Our area had many ‘night’ clubs catering to young people in the 60s. One such place was Bill Daniel’s Rock Palace on Hamilton Blvd. n Allentown, out near Dorney Park.
My classmate and fellow B.S. Chem at Lafayette told me about an experience 2 friends of his had at the Rock Palace while they were both home on leave simultaneously from different branches of the military.
On this particular Saturday night, they were just hanging out there having a few Cokes when they observed a young man go to 4 young ladies at a table and appear to ask one of them to dance. She obviously refused and the young man walked away, returning with 3 of his friends and began to have heated words with the girls. The 2 guys home on leave walked over to the girls’ table and told the others that perhaps they had better leave, the girls obviously wanted nothing to do with them.
Words got stronger and soon there was a space clearing on the floor anticipating a fight. At this point the rent-a-cop came over and asked the two of them if they knew what they were doing, and after being assured that they did, told them “Ok. Kick the shit out of them.”
It turns out that one was a Blue Beret (Air force commando) and the other was a SEAL. They put all 4 of the trouble makers in the hospital and the troublemakers got arrested for starting the fight.
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