Category Archives: art and artists

L.A. County Cuts Welfare Costs, Pays Immigrants to Go Back to Mexico — Updated

Posted on December 5, 2010 by lmharnisch

December 3, 1941: I have been reading old newspapers for years and very little about Los Angeles history surprises me anymore, but this one amazed me. To reduce the welfare rolls, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approves paying … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Dec. 5, 1960

Posted on December 5, 2010 by lmharnisch

       Dec. 5, 1960: Two L.A. gendarmes and a highway patrolman have "retired" after being caught by a vice squad officer in the company of a bad gal, Matt Weinstock says. DEAR ABBY: I just found out that … Continue reading →

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April 11, 1954, Not So Boring!

Posted on December 4, 2010 by lmharnisch

    A programmer unleashes a computer on the history of the 20th century …       The ads have been infiltrated by Bob Dobbs! Yikes!   …. and discovers that April 11, 1954 ….       Good … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates and Matt Weinstock, Dec. 3, 1960

Posted on December 3, 2010 by lmharnisch

       Dec. 3, 1960: Matt Weinstock says: "People are warming up to our town's pro basketball team, the Lakers. But something will have to be done about that name, which derives from their former home state, Minnesota, with … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Dec. 2, 1960

Posted on December 2, 2010 by lmharnisch

    Dec. 2, 1960: For a second time, Matt Weinstock debunks the notion that the tear-off strips on cellophane cigarette packs should be saved as a way to raise money.  Urban myths are hard to kill, he discovers. Also … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Dec. 1, 1960

Posted on December 1, 2010 by lmharnisch

       Dec. 1, 1960: Matt Weinstock complains because Charlie Chaplin has no star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and has an update on the fire hydrant in the gutter at 2nd and Hill streets.  DEAR ABBY: Have … Continue reading →

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Labor Secretary Calls for Immigration Crackdown

Posted on December 1, 2010 by lmharnisch

        Dec. 1, 1930: Editorial cartooning from the pen of a younger Bruce Russell, in the days when newspapers ran them on the front page. And no, Russell’s concepts didn’t get any clearer over the years. Compare … Continue reading →

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What to See in L.A., 1924

Posted on December 1, 2010 by lmharnisch

      I don’t post much on the 1920s (so many stories, only one Larry Harnisch) but I stumbled across this feature page when looking for something else and found several interesting pieces. The first is a long interview … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Nov. 30, 1960

Posted on November 30, 2010 by lmharnisch

       Dec. 2, 1960: A publicity man never gives up, Matt Weinstock says, citing his experience with a tale about the Arizona Bar – in San Diego. DEAR ABBY: We are the parents of four wonderful adopted children. … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Nov. 29, 1960

Posted on November 29, 2010 by lmharnisch

    Nov. 29, 1960:  Matt Weinstock has the story of a group of people who were discussing current films (one of them had seen a preview of “Exodus”) and another said he hadn’t been to a movie since “Wings.” … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Nov. 28, 1960

Posted on November 28, 2010 by lmharnisch

       Nov. 28, 1960: Are American children lagging behind their Soviet counterparts? Matt Weinstock (who admits he was lousy in geometry) doesn’t think it’s so important.  “I thought it was a ridiculous waste of time, effort and money … Continue reading →

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Revisionism on Vietnam, November 1980

Posted on November 28, 2010 by lmharnisch

        Nov. 16, 1980: President-elect Ronald Reagan calls the Vietnam  War a “noble cause,” echoing the views of a “small but increasingly vocal minority of scholars,” The Times’ Barry Siegel says. “Virtually all scholars still say America … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Nov. 26, 1960

Posted on November 26, 2010 by lmharnisch

       Nov. 26, 1960: Caryl Chessman is dead – but far from forgotten, Matt Weinstock says. DEAR ABBY: My husband and I are beside ourselves. Our 21-year-old son has been going with a girl. We did not disapprove … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Nov. 25, 1960

Posted on November 25, 2010 by lmharnisch

       Nov. 25, 1960: Matt Weinstock checks in with John Cheever, who’s in Hollywood doing a treatment of D.H. Lawrence’s “The Lost Girl.” “If the short story, of which I am an enthusiastic addict, has any future, Cheever … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Nov. 24, 1960

Posted on November 24, 2010 by lmharnisch

       Nov. 24, 1960: Matt Weinstock has the amusing saga of a national anthem titled "The Salutation and March to His Highness the Sultan of Muscat and Oman" and the British admiralty’s attempt to obtain a fresh copy … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Nov. 23, 1960

Posted on November 23, 2010 by lmharnisch

       Nov. 23, 1960: Joseph J. Cracchiolo traces a flaming object in the sky and watches it land in the 1200 block of West 120th Street. The space object turned out to be a plastic dry-cleaning bag, "with … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Nov. 22, 1960

Posted on November 22, 2010 by lmharnisch

       Nov. 22, 1960: Several kind-hearted women in Arcadia have been saving the cellophane strips from cigarette packs in the belief that a pound of the strips could be exchanged for 48 hours in an iron lung for … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Nov. 21, 1960

Posted on November 21, 2010 by lmharnisch

       Nov. 21, 1960: Matt Weinstock notes that the fire hydrant outside the new state building at 2nd and Hill streets is in the gutter because the street was widened during construction and nobody can agree on who … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Nov. 19, 1960

Posted on November 19, 2010 by lmharnisch

    Nov. 19, 1960: Parallels between the bus system and the Owens Valley aqueduct? Matt Weinstock has the story. DEAR ABBY: Please advise me if I was right or wrong for accepting a diamond ring from a man who, … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Nov. 18, 1960

Posted on November 18, 2010 by lmharnisch

       Nov. 18, 1960: A woman who missed a court date arrives with a note from her doctor saying that she’s ready to “resume her occupation,” and that, of course, is why she was in court, Matt Weinstock … Continue reading →

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