Monthly Archives: June 2007

TV hypnotizes dog

Posted on June 5, 2007 by lmharnisch

  June 5, 1957 Beverly Hills "OK, 261 S. Maple, Beverly Hills. This is the place. "Hi, Mr. and Mrs. Bloom?" "That’s us." "We’re from The Times. You the folks with the dog that watches TV?" "Yes. Do you want … Continue reading →

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Soldier kills woman

Posted on June 5, 2007 by lmharnisch

  June 5, 1957 Tokyo Until the moment he pulled the trigger on that day in January, Spc. 3rd Class William S. Girard of Ottowa, Ill., was a just bored 21-year-old soldier with an IQ of 90 guarding a machine … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates–Confidential File

Posted on June 4, 2007 by lmharnisch

June 4, 1953 Harold Leader is not a man of few words. Or minced words. He is one of a group of persons who are planning, shortly, to start a house of ex-cons in Los Angeles. And he has every … Continue reading →

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Plane crash kills 4

Posted on June 4, 2007 by lmharnisch

  June 10, 1957 Los Angeles The street is quiet and the house is unremarkable. A neighbor’s small collection of emergency vehicles might be the only unintentional clue that something terrible ever happened on Gullo Avenue. The death toll would … Continue reading →

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Dust to dust?

Posted on June 4, 2007 by lmharnisch

Richard Schave, one of my friends from the 1947project, writes that the duplex at 826 S. Berendo, were John Fante wrote "Ask the Dust," is slated for demolition. Read more about it here. And here’s a slide show on the … Continue reading →

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Random shot

Posted on June 4, 2007 by lmharnisch

I passed this car — covered with computer keys — on the Golden State Freeway on my way to the site of a Pacoima plane crash. Photograph by Larry Harnisch Los Angeles Times

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Asian gang war

Posted on June 4, 2007 by lmharnisch

  June 4, 1957 Los Angeles Meet the city's Japanese American gangs: The Black Juans, the Dominators, the Koshakus, the Ministers, the Algonquins and the Little Gents. Unfortunately, The Times wrote very little about them. One exception was a 1970 … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates–Confidential File

Posted on June 4, 2007 by lmharnisch

June 3, 1957 SUBJECT’S NAME: Lester Eugene Davis. SUBJECT’S DESCRIPTION: Age 42. Height, 6 feet. Weight, average. Light brown hair. Brown eyes. Any person with information as to subject’s whereabouts is requested to contact his daughter, Barbara Davis Chilton, 11812 … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on June 3, 2007 by lmharnisch

June 3, 1957An alumnus of a large social fraternity has received a letter from national headquarters in Indianapolis alerting him to a "major crisis in California." Under this particular fraternity’s laws, Negroes and Orientals are not eligible for membership. The … Continue reading →

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Stravinsky turns 75

Posted on June 3, 2007 by lmharnisch

  June 3, 1957 Los Angeles Los Angeles celebrates the 75th birthday of one of its most famous emigre composers with a concert at UCLA and  a party in Beverly Hills. Calling him "the dean of the world’s music composers" … Continue reading →

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Chasing Marilyn Monroe

Posted on June 2, 2007 by lmharnisch

  Photographs by Larry Harnisch Los Angeles TimesThe "Wrong Door Raid" apartments at Waring Avenue and Kilkea Drive, May 27, 2007 June 2, 1957 Los Angeles Let’s suppose you are an American baseball legend being divorced by your beautiful Hollywood … Continue reading →

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Riot at Virginia Tech

Posted on June 1, 2007 by lmharnisch

June 1, 1957 Los Angeles In Washington, Arthur Miller is found guilty of contempt of Congress for refusing to reveal who else attended a Communist meeting in 1947. In an appearance before the House Un-American Activities Committee, Miller, the playwright … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on June 1, 2007 by lmharnisch

June 1, 1957A rewrite man assigned to vacation relief on the police beat was shown around the new police building the other day. As he entered a padded cell he was told to feel how soft the walls were. When … Continue reading →

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