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I am retired from the Los Angeles Times

March 2, 1958

Posted on March 2, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, "Fort Dobbs," with Clint Walker, Virginia Mayo and Brian Keith. Below, our own Chuck Hillinger and photographer Bruce Cox try to go rafting in the L.A. River after the Army Corps of Engineers finished its project to cover the … Continue reading →

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March 2, 1938

Posted on March 2, 2008 by lmharnisch

At top, "Snow White" in Spanish … Above, a Baltimore wife-beater gets 20 lashes, the most severe flogging since 1889, The Times says …  Garbo and Stokowski? … Nazi Field Marshal Hermann Goering says the Luftwaffe is ready to protect … Continue reading →

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March 2, 1908

Posted on March 2, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, beer, the health drink, with a mere trace of alcohol–just to aid digestion. A deadly crash involving a car and a train is reconstructed at a coroner’s inquest … Will the Great White Fleet bypass Los Angeles and head … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates

Posted on March 1, 2008 by lmharnisch

March 1, 1958 Paul, I had a fight with my wife in the restaurant below the hotel tonite. She ran out on me. I slammed the resterant door so hard it almost fell off the hinges. Now I’m having a … Continue reading →

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March 1, 1958

Posted on March 1, 2008 by lmharnisch

Granted, President Eisenhower’s health was an important issue by 1958, but it’s hard to picture anyone pitching a story about his dental work for Page 1 … An atomic-powered rocket to the moon … And a major setback for Caryl … Continue reading →

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Raymond bombing

Posted on March 1, 2008 by lmharnisch

March 1, 1938 Los Angeles Reinforcements pour into Graz, Austria, in an effort gain control over Nazi unrest. Below, The Times spills lots of ink over "industrial freedom" … Officers are assigned to protect vegetable peddler George Sakalis, a witness … Continue reading →

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March 1, 1908

Posted on March 1, 2008 by lmharnisch

Pat Garrett, the man who killed Billy the Kid, dies by the gun … An update on the Great White Fleet … Grisly details about a crash in which a car ran into a train … And priests in Chicago … Continue reading →

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Home of the week

Posted on March 1, 2008 by lmharnisch

Note, below, that the Hancock home, which was obviously torn down years ago, had a pipe organ. I wonder what became of it. And there was room for an orchestra. Email me

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The comics

Posted on February 29, 2008 by lmharnisch

March 1, 1908

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Dear Abby

Posted on February 29, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 29, 1968 Some evil person asked me to run a "Dear Abby," so here it is. How will this poor woman’s daughter ever marry a doctor and get into the country club if she doesn’t learn to sort laundry? … Continue reading →

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LAPD HQ

Posted on February 29, 2008 by lmharnisch

Photograph by Larry Harnisch / Los Angeles Times The new police headquarters under construction at Spring and 2nd streets, Feb. 28, 2008. Email me

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Feb. 29, 1968

Posted on February 29, 2008 by lmharnisch

Faye Dunaway talks with Kevin Thomas about life since "Bonnie and Clyde" … Romney drops out of the presidential race–doesn’t that sound familiar? … According to reports, President Johnson is preparing to mobilize Marine reservists and National Guard troops to … Continue reading →

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Feb. 29, 1908

Posted on February 29, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, the Stoddard-Dayton ($58,265.68 USD 2007). Drivers prepare for the annual Pasadena-Altadena Hill Climb, an important event in motor sports in early 20th century Los Angeles. The race course started at Orange Grove and went up Los Robles, took a … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on February 28, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 28, 1958 There’s a widespread belief among cynics that civilization hangs by a gossamer thread and if it ever falls it will be because of a trivial miscue somewhere, not, as others think, from a covey of guided missiles. … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates

Posted on February 28, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 28, 1958 The following is not to be construed as against womanhood. Because, in all sincerity, I think women are necessary. They serve a purpose. Just like trees and oceans and poison ivy, they’re part of the scheme of … Continue reading →

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Pacific Electric station

Posted on February 28, 2008 by lmharnisch

Regular reader Callbox Sam passes along a photo showing the Pacific Electric building on Hill Street. Hmm. This doesn’t look like the drawing in the Feb. 28, 1908, Times. Aha! Note that the story says the 1908 station is only … Continue reading →

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Feb. 28, 1958

Posted on February 28, 2008 by lmharnisch

Studio executive Harry Cohn dies … On the jump, the rest of the Cohn obituary … A man commits suicide by jumping from the Subway Terminal Building … Pilot whale Bubbles "celebrates" a year in captivity … The Fire Department … Continue reading →

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Feb. 28, 1938

Posted on February 28, 2008 by lmharnisch

Paul Wright, found not guilty of killing his wife and best friend while they were doing something that couldn’t be printed in The Times, walks out of jail and hopes to be a forgotten man … World War I hero … Continue reading →

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Feb. 28, 1908

Posted on February 27, 2008 by lmharnisch

Now this is interesting: Plans for a new Pacific Electric depot on the west side of Hill Street between 4th and 5th. Hm. Isn’t the Subway Terminal Building on Hill Street between 4th and 5th? Sure is … Powdered eggs … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on February 27, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 27, 1958 John Cusic, 25, a Northrop Aircraft worker, his wife, Irma, and their daughter, Pamela, 5, drove to the downtown district of Fullerton one day recently to pay some bills. As Mrs. Cusic came out of a utilities … Continue reading →

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