Word: toplessness
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...have pirated star reporters, editors and columnists from each other. They have copied each other's gimmicks, from circus makeup to colored sports pages to wavy lines around pictures. And they often have told each other off editorially. When the zany, fun-filled Chronicle last year championed the topless bathing suit, the Examiner clucked: "The Voice of the Chest." When the more serious and comprehensive Examiner urged that Los Angeles-style freeways be expanded in the Bay area, the Chronicle scoffed: "Obvious nonsense that verges on idiocy...
...still the foundation of its business. In keeping with the shape and mood of the times, Triumph calls its sportswear by such names as "Caprice" and "Swing-times," and its lingerie "Jolly," "Amourette" and "Poesie." Braun applauds Rudi Gernreich as a pacemaker, but has yet to try the topless approach...
...your story about topless waitresses in San Francisco [May 28]: breastfed rummies and bottle-fed babies! I got a feeling of nostalgia for the old days of breast-fed babies and bottle-fed rummies...
...inspired by last year's summer sensation, the topless bathing suit. The suit died on the beaches, but California restaurateurs saw other possibilities. Soon patrons sitting down to lunch at many a Los Angeles restaurant were apt to look up from their menu to discover a waitress wearing nothing above the waist. San Francisco's flagging nightclubs along North Beach went topless with enthusiasm, with more emphasis on wiggly performers. Some of the topless establishments are dilapidated dives where the girls are as easy to smuggle home as the ashtrays. But others are remarkably respectable, including some private...
...Instructed Verdict. Guardians of the public morals, self-appointed or official, have had little success in repressing the exhibitionism. Most recently, the San Francisco police raided two North Beach nightclubs, the Condor and the Off-Broadway, and dragged both proprietors into court. The Off-Broadway, which offers topless waitresses along with such name performers as Dizzy Gillespie, Stan Kenton and Trini Lopez, was accused of operating "a lewd and obscene exhibition" and of "conduct outraging public decency...