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What’s Troubling Today’s Young Women, Part 4

Posted on March 29, 2011 by lmharnisch

          March 29, 1961: College as a finishing school that makes women the perfect accessory for their ambitious, upwardly mobile husbands – but many can’t take the pressure.   ALSOWhat’s Troubling Today’s Young Women, Part 1 … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, March 28, 1961

Posted on March 28, 2011 by lmharnisch

    March 28, 1961: Matt Weinstock has the story of a young fellow getting the best of a police officer who cited him for having a car that was too close to the ground.  DEAR FEELS: Marriage isn't — … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates, March 28, 1961

Posted on March 28, 2011 by lmharnisch

      March 28, 1961: Memphis Harry Lee Ward, one of Paul Coates’ regular correspondents, sends a copy of “Highways of Literature.”  Coates pages through the book and finds some interesting items….

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, March 28, 1941

Posted on March 28, 2011 by lmharnisch

        March 28, 1941 — Lee Shippey has a letter from England: “My daughter is nursing at a hospital. Among others they are caring for wounded German airmen. But that didn't prevent six bombs being aimed at … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

Posted on March 28, 2011 by lmharnisch

      Los Angeles Times file photo   [Update: Yes, this is Portland Hoffa, the wife of radio comedian Fred Allen. I discovered Allen’s radio shows after his death in 1956 and always wondered about the women named Portland … Continue reading →

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Jim Murray, March 28, 1961

Posted on March 28, 2011 by lmharnisch

        March 28, 1961:  Here’s a lesson from the great Jim Murray in how to take down a major sports figure (Sonny Liston) with style and class:  The big point about Sonny is that he got in … Continue reading →

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From the Vaults — ‘Vamonos Con Pancho Villa!’

Posted on March 28, 2011 by lmharnisch

    “Vamonos Con Pancho Villa!” (“Let’s Go With Pancho Villa!”) is the surprisingly dark, roughly hewn story of six friends who call themselves “the lions of San Pablo” and join the Mexican Revolution as much for the adventure as … Continue reading →

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What’s Troubling Today’s Young Women, Part 3

Posted on March 28, 2011 by lmharnisch

            March 28, 1961: A group of young women asked USC sociology professor James A. Peterson to have lunch with them while he was lecturing on a local campus. "We are all graduating at the … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, March 27, 1961

Posted on March 27, 2011 by lmharnisch

    March 27, 1961: Matt Weinstock has a story about a penniless drunk who gets a bottle from a liquor store in the era when credit cards were a novelty.   DEAR ABBY: I am married to a man who … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates, March 27, 1961

Posted on March 27, 2011 by lmharnisch

    March 27, 1961: Paul Coates has the story of two students who went on vacation to Mexico and came back with a 12-year-old orphan.   And Mirror reader Jerry Feldner sends a letter about the artistry of bullfighting.

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, March 27, 1941

Posted on March 27, 2011 by lmharnisch

        March 27, 1941: I'm delighted to see that four speakers at a Japanese meeting here declared the Japanese people to be loyal to America. The Rev. Kengo Tajina declared that his son, though born in Japan, … Continue reading →

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Jim Murray, March 27, 1961

Posted on March 27, 2011 by lmharnisch

           March 27, 1961: Philip Toll Hill Jr., the Santa Monican who won the Sebring sports car endurance race over the weekend for the third time, is a bachelor and a wiry, nervous, cold intellectual type … Continue reading →

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What’s Troubling Today’s Young Women, Part 2

Posted on March 27, 2011 by lmharnisch

           March 27, 1961: Parts of this series on young women are patronizing and naive, and perhaps reflect the first tremors of what was called the Generation Gap. Some of the attitudes about college being a … Continue reading →

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Found on EBay — Bullock’s Wilshire

Posted on March 26, 2011 by lmharnisch

This sun dress from the Collegienne department at Bullock’s Wilshire has been listed on EBay. Bidding starts at $8, but there is a reserve.

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, March 26, 1941

Posted on March 26, 2011 by lmharnisch

           March 26, 1941: Tom Treanor wonders why women in defense plants are only being given office jobs, and he expects that to change before the year is out. Titles of Robert Montgomery's next two pictures … Continue reading →

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Geraldine A. Ferraro, 1935 — 2011; ‘Housewife From Queens’ Made Political History

Posted on March 26, 2011 by lmharnisch

        July 13, 1984– The Times’ Karen Tumulty profiles the Democratic vice presidential candidate: “Geraldine A. Ferraro likes to refer to herself as ‘a housewife from Queens,’ the conservative, blue-collar borough of New York where the television … Continue reading →

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What’s Troubling Today’s Young Women?

Posted on March 26, 2011 by lmharnisch

          March 26, 1961: The Times begins a series on the views and expectations of high school and college women. Is it enough to go to college, nab a husband and start a family? Are they … Continue reading →

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Jim Murray, March 26, 1961

Posted on March 26, 2011 by lmharnisch

    March 26, 1961: Jim Murray gets letters from Groucho Marx and Hedda Hopper and he hasn’t been so nervous since the days he faced questions like “What is Marlon Brando really like?”

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What If a Thermonuclear Blast Hit the Valley?

Posted on March 26, 2011 by lmharnisch

           March 26, 1961: So, if a nuclear blast from the Soviets (who else?) hit the San Fernando Valley, it would be bad. How bad? "The Valley would not survive a direct hit," The Times said.  … Continue reading →

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Found on EBay — Bullock’s Collegienne

Posted on March 25, 2011 by lmharnisch

This top from the Collegienne department at Bullock’s Westwood has been listed on EBay. Although Bullocks and Collegienne items are somewhat common on EBay, I don’t recall ever seeing anything from the Westwood store. Bidding starts at $14.99.

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