Monthly Archives: September 2007

The pride of South Bend

Posted on September 6, 2007 by lmharnisch

In case you have never seen one, this car was called a Studebaker. This model was the Silver Hawk. Studebaker’s West Coast assembly plant was at 4530 Loma Vista Ave. in Vernon. The factory resumed postwar auto manufacturing Oct. 18, … Continue reading →

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Judith Mae Andersen update

Posted on September 6, 2007 by lmharnisch

Here’s what I heard from Ben Eckart, one of the collectors who has posted a photo of an En-Ar-Co bucket on his website: The bucket you show was sold by the National Refining Company between about 1934 and 1950. Their … Continue reading →

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A rambling man

Posted on September 6, 2007 by lmharnisch

  Sept. 6, 1957 Los Angeles Kindly, mild-mannered and quiet, The Traveler, 51, was the last person anyone would suspect of a crime. He seemed more like a Sunday school teacher, which he had been, or perhaps an itinerant newsman. … Continue reading →

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Mystery photo II

Posted on September 6, 2007 by lmharnisch

See if you can identify this gentleman from The Times photo archives.(Hint: He’s not Arnold Stang. He’s also not Telly Savalas, Mickey Cohen, Sammy Cahn, Billy Wilder, Mel Blanc, Neil Simon or Jack Dragna).

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Bernheimer on Pavarotti

Posted on September 5, 2007 by lmharnisch

Martin Bernheimer reviews Luciano Pavarotti’s recital at Royce Hall, Sept. 25, 1973.

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on September 5, 2007 by lmharnisch

Matt Weinstock Sept. 5, 1957 An Altadena family took off recently on a trip to Europe. The other day, the next-door neighbor, Ed Murray, was advised by his youngster that a skunk was trapped in the cement crawl hole at … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates–Confidential File

Posted on September 5, 2007 by lmharnisch

Sept. 5, 1957 On my desk are some 200 letters, each charging County General Hospital with neglect, indifference and cruelty. They were sent to me by former county patients following my recent reports–both in this column and on television–of some … Continue reading →

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Confidential–Tells the Facts and Names the Names

Posted on September 5, 2007 by lmharnisch

Scenes from the Confidential trial: Sept. 4, 1957, Dorothy Dandridge testifies Photograph by Dan McCormack, Los Angeles Times

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Mystery photo

Posted on September 5, 2007 by lmharnisch

See if you can identify this gentleman from The Times photo archives.(Hint: He’s not Arnold Stang). Email me Guesses so far: Telly Savalas.

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Paul V. Coates–Confidential File

Posted on September 4, 2007 by lmharnisch

Sept. 4, 1957 The city of New York stands in armed terror today. Its terrorists are kids–the children of its adults. With knives and guns and razors they have sliced and blasted open the heart of the biggest metropolis in … Continue reading →

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Remembering Tony Day

Posted on September 4, 2007 by lmharnisch

The Times, 1970 And I found this, which was far too interesting not to share: Sept. 26, 1971, by Nick B. Williams

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Oops!

Posted on September 4, 2007 by lmharnisch

Sept. 4, 1957 Los Angeles On a field trip to Grauman’s Chinese Theater so that the court could visit the notorious Row 35, where Maureen O’Hara’s alleged tryst occurred, jurors discovered that it was really Row 40. Aisle C. Upon … Continue reading →

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Countdown to Watts

Posted on September 4, 2007 by lmharnisch

Yes, it really happened.

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Paul V. Coates–Confidential File

Posted on September 3, 2007 by lmharnisch

Sept. 3, 1957 SUBJECT’S NAME: Linda Lee Morrell SUBJECT’S DESCRIPTION: Age, 14. Height, 5 feet, 3 inches. Weight, 110 pounds. Blue eyes. Fair hair. Subject has mole on left cheek and scar under left eyebrow. Anyone with information as to … Continue reading →

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How to Get–and Keep–a Husband

Posted on September 3, 2007 by lmharnisch

Aug, 31-Sept. 3, 1957 Los Angeles If it’s true that a woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle, then author Kate Constance wants every salmon to have a Schwinn. She’s written a book on the subject, … Continue reading →

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Experiment?

Posted on September 3, 2007 by lmharnisch

Sept. 3, 1957Los Angeles

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What is THAT?

Posted on September 2, 2007 by lmharnisch

Sept. 3, 1957Los Angeles

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Judith Mae Andersen update

Posted on September 2, 2007 by lmharnisch

A little more research in the Judith Mae Andersen case has unearthed some interesting facts about the bucket used to dispose of her head and other remains. Recall that Chicago police officials said the bucket was so rare that they … Continue reading →

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Wheel-o-meal

Posted on September 2, 2007 by lmharnisch

  Sept. 2, 1957 Los Angeles Let’s suppose you’re a clever businessman. And let’s suppose your city has the nation’s busiest intersection: In three days, 205,022 cars pass through Wilshire Boulevard and Western Avenue. Along with nine horse-drawn milk wagons. … Continue reading →

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Great moments in advertising

Posted on September 2, 2007 by lmharnisch
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