In a broom-wielding mood, San Franciscans last week swept out the 13-year regime of bald, bland, bumbling Mayor Angelo J. Rossi. Newly installed under the City Hall dome was a newcomer to politics, but an old face to San Franciscans: genial Shipowner Roger Dearborn Lapham.
Roger Lapham has all the 'attributes which make a man successful in business, but are supposed to damn him in politics. He is rich, belongs to swank Pacific Union and San Francisco Golf & Country clubs, plays "awe-inspiring" contract bridge, is regarded by his admiring son, Lewis,...
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