Only in the Keys

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1941 – Mom’s Tea Room near Fort Taylor was raided, and three women were arrested on charges of prostitution.

 

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The start of the downfall of KW

1950 – Residents of Billygoat Alley petitioned the city of Key West to change the name to Hibiscus Lane. The request was approved by City Manager Dave King.

 

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1961 – The film “Operation Abolition” was being screened at various locations in and around Marathon. It was a documentary picture produced by the House Committee on Un-American Activities to warn U.S. residents of the dangers of communism.

 

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Time for a reboot

“Operation Abolition II”

 

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August 25, 1963 – A strike by retail clerks of the Food Fair supermarkets in the Florida Keys became violent. In Key West, there was a bomb threat, a company accountant was beaten, and a newly hired cashier had his tires slashed. In Marathon, the store manager was threatened by a young man carrying a rifle.