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I am retired from the Los Angeles Times

Jan. 14, 1958

Posted on January 14, 2008 by lmharnisch

Jayne Mansfield and Mickey Hargitay get married… (note that The Times used an AP photo)… will the Dodgers play at Wrigley Field? (no "Moon Shots" there, folks)… Sarah Churchill, daughter of a fellow named Sir Winston, gets popped for being … Continue reading →

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Jan. 14, 1908

Posted on January 14, 2008 by lmharnisch

A man convicted of killing a police officer killer tries to sell his body for a little cash … and his partner goes on trial…  A man can’t get picked up by the streetcar because he looks like a robber… … Continue reading →

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Killing revisited

Posted on January 13, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Sylvan C. Diamond writes of the Felicitas Nicholson case: I covered the Nicholson trial as a reporter for the all news radio station in Riverside, KACE. (No longer there). I was allowed by presiding Superior Court Judge John Gabbert … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on January 13, 2008 by lmharnisch

Jan. 13, 1958 There are words which somehow people think mean the opposite of what Mr. Webster states about them in his big book. For instance, enervate. It means to deprive of strength, to enfeeble. Yet many people think it … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates

Posted on January 13, 2008 by lmharnisch

Jan. 13, 1958 Juvenile terror has been a fact in this town for a long time. It’s nothing new. But there is something new about the latest series of outbreaks which hit the headlines over the last few days. Take … Continue reading →

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Craby Joe’s RIP

Posted on January 13, 2008 by lmharnisch

All is not well in Bukowski Square at Main and 7th. As noted all over the Internet, Craby Joe’s closed on Christmas Eve, a passing that was mourned by many, though not the Daily Mirror, who was at midnight Mass. … Continue reading →

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Edmund Hillary

Posted on January 13, 2008 by lmharnisch

    Here’s Dennis McLellan’s obituary on Hillary.

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The Badge

Posted on January 13, 2008 by lmharnisch

Well isn’t this interesting? Here’s the original cover of "The Badge," from my five-foot shelf of books on Los Angeles. Note the style of badge and Serial No. 714.   And here’s the cover of the reprint ("With a new … Continue reading →

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Drunk farm

Posted on January 13, 2008 by lmharnisch

Jan. 13, 1958 Los AngelesIf you’ve read Jack Webb’s "The Badge," (Page 236-240) you’ll recall a section on the LAPD’s farm for rehabilitating alcoholics. According to Webb, who unfortunately is not a terribly reliable source, the project began because there … Continue reading →

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Jan. 13, 1958

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Jan. 13, 1908

Posted on January 13, 2008 by lmharnisch

An experiment in powering streetcars via rails rather than overhead wires (the car reaches 35 mph and the inventor says it could hit 70 mph–an interesting idea when sharing the street with horses and autos)… A clothing sale… And how … Continue reading →

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Location sleuth

Posted on January 12, 2008 by lmharnisch

    Photograph by Larry Harnisch / Los Angeles Times I set out for Bukowski Square to check on Craby Joe’s (more about that later) and discovered Main Street was blocked for filming. Coming to a theater near you will … Continue reading →

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LAPD HQ

Posted on January 12, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Photograph by Larry Harnisch / Los Angeles Times   This is a detail of the slabs being installed on the new Los Angeles Police Department headquarters on Spring Street. I hope, I’m wrong but the idea of a big … Continue reading →

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110 revisited

Posted on January 12, 2008 by lmharnisch

     Photograph by Larry Harnisch / The Los Angeles Times And what have we here? It looks like there’s an abandoned freeway ramp behind this chain-link fence. Hm. Wouldn’t it be fun to get a closer look? Stay tuned.

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Carl Karcher

Posted on January 12, 2008 by lmharnisch

Jan. 11, 1968 Anaheim

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Whites only

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Jan. 12, 1958

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Jan. 12, 1958

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Streetcar holdup

Posted on January 12, 2008 by lmharnisch

Jan. 12, 1908Los Angeles Streetcars robberies, although not everyday occurrences, were a regular risk 100 years ago on our sainted mass-transit system. In this instance, a passenger grabbed the bandit as he was holding two guns to the conductor’s head … Continue reading →

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Jan. 12, 1908

Posted on January 12, 2008 by lmharnisch

A feud between millionaire James Irvine and his neighbors involving access to land ends up in court … a dispute over the harbor… political influence and graft … and a man recovering at home from brain surgery to remove a … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on January 11, 2008 by lmharnisch

Jan. 11, 1958 This is to report that progress has whacked away another footnote in the American credo, this time the Tom Sawyer-Huck Finn division. Ralph Hopkins, who spends his weekends fixing up his desert hideaway, tried to buy some … Continue reading →

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