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A squad of Board of Equalization investigators raided four night spots shortly after 3 a.m. yesterday for selling liquor after hours or without licenses. Eleven persons were arrested. The raided places were Coffee Dan's, 430 Mason Street; Bop City, 1690 Post St.; the KK Breakfast Club, 414 Grant Avenue; and The Broken Drum, 10 Embarcadero. — Jan 25 Twin brothers arrived at Fort Mason aboard a troop transport, bringing into sharp focus the personal tragedy which can result from war. Pvt. Irwin Reitz, 21, stood on the pier and watched the ship's boom lower a casket with the body of his brother Edwin. Irwin was the official military escort for his brother, whom he had seen die on the battlefront in Korea. — March 3 Art experts oppose a bill by a California congressman to force removal of the murals from the Rincon Annex Post Office. Rep. Hubert Scudder, R-Sebastopol, author of the bill, called the paintings by Russian-born artist Anton Refregier "subversive," "grotesque," "cadaverous," and "offensive." — May 1 On the eve of Queen Elizabeth's coronation, Buckingham palace announces a British expedition has conquered Mt. Everest, world's highest peak. — June 2 Herb Caen in London: "In the years to come I suppose I'll forget all about the mystical pomp and pageantry of the Coronation ceremony, and it'll be hard to remember the passing parade of the Empire's forces. But I'll never forget the people who lined the sidewalks with patience and loyalty and just plain stamina." — June 4 Hardly a ripple of excitement was observed in downtown San Francisco when big newspaper headlines heralded the Korean armistice. Sunday strollers glanced at the headlines, shrugged and walked on. — July 27 The Recreation-Park Commission pledged to do everything possible to keep freeways out of Golden Gate Park, unless they are built underground. — Sept. 11 President Eisenhower names Gov. Earl Warren Chief Justice of the United States. Lieutenant Governor Goodwin J. Knight of Los Angeles will become Governor. — Oct. 1 Night club entertainer "Harry the Hipster" Gibson, 33, and his blonde ex-dancer wife, Marian, failed to show up in Superior Court to answer charges of possessing marijuana. — Nov. 17 An admitted ex-Communist teacher at the City College of San Francisco was fired last night by the Board of Education for refusing to answer questions put to him by the House Un-American Activities Committee. — Dec. 9 |
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