October 1959 - San Francisco Police Officers Association

EXHIBITS
NATURE
AND SCIENCE
SAN FRANCISCO
CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
Exhibitions include the Tusher African
Center, Planetarium, Rainforest, Callforma
& Climate Change, Swamp, the
Foucault Pendulum, Expeditions, Science
in Action, Early ChildhoodCenter,
Philippine Coral Reel, Water Planet,
California Coast, Amazon Flooded
Forest, Naturalist Center and Observation
Terrace. Ends Sun. 9:30 am.-5 p.m.
Mon-Sat., 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sun. Closed
Thanksgiving and Christmas. 55 Concourse
Dr., Golden Gate Park. (415)
379-8000. www.ca1academy.org .
CHINESE CULTURE CENTER "Chinese
Puzzles: Games for the Hands
and Mind." Traditional Chinese puzzles
from the Yi Zhi Tang Collection.
Through Oct. 11. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tues.-
Sat. 750 Kearny St., 3rd fir. (415) 986-
1822. www.c-c-c.org .
CONSERVATORY OF FLOWERS "Butterfly
Zone: Plants and Pollinators."
An exhibition about plant pollination
that features living butterflies.
Through Nov. 2. 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Tues.-Sun. John F. Kennedy Dr., Golden
Gate Park. (415) 666-7001. www.
conservatoryofflowers.org.
EXPLORATORIijM "Mind." Featuring
more than 40 new interactive exhibitions.
Through Dec. 31. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Tues.-Sun. Open most Mon. holidays.
First Wed. of the month free. Palace of
Fine Arts, 3601 Lyon St. (415) 563-..
RANDALL M1JSfUM)' "Wild in the
City." An interactive exhibition exploring
San Francisco's wildlife.
Through Nov. 1. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-
Sat. 199 Museum Way. (415) 554-9600,
Ext. 12. www.randa1lmuseum.org .
SAN FRANCISCO BOTANICAL GAR-
DEN More than 7,500 plant and tree
varieties. Daily docent-led tours from
the bookstore at 1:30 p.m. Mon-Fri.,
10:30 am. and 1:30 p.m. Sat-Sun.
Tours from the Friend Gate at 2 p.m.
ri. an Sun. 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Mon.- 10d a.m.-5 p.m. Sat-Sun.,
holidays, ye. and Lincoln Way,
Golden Gate 5) 6611316.
OTHER BAY AREA
ALAMEDA HISTORICAL MUSEUM
Photographs, archival documents, artifacts,
Vintage clothing and ephemera.
1:30-4 p.m. Wed-Fri., Sun.; 11
a.m.-4p.m. Sat. 2324 Alameda Ave., Alameda.
(510) 523-7783.
CHABOT SPACE & SCIENCE CENTER
Exhibitions on the solar system and
meteorites, plus a 3-D tour of the universe.
Daily screenings in the Ask
Jeeves Planetarium and Megadome
Big Screen Theater. Permanent exhibitions
include "Destination Universe,"
"Solar-Go-Round" and "Chahot
Observatories: A View to the
Stars." "Beyond Blastoff: Surviving in
Space." See what it's like to live and
work in space. Featuring space suits,
space tools, spacecraft and astronaut
food. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wed.-Thurs., 10
a.m.-I0 p.m. Fri-Sat., 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
Sun. 10000 Skyline Blvd., Oakland.
(510) 336-7300. www.chabotspace.
org.
COYOTE POINT MUSEUM "The
Green Farm." An exhibition on sustamable
agricultural practices. H
am.-5 p.m. Tues.-Sat., noon-5 p.m.
Sun. 1651 Coyote Point Dr., San Mateo.
(650) 342-7755. www.coyotept,nu
seum.org.
LAWRENCE HALL OF SCIENCE Interactive
exhibitions, weekend discovery
labs, family events, sky shows in Holt
Planetarium. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily.
Centennial Dr., near Grizzly Peak
Blvd., Berkeley. (510) 642-5132. www.
lawrencehallofscience.org.
MARINE MAMMAL CENTER The Visitor
Center contains marine mammal
exhibitions, a gift store and Webcam
access for the public to remotely see
marine mammal patients. The main
hospital, where animal patients are
cared for, is undergoing a major renovation
project and is closed to the public
until further notice. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
daily. Visitation limited due to renovations.
Mann Headlands, 1065 Ft.
Cronkhite, Rodeo Beach, Sausalito.
(415) 289-7355. www.marinemammal
center.org.
RUTH BANCROFT GARDEN Waterconserving
landscape design demonstrated
in a private garden. Docent-led
tours available Fri.-Sat. Self-guided
tours on Sat.-Sun. Plant sales after
each tour. Call for hours and tour reservations.
1552 Bancroft Rd., Walnut
Creek (925) 210-9663. www.ruthban
croftgarden.org .
TECH MUSEUM OF INNOVATION
"NetPl@net." Participate in a virtual
arm wrestle using haptic technology,
publish and post a Web site, take a
tuajound the globe with Webcams,
more. $7-$9.50.9 a.m.-9 p.m. daily. 201
S. Market St., San Jose. (408) 294-8324.
www.tlietech.org.
UC BOTANICAL GARDEN Displays of
exotic and native plants on 34 acres. 9
a.m.-5 p.m. daily. (Docent-led tours
available at 1:30 p.m. Thurs., Sat, and
Sun.) 200 Centennial Dr., Strawberry
Canyon, Berkeley. (510) 643-2755.
www.botanicalgarden.berkeley.edu .
TOURS
SAN FRANCISCO
BALCLUTHA - 1886 SAILING SHIP
Learn about the rewards and hardships
of being part of a crew that
adapted to harsh living conditions and
fought for survival through dangerous
storms. 9:30 a.m..-5 p.m. daily (except
major holidays). Hyde and Jefferson
streets. (415) 561-7100. www.nps.gov.
BARBARY COAST TRAIL A series of
bronze medallions in the sidewalk
connects 20 of San Francisco's most
important historic sites. Printed or audio
guides are available in stores or online.
Guided tours by appointment
(415) 454-2355. www.barbarycoast
trail.org.
BIG MONEY AND TALL TOWERS The
tour includes the architecture and financial
history of the city and a visit to
the 16th floor of the Steuart Tower,
One Market. Free. Embarcadero at
Market St. (415) 775-1111. www.sfhis
tory.org.
FARALLON ISLANDS WHALE WATCH-
ING AND SI RUING WeLkly scheduled,
expert-guided day cruises to the Farallon
National Wildlife Refuge and Gulf
of the Farallones National Marine
Sanctuary, through November. See
blue, humpback and gray whales, dol-
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WAYBACK MACHINE
BY JOHNNY M
Here's a lool' the past. Items
have been .. culled from The
Chronicle's archives of 25, 50, 75
and 100 years ago.
1983
SEPT. 23: A new system of projecting
English "supertitles" will be
introduced by the San Francisco
Opera for its October student, senior
citizen and family matinee
performances of Verdi's "La Tra- -
viata." The translation, in letters
about a foot tall, will beprojected
on a screen hanging just above the
top border over the stage. A
spokesman for the San Francisco
Opera said the use of supertitles is
an experiment and there are no
plans to use them during the regular
subscription season.
I. 1958
SEPT. 21: Dave Brubeck turned
down $17,000 in round-trip transportation
and performance fees
for his quartet for a proposed
South African tour in January.
"They told us we couldn't take our
bass player, so the deal was off,"
Brubeck said. Bassist Gene
Wright, who is rejoining the
group in time for the Monterey
Jazz Festival in October, is black.
A letter received from the Johannesfig
promoter said: "It is abso-
1uteImpossible for (Wright) to
come to South Africa. Not only is
there an ordinance prohibiting
the pearance onstage of a mixed
group' but also he would not be
allowjn the country, and therefore
tiff tour would have to be
SEPT. 91tMickey Cohen, Los Angeles
soda foilitam proprietor and
erstwhile mobster, has taken legal
action againit the San Francisco
Police Depnt. He filed a federal
court suit an injunction
to prevent j'ce Chief
I'homas Cahill from king him
what the underworld imonly
mils a rousting. Cohen ged
that when he last visited San 4
tisco to confer with his biof1
pher, Dean Jennings, he was harãssed
and hounded by Cahill and
wo police inspectors and ordered
:o leave town. They detained him
vithout charge and searched his
room without a warrant, Cohen
naintained. To all of this Cahill
'esponded frostily: "I have a sworn
)bligation to the people Of San
7rancisco to protect them."
CELS TOUR: RACISM
Dave Bruheck would not go on
a 1958 tour of South Africa
without bassist Gene Wright.
SEPT. 23: Prospective liquor dealers
have been warned by Fred E.
Stewart, member of the Equalization
Board, who called attention
to the fact that with the repeal of
federal Prohibition, California's
new State liquor regulation act becomes
effective. The act prohibits
public saloons, bars or drinking
places where intoxicating liquors
are kept or sold or consumed.
"Any responsible person of good
moral character is entitled to a license
for the off-sale of hard liquor,"
Stewart stated. "But hard liquor
cannot be sold for consumption
on the premises under any
circumstances."
throughout the country for that
flag to be flown at any celebration
attended by officials of the German
government, even in Washington.
San Francisco cannot afford
to insult the consul and the
country he represents." Hayden
replied that there has been
marked feeling throughout the
city against the display of the Hitler
flag. The mayor's office has received
numerous letters threatening
action against the city if the
auditorium is loaned for a celebration
where the flag is displayed..
1908
SEPT. 24: Squirrel saute is soon to
be a thing of the past if an ordinance
recommended .by the
Board of Health and the Hospital
and Health Committee of the
Board of Supervisors is adopted.
The proposed ordinance makes it
a misdemeanor to sell ground
squirrels in San Francisco. Health
authorities contend that the squirrels
are infected with disease,
which in some cases has been
transmitted to people, causing
death in several instances. In practically
the entire farming section
of the state the ground squirrel is
regarded as a pest, owing to the
damage it does to crops. Farmers
have welcomed market hunters in
their pursuit of the squirrels, and
millions of the little animals have
been sold in cities around the bay,
sometimes being served under
their own name, but frequei1y
they furnish the meat for rabbit or
other game pies. If the proposed
ordinance is adopted, the hunters
will have to abandon their calling.
SEPT. 27: Plans for San Francisco's
German Day celebration
were shaken when the city issued
an ultimatum forbidding the dis- SEPT. 25: Coming from Madison
Play of the Nazi flag. J . Emmet Square Garden in New Yark,
Hayden, acting mayor, threw the Where it began its tour in the
German Day committee meeting spring after having been abroad
into an uproar when he withdrew for four years, "Buffalo Bill's Wild
official sanction of the display of West and Congress of Rough Ridthe
swastika and left the United ers of the World" will be in San
German Societies determined to Francisco next week. The prohold
the celebration as a private gram to be given here will be
affair, without city sponsorship. "I identical to that given at Madison
cannot consent to a program that Square Garden. It will be practiis
backed by the Nazi flag," Hay- cally new, although conforming
den said. "The Board of Supervi- to the general style of entertain-
's has gone on record against ment that Col. W. F. Cody has a!-
thit1er policy." Louis E. Felder, ways presented. Among the new
pretiIij of the German Societ- features will be a pantomimic
les, told yden his organization melodrama, "The Great Train
was deterhfted to display the Holdup," as well as "The Bandit
swastika on the piatarm out of re- Hunters of the Union Pacific" and
spect to the German consul, who "The Battle of Suxmnit Springs.?' u
is one of the speakers. "That flag is
part of his uniform, so to speak." E'zn,ail Johnny Miller at jmil!er
Felder said. "It is customary @sfiihronicle.com .
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