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About lmharnisch

I am retired from the Los Angeles Times

Paul V. Coates–Confidential File

Posted on September 4, 2007 by lmharnisch

Sept. 4, 1957 The city of New York stands in armed terror today. Its terrorists are kids–the children of its adults. With knives and guns and razors they have sliced and blasted open the heart of the biggest metropolis in … Continue reading →

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Remembering Tony Day

Posted on September 4, 2007 by lmharnisch

The Times, 1970 And I found this, which was far too interesting not to share: Sept. 26, 1971, by Nick B. Williams

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Oops!

Posted on September 4, 2007 by lmharnisch

Sept. 4, 1957 Los Angeles On a field trip to Grauman’s Chinese Theater so that the court could visit the notorious Row 35, where Maureen O’Hara’s alleged tryst occurred, jurors discovered that it was really Row 40. Aisle C. Upon … Continue reading →

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Countdown to Watts

Posted on September 4, 2007 by lmharnisch

Yes, it really happened.

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Paul V. Coates–Confidential File

Posted on September 3, 2007 by lmharnisch

Sept. 3, 1957 SUBJECT’S NAME: Linda Lee Morrell SUBJECT’S DESCRIPTION: Age, 14. Height, 5 feet, 3 inches. Weight, 110 pounds. Blue eyes. Fair hair. Subject has mole on left cheek and scar under left eyebrow. Anyone with information as to … Continue reading →

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How to Get–and Keep–a Husband

Posted on September 3, 2007 by lmharnisch

Aug, 31-Sept. 3, 1957 Los Angeles If it’s true that a woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle, then author Kate Constance wants every salmon to have a Schwinn. She’s written a book on the subject, … Continue reading →

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Experiment?

Posted on September 3, 2007 by lmharnisch

Sept. 3, 1957Los Angeles

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What is THAT?

Posted on September 2, 2007 by lmharnisch

Sept. 3, 1957Los Angeles

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Judith Mae Andersen update

Posted on September 2, 2007 by lmharnisch

A little more research in the Judith Mae Andersen case has unearthed some interesting facts about the bucket used to dispose of her head and other remains. Recall that Chicago police officials said the bucket was so rare that they … Continue reading →

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Wheel-o-meal

Posted on September 2, 2007 by lmharnisch

  Sept. 2, 1957 Los Angeles Let’s suppose you’re a clever businessman. And let’s suppose your city has the nation’s busiest intersection: In three days, 205,022 cars pass through Wilshire Boulevard and Western Avenue. Along with nine horse-drawn milk wagons. … Continue reading →

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Great moments in advertising

Posted on September 2, 2007 by lmharnisch
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Literary diversions

Posted on September 1, 2007 by lmharnisch

The Times pans "On the Road," Oct. 4, 1957. "The Deadbeat Generation?" Ouch.

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Back to school

Posted on September 1, 2007 by lmharnisch

  Aug. 28, 1957 Los Angeles It’s almost time for school to open, parents, so here’s some tips in shopping for new clothes. And there’s lots to cheer about! "Boys are turning their backs on the sloppy, bizarre clothing fads … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates–Confidential File

Posted on August 31, 2007 by lmharnisch

Aug. 30, 1957 By sundown today, condemned killer Billy Rupp may find his life saved by the same jurors who, five years ago, ordered his death. In a move unprecedented in penal annals, five of the Rupp case jury members … Continue reading →

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How to Get–and Keep–a Husband

Posted on August 31, 2007 by lmharnisch

Aug. 30, 1957 Los Angeles If it’s true that a woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle, then author Kate Constance wants every salmon to have a Schwinn. She’s written a book on the subject, "How … Continue reading →

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Fried Rice

Posted on August 31, 2007 by lmharnisch

  Aug. 29-30, 1957 Los Angeles The poor thing died as hardboiled as she had lived: Renting a junky room in an old house that had been cut up into apartments. The landlord said she’d been sick for the last … Continue reading →

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Remedy for road rage

Posted on August 30, 2007 by lmharnisch

Aug. 29, 1957Los AngelesSo that’s why we have platinum spark plugs….

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True confessions

Posted on August 30, 2007 by lmharnisch

Photograph by the Los Angeles Times Los Angeles reporter and columnist Forabel Muir with a copy of her book, "Headline Happy." Aug. 30, 1957 Los Angeles What’s with all these marriage quizzes? How about some blood and gore? Believe it … Continue reading →

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How to Get–and Keep–a Husband

Posted on August 30, 2007 by lmharnisch

Aug. 29, 1957 Los Angeles If it’s true that a woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle, then author Kate Constance wants every salmon to have a Schwinn. She’s written a book on the subject, "How … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates–Confidential File

Posted on August 29, 2007 by lmharnisch

Aug. 29, 1957 Lynn Stuart didn’t fall into a terror machine. She jumped in, voluntarily. When she did so, she was living in an outwardly quiet and clean Santa Ana community. She was married to a truck driver. She was … Continue reading →

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