Monthly Archives: June 2008

Paul Coates

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Matt Weinstock

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June 6-7, 1908

Posted on June 7, 2008 by lmharnisch

Photograph by the U.S. Navy Four men are scalded to death and 10 are badly burned when a steam pipe bursts on  the Navy cruiser Tennessee during tests of ship’s top speed off Port Hueneme. The most seriously injured are … Continue reading →

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June, 7, 1958

Posted on June 7, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above and at left, what do you do with an African American professor who is a faculty member at an African American school, Alcorn A&M College, and attempts to enroll at an all-white campus, the University of Mississippi at Oxford? … Continue reading →

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June 7, 1938

Posted on June 7, 2008 by lmharnisch

New Chinatown opens, 1938. Above and at right, a special feature of New Chinatown is a dragon salvaged from the old Times Building, presumably the one built at 1st Street and Broadway after the 1910 bombing. The metal dragon was … Continue reading →

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Home of the week

Posted on June 7, 2008 by lmharnisch

June 7, 1908 Above, the home of J. de Barth Shorb (1842-1896) in San Marino, which Henry Huntington has torn down to make way for his cozy little cottage.  True confession: I have been a member of the Huntington for … Continue reading →

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June 6, 1958

Posted on June 6, 2008 by lmharnisch

A couple of odd, sad stories… A Spanish American War veteran’s widow dies while donating the flag from his casket to a junior high … A student with polio graduates as valedictorian from Washington and Lee University … And the … Continue reading →

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RFK-postscripts

Posted on June 6, 2008 by lmharnisch

Los Angeles Times file photo Antiwar demonstrators fight with Chicago police during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. At left, former Vice President Richard M. Nixon wins the Republican nomination for the 1968 presidential race. He selects Maryland Gov. Spiro T. … Continue reading →

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Remembering RFK

Posted on June 6, 2008 by lmharnisch

Image courtesy of KTLA-TV Robert F. Kennedy, Ambassador Hotel, June 5, 1968. Beginning June 1, the Daily Mirror will follow Robert F. Kennedy in the final days of his campaign for the American presidency, from hope and triumph at the … Continue reading →

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June 6, 1968

Posted on June 6, 2008 by lmharnisch

June 6, 1968 By Keith ThursbyTimes staff writer The Angels were struggling in 1968. Attendance was down again and the team was playing "like zombies in a fog," Bob Reynolds, the team’s president, told The Times’ Ross Newhan. This was … Continue reading →

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June 6, 1968

Posted on June 6, 2008 by lmharnisch

Drawing by Paul Conrad / Los Angeles Times A heavy news day at the Los Angeles Times. Nearly every section carried a story about the death of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, whether it was the mainbar, various sidebars, sports columnists … Continue reading →

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June 6, 1938

Posted on June 6, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above and at left, Rabbi Edgar F. Magnin poses with Jewish ceremonial items brought from Europe by Henry Weinberger and his wife and presented to Wilshire Boulevard Temple. The Times says the donations include Paroches (hangings for the Ark) from … Continue reading →

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June 5, 1958

Posted on June 5, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Here’s where we have a rare convergence: The Dodgers, columnists Matt Weinstock    and  Paul Coates, and Jack Searles writing about Chavez Ravine residents’ reaction to the passage of Proposition B. How can you not love an interview with … Continue reading →

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Six in a row for Drysdale

Posted on June 5, 2008 by lmharnisch

June 5, 1968 By Keith Thursby Times staff writer This time, no ninth-inning escapes were needed for Don Drysdale to continue his remarkable season. The Dodgers defeated the Pirates, 5-0, as Drysdale passed Carl Hubbell’s record for scoreless innings en … Continue reading →

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New home for Dodgers

Posted on June 5, 2008 by lmharnisch

June 5, 1958 By Keith Thursby Times staff writer So it was close, but a win is a win. A day later, participants in both sides of the battle over building a baseball stadium in Chavez Ravine seemed to agree … Continue reading →

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Voices–Eric Malnic

Posted on June 5, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, one of the more curious aspects of the Robert F. Kennedy shooting: The search for the "Girl in the Polka Dot Dress." By Eric MalnicSpecial to The Times Things were busy in the Times newsroom on primary election night … Continue reading →

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Voices–Juan Romero

Posted on June 5, 2008 by lmharnisch

Photograph by William Dietsch / Los Angeles Times Juan Romero in a photo dated June 18, 1968. "It is hard to understand. I did nothing. It just happened. Mr. Kennedy was there and he needed someone with him, that’s all." … Continue reading →

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June 5, 1968

Posted on June 5, 2008 by lmharnisch

"Oh no! No! Don’t. . . !" –Robert F. Kennedy, on being put into an ambulance "Get a doctor! Get a doctor!What is America coming to?" "Some people beat the guy’s head and began tearing at his hair." –Paul Houston, … Continue reading →

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Voices–Sandi Gibbons

Posted on June 4, 2008 by lmharnisch

    Above, a frame grab from a video of Robert F. Kennedy’s speech at the Ambassador Hotel. Based on Sandi Gibbons’ description the evening, I believe she is on the far right of the frame next to Ethel Kennedy … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on June 4, 2008 by lmharnisch

June 4, 1958  

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