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1967? a undercover or plainclothes officer, charles henry, attempted to get inside 9125 12th street, which is what police call a blind pig, an illegal after-hours bar. after he was finally able to get in mainly around 3:00 in the morning, the illegal after-hours bar was raided by the police for breaking the law. when they rated the place, they found it was not a small amount of people, which they were used to in these types of raids. the police confronted about 85 people who were there because to because two vietnam war veterans had returned and the party being held at the club was for them. it was sunday morning. the police were at their lowest manpower so it took a long time for them to get all of these people out. the police had no good relationship with the african-american community at that time. there had been a number of complaints for decades about racist police brutality. as the police are bringing people out, it is sunday morning but still nighttime, still ....
i have been here 16 years, working here. over the years we have developed different programs and presentations for the public, i came across an idea of doing harry s truman and the rich and famous. after i started, i saw a number of documents and photos related to those people. i liked watching tv and movies of those growing up. when we were asked to do a presentation, i said this is something people might be interested in. this presentation has documents, photos, sound clips that i want you to enjoy. as we get to the photos, i like to have this interactive, i will point out people and say, let me know if you know who that is. as soon as people are well-known, they may not have been well known in the 1940 s and 1950 s. there are different categories we will go through. entertainers, athletes, politicians, military people. if you have questions or comments let me know. we will start. the first section is entertainers. can anybody identify who is in the photo beside presi ....
photos, sound clips that i want you to enjoy. as we get to the photos, i like to have this interactive, i will point out people and say, let me know if you know who that is. as soon as people are well-known, they may not have been well known in the 1940 s and 19 these, but i think you will recognize them. there are different categories we will go through. entertainers, athletes, politicians, military people. if you have questions or comments, let me know. we will start. the first section is entertainers. can anybody identify who is in the photo beside president truman? jack benny. correct. jack benny. this is president truman and jack benny. they are playing and he filmed one of his shows here in the truman library in 1959. this is a newspaper clipping from about the 1948 election. somebody added comments to it. there is a collection here at the truman library. many of the letters that are in our collection from truman, he expresses interest in their families. as we ....
left significant damage, but also claimed the lives of at least three people, two were killed in car crashes today. a taxi driver lost control of his vehicle and plunged into thoakland river. it happened near the michigan exit where a tree fell on a woman. est ware it happened in san francisco. a piece of scaffolding fell down on 7th and market streets where police closed a part of market. another scaffolding collapse happened around 3:00 this afternoon in california near spruce. no one was hurt. and also south of market fierce winds toppled a tree near 7th and bryant. it came down on two cars and you can see the broken limbs, branches, and leaves were resting on the tops of those dented vehicles. and one of several trees that blew down in novato fell right on top of third street and grant. no one was inside that truck and no one was hurt. the tree also pulled down two to three power poles knocking out power to more than 2,000 customers. not far from there a secon ....
55, 56. so it feels warm to you, it is. surge of moisture in southern california. getting the rain. this is making a beeline. really nothing to stop it. if you re heading to southern california, they are going to get some pretty good rain down there. it s already happening in los angeles. our next system will be be in a here later tonight and tomorrow. that will give us some pretty good rain, as well. we ll have an update on over the weekend, wind gusts and heavier rainfall amounts. upper 50s to near 60s, sal, on the temperatures today. we do have flooding out there. we have slow traffic. we re going to start in solano county and take a look at your drive between vacaville, taylor, and vallejo, and it s go took tough commute, and it s not goto stop raining today. light rain today. not a bad commute here in front of the oakland coliseum. still okay at the bay bridge toll plaza, although surprisingly crowded. i think people are trying get an early start on the morning c ....