Monthly Archives: June 2010

Architect Submits Plan for New City Hall

Posted on June 11, 2010 by lmharnisch

  June 11, 1910: If this building looks unfamiliar it’s because it never left the drawing board. This is a proposal by Lyman Farwell for a new City Hall to be built on the Temple Block at Spring and Main … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, June 10, 1960

Posted on June 10, 2010 by lmharnisch

  June 10, 1960: One of Matt Weinstock’s readers pleads for understanding of rattlesnakes. They’re not a menace to humanity, they are just misunderstood. Why does a woman say she's been shopping when she hasn't bought anything? Abby has the … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, June 10, 1960

Posted on June 10, 2010 by lmharnisch

  June 10, 1960: Paul Coates tells a story of the slow-moving bureaucracy of the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, June 10, 1940

Posted on June 10, 2010 by lmharnisch

The Times publishes another drawing by Fredric Eddy, A.E.F. June 10, 1940: “HOLLYWOOD AFTER DARK: Judy Garland is plotting to get even with Robert Stack, who left her at Victor Hugo's with the unpaid check after previously tipping waiters not … Continue reading →

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Get Your Lakers Tickets!

Posted on June 10, 2010 by lmharnisch

  June 10, 1960: The Lakers started selling season tickets for their new home in Los Angeles and what a different world it was. Season ticket holders would be assured of at least 25 home games in the new Los … Continue reading →

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Tokyo Mob Threatens U.S. Ambassador

Posted on June 10, 2010 by lmharnisch

June 10, 1960: The Times brings out an extra about a mob of “fanatic leftists” in Tokyo that attacked a car carrying White House Press Secretary James Hagerty and U.S. Ambassador Douglas A. MacArthur II … And an angry Richard … Continue reading →

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LAPD Captain Accused of Corruption

Posted on June 10, 2010 by lmharnisch

  June 10, 1910: An AMA convention in St. Louis finds out what a Nautsch dancer is. On the jump, the complicated case of Police Capt. Charles E. Dixon and Hampshire Hotel operator William D. Gage. Dixon, the head of … Continue reading →

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Found on EBay – Chester Place

Posted on June 9, 2010 by lmharnisch

Another postcard of Chester Place, near Adams and Figueroa, has been listed on EBay. Other postcards of the wealthy neighborhood have turned on EBay but this is the first time I have seen this one. Bidding starts at $10.

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Matt Weinstock, June 9, 1960

Posted on June 9, 2010 by lmharnisch

June 9, 1960: Matt Weinstock has an entertaining item about the late Boris Pasternak and the publication of a certain poem. CONFIDENTIAL TO BERGIE: True confession may be good for the soul — but it's usually bad for the heel. … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, June 9, 1960

Posted on June 9, 2010 by lmharnisch

June 9, 1960: Paul Coates has an item on people who campaign against pornography, called “smut” in 1960, and on the bravery of some teenagers who rescued a girl from a shark.

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, June 9, 1941

Posted on June 9, 2010 by lmharnisch

  June 9, 1941: The North American Aviation strike in Los Angeles (many stories mistakenly say the plant was in Inglewood) comes at a pivotal time for the city. A few days earlier, Police Chief Arthur C. Hohmann. generally considered … Continue reading →

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Joan Kennedy: Living ‘A Day at a Time’

Posted on June 9, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Coming soon, “Urban Cowboy.” Fire up the mechanical bull! June 9, 1980: The late Bella Stumbo (d. 2002) profiles Joan Kennedy as her husband, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.), seeks the Democratic presidential nomination.   Notice that the headline carefully … Continue reading →

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On the Frontiers of Education

Posted on June 9, 2010 by lmharnisch

  June 9, 1910: Officials dedicate Pasadena Hall, the first building constructed at Throop Polytechnic Institute.  “The new Throop is designed to become one of the great engineering schools of the United States,” The Times says. The hall, which was … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, June 8, 1960

Posted on June 8, 2010 by lmharnisch

  June 8, 1960 –  Matt Weinstock says, “As the streetcar passed Evergreen cemetery, proofreader Frank Martinez heard a little boy exclaim, ‘Look at all the pretty flowers, mommy! I wish I could get you some like that!’ She replied, … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, June 8, 1960

Posted on June 8, 2010 by lmharnisch

  June 10, 1960: Paul Coates writes updates on several continuing stories. Tijuana appears to be improving after years of preying on tourists … Harold Moore, whose son, Leonard, was killed in a holdup by drug addicts, is looking for … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, June 8, 1940

Posted on June 8, 2010 by lmharnisch

  June 8, 1940: “No wonder Patricia Morison can't lose weight despite doctors' prescribed diets. She eats what they order at meals, then sneaks two and three hunks of chocolate cake when they're not looking,” Jimmie Fidler's staff says.

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The Parkey Sharkey Story

Posted on June 8, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Parkey Sharkey, the terror of Palo Alto, with his taxi, about 1961. Readers frequently assume that Parkey Sharkey was a fictional character invented by Paul Coates to fill his Saturday letters column. I recently found a copy of Sharkey’s … Continue reading →

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Death of a Mad Dog

Posted on June 8, 2010 by lmharnisch

  The dealer says this Arts and Crafts furniture will last for a century, June 8, 1910: A Wyoming rancher tracks down and kills a wolf nicknamed “One Toe,” a notorious killer of cattle that was too wary for traps … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, June 7, 1960

Posted on June 7, 2010 by lmharnisch

  June 7, 1960: Matt Weinstock says people should stop hoarding their newly designed Lincoln pennies. The “oF” on the back isn’t an error. It’s intentional. A writer asks Abby, “Can a man LOVE his wife and BE IN LOVE … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, June 7, 1960

Posted on June 7, 2010 by lmharnisch

  June 7, 1960: Paul Coates has the story of a baby girl who was left in Ray Gahring's Cadillac, which was parked behind his real estate office at 7131 Balboa Blvd. The little girl would be 50 now. I … Continue reading →

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