Monthly Archives: October 2009

Matt Weinstock, Oct. 28, 1959

Posted on October 28, 2009 by lmharnisch

Misplaced Patch This one requires the utmost delicacy. A lady named Irene got an infection on her chin.  Her doctor prescribed a series of shots, not on her chin.  She has been going to his office regularly and the nurse … Continue reading →

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October 28, 1959: Paul V. Coates – Confidential File

Posted on October 28, 2009 by lmharnisch

Nippon Women Split on Retaining Geisha  LADIES DAY IN TOKYO:  The flowery era of Madame Butterfly is dying, but not quite dead in the postwar life of Japan. Under the democracy dictated to them by Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Japanese women … Continue reading →

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Women in Little Tokyo Charged as B-Girls

Posted on October 28, 2009 by lmharnisch

And all this time, I thought people were joking about winning the Irish Sweepstakes.  The prolonged steel strike puts 6,100 local General Motors employees out of work. The affected factories are GM's Chevrolet, Fisher Body and truck plants in the … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movies

Posted on October 28, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Oct. 28, 1955: “The Phenix City Story” plays in Los Angeles. It’s not on Netflix!

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Teen Hoped to Bear Errol Flynn’s Child

Posted on October 28, 2009 by lmharnisch

 Los Angeles Times file photo Errol Flynn and Beverly Aadland in a photo published Oct. 15, 1959. Oct. 28, 1959: Jack Smith interviews Errol Flynn’s teenage girlfriend Beverly Aadland (whom Smith describes as the actor’s “last playmate”)  and her attorney … Continue reading →

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Nuestro Pueblo

Posted on October 28, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Aug. 1, 1938: Joe Seewerker and Charles Owens visit Griffith Park and discover an old lime kiln left from mission days. Note: I posted most of the Nuestro Pueblo features when I was going through 1938-39, but I’m picking … Continue reading →

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Squalid Jail Conditions Shame Los Angeles

Posted on October 28, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Dec. 10, 1916: The Times exposes dreadful conditions at the jail.  "Prison Pit of Poe Is Outdone in Horrors by Los Angeles City Jail"  "Under present conditions in this city it is absolutely impossible to care for prisoners in … Continue reading →

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Judge Foils Attempt to Get Women on Jury

Posted on October 28, 2009 by lmharnisch

Arctic turbans are the latest rage — $82.86 USD 2008. Oct. 28, 1909: Prosecutor Guy Eddie is determined to get women on juries despite Police Chief Dishman’s order that they not be summoned. His latest tactic is an attempt to … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Oct. 27, 1959

Posted on October 27, 2009 by lmharnisch

Street Shrinkers Studies are constantly being made to determine the effects of alcohol, smoking, overeating and noise on people but another perhaps more deadly trauma-producing experience is relatively neglected.      Driving in traffic, I mean. It does things to people.  At … Continue reading →

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October 27, 1959: Paul V. Coates – Confidential File

Posted on October 27, 2009 by lmharnisch

Coates Is Reluctant Stripper of Airways You want my opinion, I say there’s something almost indecent about Japan Air Lines’ luxury flight to Tokyo. We left Los Angeles after midnight — an hour when self-respecting Occidentals give some thought to … Continue reading →

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Grand Jury to Investigate USC Fraternity Hazing Death

Posted on October 27, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Oct. 27, 1959: General Motors lays off 2,103 autoworkers in Los Angeles because of the continuing steel strike … And the grand jury will investigate the death of Kappa Sigma pledge Richard Swanson.

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movies

Posted on October 27, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Oct. 27, 1954: “Bengal Brigade” opens in Los Angeles. Something is really wrong with Rock Hudson’s proportions this artwork.

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Dark Side of the Moon!

Posted on October 27, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Oct. 27, 1959: In another setback for America in the space race, the Soviets release a photo of the hidden side of the moon, while two U.S. satellites plunge from orbit.

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Grauman to Remodel Rialto Theater

Posted on October 27, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Oct. 27, 1919: Sid Grauman has big plans for the Rialto theater on Broadway near 8th Street. Grauman will install a Wurlitzer organ and cover the theater’s seats in white satin. The first three films booked after the theater … Continue reading →

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Boy, 6, Gets a Toy Sword – Mayhem Ensues

Posted on October 27, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Oct. 27, 1909: Master Trimble goes hunting Indians on South Main, armed with his new sword.

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Cooking With the Junior League – New York, 1970s.

Posted on October 26, 2009 by lmharnisch

 Beef with beer, ala New York of the 1970s. At Cooking With the Junior League, Mary McCoy writes: The Frenchified ’70s vibe of the Junior League of the City of New York’s New York Entertains is ideal if you’re hosting … Continue reading →

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October 26, 1959: Matt Weinstock

Posted on October 26, 2009 by lmharnisch

L.A. Justice All Steve Medved wants is to be left alone by the LAPD.  He hopes that now, after a third trial, he has it made. Medved, 38, is a big (6’2, 230), easy going fellow of Yugoslav descent.  But … Continue reading →

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October 26, 1959: Paul V. Coates – Confidential File

Posted on October 26, 2009 by lmharnisch

Columnist’s Wife Influences Column TOKYO — There’s an ancient and revered Oriental proverb which, roughly translated, goes: “Man who take wife to Japan is man who bring coal to Newcastle.” But to my way of thinking, this is an archaic, … Continue reading →

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TV Star’s Wife Returns After Suicide Attempt

Posted on October 26, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Reporters meet Virginia Arness at the airport and follow her home. Photographers ask James Arness, the star of "Gunsmoke," to pose with her, but he refuses. Oct. 26, 1959: The front page teases a story about the Lions getting … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Roller Derby

Posted on October 26, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Oct. 26, 1953: It’s ladies night at the roller derby! And a group of teenagers attacks a former boxer after the girl sitting next to him at a theater claims he molested her.

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