Secretary of State Dies; Dodgers Lose

May 25, 1959, I've Been Thinking of Doing Some Writing

"I've Been Thinking of Doing Some Writing!"

May 25, 1959, Optimism

May 25, 1959, Norman Chandler

The Times seems to have gone to one of Dale Carnegie's programs and been reading Norman Vincent Peale on positive thinking. At left, we have a sermon by the Rev. Richard J. Sneed, and an editorial, above, by Norman Chandler.

"An improved airport, a great zoo, a union station, a superior baseball park, a sports arena, the redevelopment of Bunker Hill, a music center to become the core of music programs for all of Southern California, the freeways that will give us mobility, a rapid-transit system to knit our key centers together, the aqueducts that we must have — all the great components that we either have built or are preparing to build for all of Southern California — these are worth the kind of united effort that has changed our semi-desert into an amazing civilization within the short span of 100 years," Chandler says.

May 25, 1959, Cover

Above, Secretary of State John Foster Dulles dies after a long siege with cancer. The Times devoted many pages to Dulles, which I have decided not to post. If you're really interested, e-mail me and I'll send them to you.  View this page

May 25, 1959, Editorial Cartoon

May 25, 1959, 1885 Fears
Above, what America feared in 1885! View this page

May 25, 1959, Menace of World Government

Fear and paranoia are on every page of The Times…

May 25, 1959, Blue Angel

The original "Blue Angel" "has not been seen by almost anybody under 45," says Edward Dmytryk, who is directing a remake. 

May 25, 1959, TV

More Westerns coming in the fall: 25 shows running 16 1/2 hours of prime time programming per week. But there's more, Cecil Smith says.  

May 25, 1959, Asbestos

Why paint your house when you can spray it with asbestos?

May 25, 1959, Nixon Poll

May 25, 1959, Nixon
At left, Vice President Nixon leads New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller as a potential Republican nominee for president, while  Sen. John F. Kennedy and Adlai Stevenson are closely matched for the Democratic candidate.  Above, a new biography on Nixon says Thomas Dewey urged him to abandon the 1952 race shortly before he gave the famous "Checkers" speech. View this page
 

May 25, 1959, KABC

May 25, 1959, Lummis

May 25, 1959, Officer Shooting

May 25, 1959, Comics
"Nancy" vs. "Ferd'nand" death match continues. View this page

May 25, 1959, Sports The Dodgers were battling the Milwaukee Braves for first place but were talking like a second-division team.

Buzzie Bavasi was considering bringing up some of the team's minor
league talent. "I don't hold out any hope of acquiring any top-flight
talent from another club," Bavasi told The Times' Frank Finch. "There
simply isn't any available unless you want to throw in a house and lot."

The Dodgers had plenty of ready players waiting for a chance, including Spokane shortstop Maury Wills and Frank Howard, described as "the slugging terror of the Texas League." Both of course made significant impacts in Los Angeles.

Finch called Howard a third baseman, which I assume is a typo but an
interesting one. Listed at 6-7, Howard might have been easy to bunt on
at third but I doubt you'd be able to line one over him.

–Keith Thursby

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2 Responses to Secretary of State Dies; Dodgers Lose

  1. ChiaLynn's avatar ChiaLynn says:

    No need to worry about that asbestos, really – that lead-based paint’ll seal it right up!

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  2. David Middlecamp's avatar David Middlecamp says:

    “Lifetime finishing”
    The bad news, lifetimes just got shorter.

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