Category Archives: art and artists

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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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, April 26, 1941

Posted on April 26, 2011 by lmharnisch

           April 26, 1941: Harriet Grainger fills in for Lee Shippey, who is recovering from surgery. BELLS TO: Fibber McGee and Molly, who, loyal to the radio sponsor they've had for years, nixed more lucrative offers … Continue reading →

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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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Vacation Is Over

Posted on April 26, 2011 by lmharnisch

    Vacation is over, but it’s going to take me a few days to plow through everything that has accumulated since I left.  Have you missed Jim Murray? Me too!

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, April 25, 1941

Posted on April 25, 2011 by lmharnisch

        April 25, 1941: Lee Shippey is still recovering from surgery, so his friends are filling in for him. Today’s column by novelist Harlan Ware is about what Hollywood success did to one writer. No matter how … Continue reading →

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Jim Murray, April 25, 1961

Posted on April 25, 2011 by lmharnisch

        April 25, 1961: You may remember Cannonball Green as the promising light-heavyweight of a quarter-century ago who once put Maxie Rosenbloom on the floor four times up in Ventura but only got a draw. Cannonball's career … Continue reading →

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Blogger’s holiday

Posted on April 22, 2011 by lmharnisch

    I’m on vacation this week, so posting will be light.   

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, April 18, 1941

Posted on April 18, 2011 by lmharnisch

            April 18, 1941: Lee Shippey is hospitalized after what The Times vaguely referred to as “major surgery.” His column continued to appear with guest writers filling in. On the jump: Benjamin “Bugsie” Siegel is … Continue reading →

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Jim Murray, April 18, 1961

Posted on April 18, 2011 by lmharnisch

            April 18, 1961: Talk about versatility. Today, Jim Murray writes about riding to hounds: “Here in Southern California, the traditions are being carried on by the West Hills Hunt Club, a doughty band of … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, April 17, 1941

Posted on April 17, 2011 by lmharnisch

            SANTA FE CHIEF, April 16 — NOTHING MAKES YOU feel more remote from the toil, trouble and strife of the war world than a powerful train. It's a moving island from which all disturbing influences … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, April 16, 1941

Posted on April 16, 2011 by lmharnisch

           April 16, 1941: Tom Treanor writes another column about Leland Stowe and Thomas Mann. “Both of these splendid speakers emphasized strongly the evil that Germany is doing. They spoke on moral grounds and they used … Continue reading →

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Kennedy Names First Black U.S. Attorney

Posted on April 16, 2011 by lmharnisch

           April 16, 1961: President Kennedy nominates Cecil F. Poole (d. 1997) as U.S. attorney for the Northern District California. He was the first African American U.S. attorney in the Continental U.S., the first black federal … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates and Matt Weinstock, April 15, 1961

Posted on April 15, 2011 by lmharnisch

       April 15, 1961: Matt Weinstock has two items on people who are crossing the country in walks for peace. One is a group that is walking from San Francisco to Moscow and the other is Miss Peace … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, April 15, 1941

Posted on April 15, 2011 by lmharnisch

           April 15, 1941: Lee Shippey writes about the restoration of the Don Ignacio de Palomares house as a WPA project to help celebrate the centennial of the Rancho Santa Anita grant to Don Hugo Reid. … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates and Matt Weinstock, April 14, 1961

Posted on April 14, 2011 by lmharnisch

    April 14, 1961: Like some huge, weird, robot-like monster in a dream, the steel and concrete pillars and bridges of the Santa Monica Freeway are advancing slowly westward from Figueroa Street to Venice Boulevard, laying waste all before … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, April 14, 1941

Posted on April 14, 2011 by lmharnisch

            April 14, 1961: One of the joys of these old newspapers is stumbling across an undiscovered gem, and Tom Treanor has one today: An interview with Paul Revere Williams, the famous African American architect. … Continue reading →

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Jim Murray, April 14, 1961

Posted on April 14, 2011 by lmharnisch

            April 14, 1961: The arrival of major league baseball in Los Angeles has curtailed network TV's games of the week, so that sports announcer Dizzy Dean is off the local airwaves, which may be … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, April 13, 1941

Posted on April 13, 2011 by lmharnisch

           April 13, 1941: Stocking buyers to whom I have talked believe there is only about a two-month supply of raw silk in the country. That would seem to be the tipoff to buy. In a … Continue reading →

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Jim Murray, April 13, 1961

Posted on April 13, 2011 by lmharnisch

            April 13, 1961: For years, Abe Saperstein had been enduring the slurs and digs of organized basketball, which referred to his menagerie of ball wizards as "trained giraffes playing stooges and sparmates." In the … Continue reading →

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Jim Murray, April 12, 1961

Posted on April 12, 2011 by lmharnisch

Like Caesar’s Gaul, all golf for the moment is divided into three parts: Gary Player, Arnold Palmer and a bunch of guys playing for third money, Jim Murray says.
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