In June 1968, the United States was at one of the peaks of its internal war over Vietnam. The Tet Offensive, the Martin Luther King and R.F. Kennedy assasinations, and the McCarthy candidacy had all …
September 26, 1974
Thursday, September 26
Colleen O'Connor runs for Congress
Thursday, September 19
Congo Bob – San Diego's most powerful man
(ED. This is the first in a two-part series on the most interesting congressional campaign in San Diego this year. Next week's Reader will feature Wilson's opponent Colleen O'Connor.) If anyone thinks C. Arnholt Smith …
September 19, 1974
Thursday, September 12
San Diego's USO and Armed Forces Y – friendly rivals
Smiling, sunny southern California can be a pretty lonely place. Even for the long-term resident, whose neighbors move every five years, possibly for the tourist, unless he has relatives or friends here, but certainly for …
September 12, 1974
Thursday, September 5
How to bet Del Mar
“6-1, 6-3, 3-9, 9-1 twice and 4-7," rapped out the man in front of me in line, checking each ticket as it was flipped toward him by the shiny tichet-machine. The face of the ticket …
September 5, 1974
Vincent Minelli, director of Meet Me in St. Louis, American in Paris, comes to San Diego
Wednesday, a week ago, Vincente Minnelli was in San Diego to take his place in the series of "Conversations" put on by the Center for Photographic Arts and The Fine Arts Gallery. The director of …
September 5, 1974