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I am retired from the Los Angeles Times

Emmett Kelly–Dodger

Posted on March 19, 2008 by lmharnisch

Los Angeles Times file photo Emmett Kelly, right, in an undated photo, with a mystery guest. The picture was apparently a publicity photo for the Jan. 21, 1962, television program "Project 20," which featured the Clyde Beatty Circus. By Keith … Continue reading →

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March 19, 1958

Posted on March 19, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, a look at the making of "The Defiant Ones." Below, we drop the masthead to run a terrific horizontal shot as a test pilot who bailed out of an F-4D  Skyray is rescued from the ocean  … President Eisenhower … Continue reading →

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March 19, 1938

Posted on March 19, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, a feature on Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Strode, athlete and actor, who starred in "Sergeant Rutledge." Below, Poland prepares for war with Lithuania …  The forces of Generalissimo Francisco Franco bomb Barcelona while loyalist forces sink one of Franco’s cruisers … Continue reading →

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March 19, 1908

Posted on March 19, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, development spreads across Southern California. And of course, once people move to Chino they will need some sort of transportation … Below, a clever fraud by a clever, affable insurance man who fakes a death … At an African … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates

Posted on March 18, 2008 by lmharnisch

March 18, 1958 Yesterday I told about a man sent out by this office to visit a few of the hundreds of persons in Southern California who represent themselves as "income tax experts." We gave him the name of Victor … Continue reading →

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Arthur C. Clarke

Posted on March 18, 2008 by lmharnisch

Nov. 1, 2001 Celebrity Setup: Evolution of a Sci-Fi Master   * ‘2001’ author Arthur C. Clarke has long been fascinated with electronics. By David ColkerTimes Staff Writer Arthur C. Clarke, author of "2001: A Space Odyssey" and numerous other … Continue reading →

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March 18, 1938

Posted on March 18, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, a first-person account of the Rape of Nanking. Below, Poland and Lithuania hover at the brink of war … Anti-fascists riot in Paris … And in a radio address, Secretary of State Cordell Hull "reaffirmed this country’s intense desire … Continue reading →

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March 18, 1958

Posted on March 18, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, one of Clark Gable’s lesser pictures is featured at a fund-raiser for the Press Club’s 8-Ball Foundation. When the Mirror and Examiner closed in 1962, the foundation held a benefit to raise money for unemployed journalists. Below, a plane … Continue reading →

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Marilyn Monroe

Posted on March 18, 2008 by lmharnisch

Jerry Clark, the chief warden of the retirees’ group known as the Old Farts of The Times, sends along a photo of Marilyn Monroe with Mirror reporter Jack Searles, center, who died March 1. Jerry writes that the mystery reporter … Continue reading →

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Main Street

Posted on March 18, 2008 by lmharnisch

Photograph by Bruce H. Cox / Los Angeles Times Goodfellows (or Good Fellows, the restaurant used both names) Grotto, 341 S. Main St., shortly before it closed. Notice the old-fashioned "Family Entrance." Until it closed on New Year’s Eve in … Continue reading →

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Mystery photo

Posted on March 18, 2008 by lmharnisch

Los Angeles Times file photo OK, who are they? Henry Fonda is one. (Regular reader Callbox Sam). Right. He's the easy one. Henry Fonda's father (William). Sorry. Darren McGavin of "Nightstalker" fame. Sorry, no. Anthony Mann? Sorry, no. Ernest Lehman? … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on March 17, 2008 by lmharnisch

March 17, 1958 One morning recently a man found a wallet on West 7th Street and tried to phone the owner, a woman whose name and address were on the enclosed identification cards. Failing to get a response, he handed … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates

Posted on March 17, 2008 by lmharnisch

March 17, 1958 Victor Romano is a mythical man. He’s a man invented by this column and impersonated by one of my staff. We gave him an occupation: Insurance salesman; a wife, Mary; a child, and a family income last … Continue reading →

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Tourism sociology

Posted on March 17, 2008 by lmharnisch

Sociology professor Gwen Sharp, who writes the "Super Happy Funtime Blog," takes a scientific approach to sightseeing in Los Angeles. She graphed her hypothesis–"The richer the person who owned the home, the more awesome it would be to gawk at … Continue reading →

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Dear Abby

Posted on March 17, 2008 by lmharnisch

March 17, 1968 Dear Suspicious, You already know what I think because you and I think alike. Tell her to stop playing games–or the next time she goes, she doesn’t need to come back …  Dear B.J.D.,  Most men can’t … Continue reading →

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March 17, 1958

Posted on March 17, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, the brainstorm of John Pace, general manager of KABC-AM (790), "Airwatch" was announced Dec. 30, 1957. Below, Times writer Walter Ames goes along with Max Schumacher and Donn Reed for a jaunt above Los Angeles’ freeways. Quote of the … Continue reading →

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March 17, 1938: A Look at Rabbi Jacob Sonderling

Posted on March 17, 2008 by lmharnisch

As Austrian Jews flee for their lives, only to be turned back at the border, Los Angeles congregations prepare to celebrate Purim. Note the name of Jacob Sonderling, identified in The Times as former chief rabbi of the German army.

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March 17, 1908

Posted on March 17, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, the St. Vincent nine … Below, The Times’ Harry Carr files a firsthand report on the U.S. fleet in Magdalena Bay, Mexico … Quote of the day: "The fleet in the distance really looked like a great smoky factory … Continue reading →

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March 16, 1958

Posted on March 16, 2008 by lmharnisch

Frances Farmer is interviewed by The Times’ Cecil Smith upon her return to acting in "The Tongues of Angels," a "Studio One" production. Farmer, whose life imploded in the 1940s, says: "I’m better now at my work than I have … Continue reading →

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March 16, 1938

Posted on March 16, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, prepare yourself for a shock: Police Chief James Davis wants–more officers. Below, Hitler calls the expansion of Germany "The greatest achievement of my life" … Austrian Jews are barred from voting. Quote of the day: A wave of lawlessness … Continue reading →

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