Category Archives: 1961

Libel Suit in L.A. Mayor’s Race!

Posted on May 12, 2011 by lmharnisch

        May 12, 1961: Mayor Norris Poulson accused challenger Sam Yorty of being “backed by the underworld” and Yorty responded with a libel suit.   The basis of Poulson's charge was that as an Assemblyman, Yorty supported a … Continue reading →

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Jim Murray, May 11, 1961

Posted on May 11, 2011 by lmharnisch

            May 11, 1961: The horse player is the hardest guy I know to please in the whole world of sports. He is grumpy, cynical, suspicious. He never smiles. No matter what happens he is … Continue reading →

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Jim Murray, May 10, 1961

Posted on May 10, 2011 by lmharnisch

        May 10, 1961: Things have gotten so desperate the Yankees have taken to trading four of their players for two Angels, a ratio, which, if it holds up, will ultimately mean the whole New York franchise … Continue reading →

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Jim Murray, May 9, 1961

Posted on May 9, 2011 by lmharnisch

            May 9, 1961: Unfortunately for the ladies — and probably Alejandro Lavorante too — this Latin lover will be doing his tango with the No. 3 heavyweight of the world, Zora Folley, Thursday night … Continue reading →

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Jim Murray, May 8, 1961

Posted on May 8, 2011 by lmharnisch

        May 8, 1961: I was rooting hard for old John  Longden on Saturday. You knew it was his last long ride around Churchill Downs. John has won races under all kinds of conditions, including three at … Continue reading →

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Jim Murray, May 7, 1961

Posted on May 7, 2011 by lmharnisch

             May 7, 1961: Arnold Palmer is unique in golf in that his fellow pros, whose pockets he picks every time he pulls off one of his patented finishes, like him anyway. Golfers find it … Continue reading →

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U.S. Launches Astronaut Alan Shepard: ‘Boy What a Ride!’

Posted on May 6, 2011 by lmharnisch

           May 6, 1961: Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. was rocketed 115 miles above the Earth in a flawless suborbital flight and recovered safely 302 miles down the Atlantic Missile Range to become America's first man … Continue reading →

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Jim Murray, May 5, 1961

Posted on May 5, 2011 by lmharnisch

        May 5, 1961: The strange story of Gene Littler illustrates the elusiveness of golf. Seven years ago, this calm, compact young man was almost everybody's best bet to corner the game of golf altogether….  The top … Continue reading →

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Jim Murray, May 4, 1961

Posted on May 4, 2011 by lmharnisch

        May 4, 1961: Once a year, golf and Las Vegas get together — and in the view of both, that's often enough. It costs Vegas' Desert Inn $150,000 and a swatch of headaches. It costs the … Continue reading →

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Jim Murray, May 3, 1961

Posted on May 3, 2011 by lmharnisch

        May 3, 1961: The locker room interview, an integral part of baseball, is clacking along at an .800 clip and everything is upbeat, Jim Murray says.

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Yorty Seeks to Limit L.A. Mayors to Two Terms

Posted on May 3, 2011 by lmharnisch

        May 3, 1961: The Times editorial page backs Mayor Norris Poulson, who lost to  challenger Sam Yorty. Although Yorty advocated a two-term limit for mayors, he served three terms and was seeking a fourth when he … Continue reading →

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Jim Murray, May 2, 1961

Posted on May 2, 2011 by lmharnisch

           May 2, 1961: It has been said this is a so-so field coming up to the Kentucky Derby this year, but it is only in retrospect that anyone can evaluate. A derby lineup is like … Continue reading →

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Garden Grove Teenagers Find Severed Head

Posted on May 2, 2011 by lmharnisch

              Lampson Avenue and Knott Street via Google street view.   April 30-May 18, 1961: Three Garden Grove teenagers riding their bikes along Lampson Avenue near Knott Street, an area of tomato fields, find … Continue reading →

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Jim Murray, May 1, 1961

Posted on May 1, 2011 by lmharnisch

            May 1, 1961: Les Richter, middle-guard linebacker and mad red dog of the Rams, spends each football season as the Dracula of the line-of-scrimmage and each off-season as the William Jennings Bryan of sports.

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Jim Murray, April 30, 1961

Posted on April 30, 2011 by lmharnisch

            April 30, 1961: Down on the field, a team called the Los Angeles Angels were playing once again. It was possible to close my eyes and go back to 1944, the first time I … Continue reading →

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Jim Murray, April 28, 1961

Posted on April 28, 2011 by lmharnisch

        April 28, 1961: Jim Murray dips into the mailbag and finds letters from Frank Capra and George Kennedy, among others. Meredith Willson wants Murray to write a baseball comedy so he can use it for a … Continue reading →

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President Kennedy Urges Self-Censorship for Newspapers

Posted on April 28, 2011 by lmharnisch

        April 28, 1961: President Kennedy calls on the nation's newspapers to censor themselves in publishing information that could be useful to global communism in the cold war.  "Communism, he said, is a 'monolithic and ruthless conspiracy' … Continue reading →

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Jim Murray, April 27, 1961

Posted on April 27, 2011 by lmharnisch

        April 27, 1961: The Angels make their debut at a refurbished Wrigley Field against the Minnesota Twins. Jim Murray says: "You have to marvel that, at 1:30 this afternoon, they will bravely begin an extended run … Continue reading →

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UC May Have to Charge Tuition – Someday

Posted on April 27, 2011 by lmharnisch

          April 27, 1961: The Senate Education Committee turns down a proposed tuition fee for University of California students but says one may have to be imposed — eventually.

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Jim Murray, April 26, 1961

Posted on April 26, 2011 by lmharnisch

            April 26, 1961: Jim Murray writes about pitcher Jim Brosnan’s book “The Long Season,” calling it "The best book on baseball ever written and one of the best on any subject."

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