Maybe some of it outside, but close to the door.

Yeah, right.

Not way out there where I stepped on it. More than one piece out there. There's

a lot of it. It must have been broken from the inside.

You know who works the night shift in this room?

No, but I do know he's supposed to be here at all times.

All policemen on duty in the Records Bureau have been sent out into the

Mr. Kinney of Civil Service.

Mr. Kinney. Hello, Chief.

You feel all right now, Sergeant Spangler? Oh, much better, Mr. Kinney,

You're familiar with the microfilm unit, Mr. Kinney?

Sure. Will you please take a look in there?

Wow. Anything special filed there recently?

No.

If we find out what's missing, that could give us a clue as to who to look

There's nothing on the reels except a code number. I'll have to check each one

in the cross -index.

Why don't we get that in the file room so you can work faster?

Bob, can you spare Sergeant Brown?

In his head, you stay with him.

Sergeant, you will call the numbers. Mr. Kinney will pull the cards. When he's

pulled the last one, the cards remaining in the files are the ones that are

missing. All right. The man on the night shift here, was he sent out on field

duty? No, he's civil service, too. He should have been here.

Obviously, he wasn't.

Well, if he wanted some microfilm and just sneaked it out, sooner or later

somebody would discover it was missing, and then he would be a suspect.

You think a man would set up this whole thing, blowing power plants and all the

rest just for still microfilm? Sure, if it was important.

What do you think, Bob? Oh, I'm not disagreeing with you, Dave.

This may be a very important part of the plan.

I think it's the whole plan. Well, there are still a lot of angles to check out.

Now, we've got a man of the day, Chef, Sergeant Reddick.

You ask him for a reel, he doesn't have to look at the index. He's been here so

long, he knows the whole thing by heart.

All off -duty officers have been called in and deployed. You want to check it

out with Lieutenant Holloway? Right.

I thought only old records were put on microfilm. That's right. Records that

have been around for ten years or so are transferred routinely.

What could anybody do with something like that?

Well, there could be material that has some bearing on a hearing that's coming

up. But when it's all ancient history.

And it's been ruined by dirt, dragged up from the past.

Politicians, career diplomats, scientists. But you're not convincing

think the microfilm is just a sideshow, a diversion.

Chief Ironside?

Yes? I was told to report to you, sir. My name is Brill. I work the night shift

in the microfilm room.

What happened, Mr. Brill?

I was sitting there in the dark. Someone opened the door and called in and said

Lieutenant Holloway wanted to see me.

I looked all over. When I finally found the lieutenant, he said he hadn't sent

for me at all. Any idea who called in to you?

No, sir. Think you'd recognize that voice if you heard it again?

I, uh, I might.

Report to Sergeant Brown in the microfilm unit. Find out what's missing

as you can.

Yes, sir.

I tried to reach Reddick.

Called his house and his wife said she didn't know where he was.

Dave, I want the personnel folder and everything else you can get on Brill,

Kinney, and Reddick. Then you do agree with me.

Right now, it's the only lead we have.

Besides, you can't have a forest without trees.

Zero three nine seven two.

Cabinet 12.

One oh six two nine.

One zero six two eight two.

No card.

You know, Sergeant, a lot of these are missing.

Yeah, we've noticed. Whoever broke in took some of the index cards and filed

the file.

2 -1 -7 -0 -8.

Brill had a drinking problem when he started here.

Except for drinking, and he's apparently like that.

He gets straight A's.

Well, Kitty was in cryptography and the Navy, top security clearance.

And he settled for a clerk's job in civilian life? Honorable discharge from

service. Some college on the G .I. Bill, too.

Three routine jobs, finally settled down here, worked in personnel, got

transferred. Reddick.

This is the first desk job he's had. Efficient, conscientious.

Way over on sick leave.

We got four days last month.

How's it going?

Slow. Here's the latest.

What's happening in 23?

All quiet.

When did you check last?

Got a situation report from there just a few minutes ago.

You'd think by the law of averages there would be something.

Mark, take over for Ed in the microfilm room.

Ask him to have a look around 23.

Right.

You want me to go with him, Bob?

I thought you were convinced our answer is here.

Well, yes, but... June 1967, requested transfer to the microfilm section.

What's the transfer?

Reddick? No, Brill, the nightmare.

Why would anybody volunteer for a crummy job like that?

A man with a drinking problem might want to keep as busy as possible.

Occupational therapy.

Maybe.

But it's something to look into.

Yeah.

39742.

No card.

Well, at least we know those are missing.

Yes, but there's nothing much here.

Just routine investigations and misdemeanors.

Now, if we only knew where we could file these, all of them, we might find a

lead. For instance, I remember not long ago I checked a reel from that cabinet

there. It was a man that was suspected of being in with a gambling syndicate.

Now, if all these reels were filed and there was one missing from that cabinet,

I'd know it was his.

Mr. Brill, you've been assigned to microfilm for years.

Seems to me you have enough reels filed to make an educated guess.

All right, sir, I'll make one guess.

I'll say that they did take reels pertinent to a gambling syndicate. And

others at random to throw us off.

That reel you checked out recently, what was the name of the man?

Well?

Simmons, I think.

Simmons or Simpson.

I'm sorry it takes so long, Chief, but you see, we deliberately file these

in a haphazard manner so that only a well -trained man can find them.

Which means, of course, that only a trained man could have done this.

Well, yes.

That is, if he got what he wanted.

I think we can assume we're dealing with someone who knew what he was doing.

Stay with it.

Chief?

It was Simmons, I'm sure now.

Albert Simmons.

Good.

If you get any more flashes, let me know.

We'll check Simmons and the Curtin's records.

Well, looks like we got the whole picture now.

Corner of it.

Oh, come on, Bob. Admit it. I beat you to the punch this time.

Well, what I mean is... I know what you mean, Dave. I hope you're right.

So do I.

Oh, hello, Reddick.

You know Chief Ironside?

Sorry to meet you, Chief. Sergeant.

Reddick's the man I told you about. He knows the file inside and out.

You were just checking in?

Well, I was at home.

I live way out past El Salido. I heard the news bulletin for off -duty men to

report, so I got here as quick as I could.

But traffic's murder.

Have you heard what happened? About the microfilm?

The watch commander told me.

What'd they get?

We don't know.

A lot of the file cards are missing. I've got that file right here in my

They called his home after that bulletin went out.

His wife said she didn't know where he was.

Hold it, Mr. Freeze.

Turn off the flashlight.

I'm a police officer. I'll get it.

Okay, Sergeant, sorry.

You here on anything I can help you with? No, I just stopped to see why the

streets blocked off. Well, it was quiet for a while, then we had a whole series

of incidents.

Had trouble reaching headquarters, so we decided to seal it off.

Everything okay?

He's a detective.

Where have you been?

Oh, I saw a car pull up in park.

Turned out to be a couple of teenagers who wanted privacy.

I moved them out. Well, looks like you're keeping the lid on here.

It's been quiet the last half hour or so.

Hope it stays that way. Sergeant, sorry I tripped you out.

All

right,

Dad. We heard from the power company.

They can just about guarantee the juice will be on in 20 minutes or less.

Thought you'd want to know. Thank you, Lieutenant.

Been a long time since I've seen that look on your face.

What look?

The one that means you're beginning to get a glimmer.

I'm beginning to think we're both right, Dave.

Interest tested, and there was some activity in 23, but the unit had trouble

with communication.

Well, there goes that theory.

Right after Ed called, the unit reported some looting. No arrest.

Ironside. Chief, some microfilm was just found in the wastebasket in the men's

room. How many reels?

Twelve. Thank you, Lieutenant.

What is it?

Some of the microfilm's been recovered.

Sergeant Reddick, do you have any idea how many reels are missing?

I know exactly how many.

Twelve. Do you know which reels? Yes, sir. All from the same cabinet. One of

NC cabinets.

Non -criminal.

Routine investigations.

Are you sure?

Check it yourself.

I could have sworn.

It's still part of the picture, Dave.

Then all this was done just to throw us off.

Exactly. Which makes it valuable in and of itself.

Well, throw us off from what? More important, from where?

23 has joined the club.

That map tells us nothing.

Absolutely nothing.

Well, there's less going on in 4T than anywhere else. Could that be a lead?

I doubt it, Mark.

It's a low -income residential district sunlight industry. But nothing much...

Raddick, Pearl, and Kenny are finishing up in the microfilm room.

The man who blew up the generator and wrecked the microfilm room has to be

working with whoever's outside.

And has to have a pretty good idea of police operations, too.

Yeah, but after he slugged me, he got away.

So it seems.

Keep your eyes on them anyway, Dave.

Now, Lieutenant, what's going on?

Well, we're holding our own. And you?

Like a needle in a haystack.

Commissioner Randall called.

He's back?

Still in Sacramento.

He sounded pretty relieved when I told him you were here.

He wouldn't be if he knew the progress I was making.

Cruised all around in 23, Chief. Caught up with the mobile unit. They've had

some disturbances, mostly routine.

I know.

It was kind of an unusual setup there.

They blocked off the area and were rerouting traffic.

I didn't issue any instructions like that.

I just got an ID on the vehicle number.

The unit's from Potrero Division.

I didn't ask them for men.

All right, get back out there, Ed. I suggest you throw in as many units as

can.

Lieutenant Holloway.

The looter was just shot by a store owner.

Section 39. Now we've got a riot on our hands. Well, who reported it? Sergeant

Miller. Says he needs every man you can spare.

You need them in 23, too, Lieutenant.

Well, Miller's right there at the scene, Chief. I have to give that priority.

I'll send what I can to 23.

You mean the trouble in 23?

Yes. Well, it must be the Federal Reserve Bank.

They just got a shipment this week. Pretty tough nut to crack, Dave.

Well, what are we waiting for?

Don't worry, we will. How's it going, Becker? We better let it cool off. We

don't have time.

You want that door to go or you just want to hear a big noise?

All right, Becker, get this stuff.

Sorry, this street is closed.

This street is closed.

Hold it.

That truck will be here any minute.

Go out there and watch for it.

Won't be long now.

It's about time you got here.

You stay at the wheel. I'll help load.

All right, hold it.

Put your hands up. Turn around.

Walk straight ahead.

Stop. You, step out.

Put your hands up. Walk straight ahead.

Chief,

I just got the report The two men posing as police officers confessed to bombing

the power stations, so you made a clean sweep.

Not quite, Lieutenant.

There's still a loose end.

Maybe this will help you tie it up, a reply on that APB we sent out.

Yes, this will do nicely, thank you.

Sergeant Spanger still here? Yes, down in the microfilm room, as far as I know.

Thank you, Lieutenant.

Thank you, Chief.

Oh, Bob, I was afraid you weren't going to come back. I've been hearing a lot of

wild stories about 23.

Where's Brill and the sergeant?

Reddick's back on duty and records.

Brill took a break to get some coffee.

What happened out there? What was hit?

A warehouse containing a shipment from a local banknote company.

Specialist in the manufacture of safety paper and printing foreign currency.

Foreign currency?

From what I saw, valued at least several hundred thousand.

Not worth the effort.

Well, that must have taken a whole gang.

The five we nailed plus one.

One?

Here?

You were on the right track, Dave, but for the wrong reasons.

Why don't you answer that yourself?

A man who could coach the rest of the gang in police procedures, knew how to

to the auxiliary generator, knew enough to use the microfilm room as a red

herring. Oh, that could have been anybody.

A man who knew how to cover himself so nobody'd suspect him, use a slugging to

his own advantage.

Hey, hey, wait a minute. A man who could read the makesheets on hot cars, but

picked one that was just found in Fresno.

An impossible distance if it had been in the parking lot an hour ago.

Be cool.

Be cool.

Why? Nothing unusual, Spangler.

Just money. Thank you for that, Mr. Kinney.

It's a relief to meet an uncomplicated man for a change.

for 20 -odd years.

You know him so well, you think you can read his mind.

But there's always that fine print.

I thought you had a date.

Not to Rethel. I took a cab back here to pick up my car.

Sergeant Spangler, Officer Whitfield.

Hi. Officer Whitfield?

Was Reddick involved in this?

No.

He lied about being at home because he was in an all -night garage where he'd

been moonlighting.

Working as a mechanic.

He was afraid he'd be suspended if that got out.

You name it, we got it. What have you got?

What do you want?

Hot dogs, hamburgers, pastrami?

Pastrami. I'll take one of each.

I thought you had a date.

We had a misunderstanding.

Sorry.

Well, let's see how the game turns out.

And that concludes the sports news for tonight.

Tomorrow's another day.