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I am retired from the Los Angeles Times

Nancy Drew convention

Posted on May 10, 2007 by lmharnisch

  Fans of fictional teenage detective Nancy Drew will gather (presumably in blue convertibles) in Los Angeles for their annual convention,  June 15-16.  Scheduled speakers include Penny Warner, author of "The Official Nancy Drew Handbook," and Jennifer Fisher, author of … Continue reading →

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Arson in Norwalk

Posted on May 10, 2007 by lmharnisch

    May 10, 1957 Norwalk First comes love, then comes marriage, then come two children and lots and lots of diapers for Nancy Joyce Stoner, 20, and her husband, Eugene, 31. Married at 16 after graduating from La Puente … Continue reading →

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Neumann on the Mideast, Part 6

Posted on May 10, 2007 by lmharnisch

Note: In early 1957, The Times sent UCLA professor Robert G. Neumann on a six-week tour of the Middle East. Neumann, who was later the U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan and Morocco, wrote these stories upon his return. His son, Ronald, … Continue reading →

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Neumann on the Mideast, Part 5

Posted on May 9, 2007 by lmharnisch

Note: In early 1957, The Times sent UCLA professor Robert G. Neumann on a six-week tour of the Middle East. Neumann, who was later the U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan and Morocco, wrote these stories upon his return. His son, Ronald, … Continue reading →

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No blacks allowed

Posted on May 8, 2007 by lmharnisch

  May 9, 1957 Austin, Texas Texas State Rep. Joe Chapman is no opera lover, especially when the cast includes an African American in the lead. He wants soprano Barbara Louise Smith out of the university production of Henry Purcell’s … Continue reading →

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Drivers’ Ed Theatre

Posted on May 8, 2007 by lmharnisch

Last Date, 1949 "Dear Margo, they finally released me from the hospital.  And now I’m home again.  But  in a way I almost wished I had died in there…. I’ve had my last date." With Dick York

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Liberace sues Confidential

Posted on May 8, 2007 by lmharnisch

May 8, 1957 Los Angeles Promising nothing less than the destruction of Confidential magazine, Liberace filed a $20-million libel suit over an article in the July issue titled “Why Liberace’s Theme Song Should be ‘Mad About the Boy.’ ” The … Continue reading →

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Gay party raided

Posted on May 7, 2007 by lmharnisch

  May 7, 1957 Tijuana Dear parents of Los Angeles, Some of you will be hearing from your sons today. It seems that there was a get-together of young men at a watering hole between Tijuana and Ensenada called the … Continue reading →

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Neumann on the Mideast, Part 4

Posted on May 7, 2007 by lmharnisch

Note: In early 1957, The Times sent UCLA professor Robert G. Neumann on a six-week tour of the Middle East. Neumann, who was later the U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan and Morocco, wrote these stories upon his return. His son, Ronald, … Continue reading →

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Neumann on the Mideast, Part 3

Posted on May 6, 2007 by lmharnisch

Note: In early 1957, The Times sent UCLA professor Robert G. Neumann on a six-week tour of the Middle East. Neumann, who was later the U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan and Morocco, wrote these stories upon his return. His son, Ronald, … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates–Confidential File

Posted on May 6, 2007 by lmharnisch

May 6, 1957 Los Angeles SUBJECT’S NAME: Sandra Brandner SUBJECT’S DESCRIPTION: Age 16. Height, 5 feet, 5 inches. Weight, about 135 pounds. Light brown hair. Brown eyes. The subject was last seen in El Segundo in July 1954. Any person … Continue reading →

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S.S. Rex

Posted on May 6, 2007 by lmharnisch

Speaking of Santa Monica, here’s an ad for Tony Cornero’s gambling ship, the Rex. Only 25 cents by water taxi.

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Drug raid

Posted on May 6, 2007 by lmharnisch

May 6, 1957 Los Angeles Saundra died Jan. 11, 1978, 40 years after she dazzled concert-goers as a child prodigy on the violin, like her mother, Frances. In her lifetime, she performed at the Hollywood Bowl with Leopold Stokowski and … Continue reading →

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Neumann on the Mideast , Part 2

Posted on May 6, 2007 by lmharnisch

Note: In early 1957, The Times sent UCLA professor Robert G. Neumann on a six-week tour of the Middle East. Neumann, who was later the U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan and Morocco, wrote these stories upon his return. His son, Ronald, … Continue reading →

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Voices–the Albert Dyer case

Posted on May 5, 2007 by lmharnisch

  Note: The murders of three little Inglewood girls was one of Los Angeles’ most notorious case of the 1930s. Madeline Everett, 7,  her sister Melba, 9, and their playmate, Jeanette Stephens, 8, were lured to the Baldwin Hills by … Continue reading →

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Neumann on the Mideast, Part 1

Posted on May 5, 2007 by lmharnisch

Note: In early 1957, The Times sent UCLA professor Robert G. Neumann on a six-week tour of the Middle East. Neumann, who was later the U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan and Morocco, wrote these stories upon his return. His son, Ronald, … Continue reading →

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Unruly son

Posted on May 5, 2007 by lmharnisch

May 5, 1957 Los Angeles Life is miserable for the Bernstein family, 2499 Coolidge Ave. Nathan, 56, and his wife, Sadie, 43, work hard at an aircraft plant as they try to raise their three children. One son is in … Continue reading →

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BMW

Posted on May 4, 2007 by lmharnisch

The good news: It’s a BMW. The bad news: You wouldn’t want one for a gift.  

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New blog: The Daily Mirror

Posted on May 4, 2007 by lmharnisch

Check out The Daily Mirror. It’s right here

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Voices–Paul Weeks

Posted on May 4, 2007 by lmharnisch

May 4, 1957 Los Angeles Paul Weeks, formerly of the Mirror and The Times, says: The Los Angeles Mirror’s success was due primarily to J. Edward Murray’s  journalistic talent, his creativity, his forward-looking at important issues still not properly reported, … Continue reading →

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