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I am retired from the Los Angeles Times

Remembering Martin Luther King

Posted on April 4, 2008 by lmharnisch

March 17-18, 1968Anaheim, Los Angeles Above, The Times covers the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s news conference at the Disneyland Hotel and his sermon the next day at Second Baptist Church in Los Angeles. Quote of the Day: "We must … Continue reading →

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April 4, 1958

Posted on April 4, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, MGM is making an expensive gamble on "Ben-Hur." Below, The Times continues its daily news feature on Holy Week … and has a story about the beginning of Passover … Detectives are trying to find out why a family … Continue reading →

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April 4, 1938

Posted on April 4, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, the "Laugh Dictators." Who says politics doesn’t influence the arts? Below, what’s being said from the pulpit about the plight of Europe. Episcopalian: "In Germany, Hitler has attempted to dominate even religion, which means not only the unfortunate suppression … Continue reading →

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April 4, 1908

Posted on April 4, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, Opening Day in the Pacific Coast League. Below, a bitter legal battle in which a woman is seeking a court order barring her husband and his adopted children from selling any of their real estate because she would receive … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on April 3, 2008 by lmharnisch

April 3, 1958

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Paul Coates

Posted on April 3, 2008 by lmharnisch

April 3, 1958

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Found on EBay

Posted on April 3, 2008 by lmharnisch

Someone went to a reunion of the Grand Army of the Republic in Santa Ana a century ago and got this button as a souvenir. Now it’s for sale on EBay. I remember even when I was youngster in a … Continue reading →

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Know your Dodgers

Posted on April 3, 2008 by lmharnisch

April 3, 1958 Email me

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April 3, 1958

Posted on April 3, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, spring break in Bermuda. Below, flooding in San Francisco … A warrant is issued for Judy Garland ("Judy" in tight headline counts) on income tax charges … Here’s what The Times considered a lede on a weather story in … Continue reading →

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April 3, 1938

Posted on April 3, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, a conference of American Jews focuses on aiding victims of European fascism and persecution … Below, one of the stunning maps The Times published on the section fronts … Note the real estate ads. Quote of the Day: "With … Continue reading →

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The comics

Posted on April 3, 2008 by lmharnisch

April 3, 1938 Big Chief Wahoo by John Saunders and Elmer Woggam, another excursion into ethnic humor with dialect and stereotypes…. In later years, the strip added an investigative reporter named Steve Roper. Authentic Native American humor: BIA stands for … Continue reading →

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April 3, 1908

Posted on April 3, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, Sunset Magazine urges readers to send copies to their friends back East. Presumably it worked more often than not. Below, a tragic accident between two streetcars in heavy fog leaves a carload of oilfield workers injured and at least … Continue reading →

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Fleetwood Pugsley

Posted on April 2, 2008 by lmharnisch

May 26, 1971

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Paul Coates

Posted on April 2, 2008 by lmharnisch

April 2, 1958

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Paul Coates

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April 2, 1958

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Know your Dodgers

Posted on April 2, 2008 by lmharnisch

April 2, 1958

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April 2, 1958

Posted on April 2, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, the popularity of TV westerns spreads to "Ozzie and Harriet." Below, Holy Week is presented in a daily news feature based on the Gospels. It is difficult to imagine that even in the 1950s anybody thought this was a … Continue reading →

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April 2, 1938

Posted on April 2, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, Joseph Greenwald, who played Nick Papadakis in the original Broadway production of "The Postman Always Rings Twice," dies on stage. Below, the Vatican condemns Austrian bishops’  endorsement of the union with Germany because they didn’t get the pope’s permission. … Continue reading →

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April 2, 1908: Great White Fleet Out of Tunes, Seeks Songs in the Key of Sea

Posted on April 2, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, the tars of the Great White Fleet are fed up with the same old songs. I’m not sure about “I’m Afraid to Go Home in the Dark,” but I did find a song titled “I Used to Be Afraid … Continue reading →

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Jack Smith on Wry

Posted on April 1, 2008 by lmharnisch

  "Jack Smith on Wry," on display at the Huntington Library through May 12, 2008, focuses on the life and works of columnist Jack Smith, an institution at The Times from the 1950s to the 1990s. I asked his son … Continue reading →

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