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A new plan for the mass evacuation of San Francisco's nearly 1,000,000 persons on a "yellow alert" (meaning H-bomb or A-bomb attack is probable) is announced. The movement of San Franciscans would be north and south" rather than to Oakland, because of the probability of similar traffic problems there. — April 22
An invaluable painting was stolen from a gallery crowded with visitors at the M.H. De Young Museum, in Golden Gate Park. The painting, a miniature, "Archduke Albert of Austria," is believed by many authorities to be the work of Peter Paul Rubens. — July 18
Air show draws throngs to opening of San Francisco International Airport main terminal: Total crowd figures for the three days of dedicatory ceremonies, aerial thrills and pageantry, was 553,000 visitors. — Aug. 30
The rich full sounds issuing through the Palace Hotel were in this world but out of range of your plain old radio, phonograph or television set. This was high fidelity, known to its addicts as Hi Fi, and just about the most delightful treat the ear has ever known. — Sept. 12
The nine-month marriage of movie queen Marilyn Monroe and baseball hero Joe DiMaggio shattered today and she will sue for divorce. — Oct. 4
"The woman co-owner of Tommy's Place, a North Beach trap where teenaged girls mingled with female sex deviates and drug addicts, was speedily acquitted last night after a milk-toast (sic) prosecution solely on charges of selling beer to minors." — Dec. 3