Monthly Archives: June 2007

Matt Weinstock

Posted on June 17, 2007 by lmharnisch

June 17, 1957 Sometimes it is very difficult to know whom to believe. Take the case of a young sailor named Mike. Mike, 19, on leave from his base in San Diego, went to a wedding and reception a few … Continue reading →

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Reds freed!

Posted on June 17, 2007 by lmharnisch

Note the suicide of Stanford scientist William K. Sherwood. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3

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William Parker, Part 1

Posted on June 17, 2007 by lmharnisch

  June 17, 1957 Los Angeles I’m extremely pleased to be able to present Paul Weeks’ series on Los Angeles Police Chief William H. Parker.  Weeks did a first-rate job with a subject who wasn’t especially cooperative. Although Parker realized … Continue reading →

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Literary diversions

Posted on June 16, 2007 by lmharnisch

Erle Stanley Gardner, Feb. 2, 1958

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Weird wheels

Posted on June 16, 2007 by lmharnisch

  June 16, 1957 Los Angeles Hi, my name is Larry, and I owned a DKW. Hi Larry! Seriously. Induced by a crazy college friend, I bought one of these things in the early 1970s for about $30 and it … Continue reading →

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A name to remember

Posted on June 15, 2007 by lmharnisch

June 15, 1957

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on June 15, 2007 by lmharnisch

June 15, 1957 It can now be revealed that a dark plot against the Stanfords by the Uclans–an offshoot of the feuding between the two universities as a result of PCC [Pacific Coast Conference] penalties–has been inadvertently thwarted. Not long … Continue reading →

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Zombie Plymouth!

Posted on June 15, 2007 by lmharnisch

Tulsa, Okla., unearths the buried 1957 Plymouth. Photo by KOTV.comWatch KOTV’s video here.

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Policewomen graduate

Posted on June 15, 2007 by lmharnisch

  June 15, 1957 Los Angeles Chief William H. Parker welcomed 12 new policewomen in commencement exercises at the Police Academy. The Times reports that most of the new officers will be assigned to the juvenile detail or work as … Continue reading →

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Pot pad raided

Posted on June 14, 2007 by lmharnisch

June 15, 1957 Los Angeles Deputies arrested 13 people after finding them hiding in tunnels dug beneath at house at 12117 Jersey Ave., Norwalk, apparently intended as a bomb shelter. Investigators found 22 marijuana cigarettes in the house and 22 … Continue reading →

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Future shock

Posted on June 14, 2007 by lmharnisch

  June 14, 1957Los Angeles Sometimes predictions for the future are simply painful to read. The people living in 1957 were prolific in sketching out hopeful plans. Some of them were foolish (I think we can safely eliminate the atomic-powered … Continue reading →

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Name the Dodgers!

Posted on June 14, 2007 by lmharnisch

What should we call our new team? Hey I know!

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Prowler terrorizes L.A.

Posted on June 14, 2007 by lmharnisch

  June 14, 1957 Los Angeles As Marjorie Hipperson was laid to rest, raw terror swept over Los Angeles and reports of attacks rained down on the police. Women fought off intruders and in senseless, unreasoning fright, men fired shots … Continue reading →

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Kill crazy

Posted on June 13, 2007 by lmharnisch

    June 14, 1957 Los Angeles Charles Hilbert Dodd was eager to kill someone. If he couldn’t find his estranged wife, Dolores, then he’d shoot whomever he could get. Armed with a 16-gauge shotgun, Dodd, 47, of 6415 Balcom … Continue reading →

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You Have Got to Be Kidding Me

Posted on June 13, 2007 by lmharnisch

June 13, 1957  

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Traffic forecast

Posted on June 13, 2007 by lmharnisch

They said it: City Councilman Edward R. Roybal: Chavez Ravine is "the worst possible place for a major league park." Roybal said he favored Wrigley Field or a location in East L.A., predicting that putting a baseball stadium in Chavez … Continue reading →

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Visions of tomorrow

Posted on June 13, 2007 by lmharnisch

June 13, 1957Los Angeles There was a time when IBM’s standard office equipment included signs that said "THINK." Although  William B. Thompson was an economist with Prudential Insurance, rather than IBM, he was certainly thinking about the future. He couldn’t … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates–Confidential File

Posted on June 12, 2007 by lmharnisch

June 12, 1957 "Marijuana," you don’t say out loud. You whisper it. Because, in the last few years, it has become a hysterical word. And the hysteria has reached a point, today, whereby guilt can be decided by association. But … Continue reading →

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Hollywood’s peeping Toms

Posted on June 12, 2007 by lmharnisch

June 12, 1957 Los Angeles

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Frank Gehry, please note

Posted on June 12, 2007 by lmharnisch

  Downtown Los Angeles: Huge, efficient and beautiful with 52-story skyscrapers and subways, the hub of a developed area stretching from the Mexican border to Pismo Beach. Part 1 Part 2 Email me

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