Category Archives: Columnists

Matt Weinstock — January 2, 1959

Posted on January 2, 2009 by lmharnisch

Reader’s Choice A man in the VA hospital in West L.A. writes, "Lying here, a person has time to think of many things, especially things he has missed. I am writing to ask what you think is the most interesting … Continue reading →

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January 1, 1959: Matt Weinstock

Posted on January 1, 2009 by lmharnisch

Unsung Heroines Today the focus is on that thriving city north of South Pasadena.  The bands will play, the crowds will roar, the traffic will snarl. But in all the gigantic gymkhana there will be no mention of those unsung … Continue reading →

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January 1, 1959: Paul Coates — Confidential File

Posted on January 1, 2009 by lmharnisch

Confidential File Looking Back at ’58; Looking Ahead to ’59 In this business, all years go by fast. But ’58, somehow, seemed to be out to break records. It just doesn’t seem like a year ago this week that I … Continue reading →

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Southern California in flames, November 25, 1938

Posted on November 25, 2008 by lmharnisch

This photograph is 70 years old but it could have been taken last week.   The Times’ L.D. Hotchkiss takes on Pulitzer-winning columnist Westbrook Pegler. Fire damage –10,000 acres in Topanga and Rustic canyons –4,000 acres in San Bernardino County. … Continue reading →

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Sports columnist on golf in Cuba, November 18, 1958

Posted on November 18, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Times columnist visits Cuba and reports about golf. Golf? "The Cuban rebel leader, Fidel Castro, has dealt the tourist business in Havana an awful blow," Braven Dyer wrote, adding that the incoming revolt didn’t stop the celebrity golfers from … Continue reading →

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Lasorda’s Dodger forecast, November 13, 1968

Posted on November 13, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, "Therese and Isabelle," 1968. "Reminds us anew that there’s nothing quite so puritanical as a dirty picture."— Kevin Thomas Some clips on YouTube for the curious.,,, Part of the pleasure in plowing through old sports stories is reading about … Continue reading →

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Vision of an African American utopia — Allensworth

Posted on October 31, 2008 by lmharnisch

Photograph by Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times A LOOK BACK: The sun sets on Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park, where original buildings and replicas provide a glimpse of the utopian community founded by a former slave and retired Army … Continue reading →

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Jack Smith, October 21, 1958

Posted on October 21, 2008 by lmharnisch
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Bob Kelley — the voice of the Rams

Posted on October 12, 2008 by lmharnisch

Bert Convy … or Dave Brubeck. By Keith Thursby Times staff writer Too bad I never got the chance to listen to Bob Kelley. Sounds like he was one of a kind. Kelley was the longtime Ram voice who was … Continue reading →

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PBS host says career women are ‘monsters,’ September 9, 1958

Posted on September 9, 2008 by lmharnisch

PBS host offers views on American women Alistair Cooke: The career woman " is a monster … the supreme escapist from the role of being a woman. I’m not talking about the working wife whose job supplements the family income. … Continue reading →

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Italy orders Jews out; Hollywood Legion Stadium opens, September 2, 1938

Posted on September 2, 2008 by lmharnisch

Hollywood Legion Stadium: 1938 – 1959 All Jews who moved to Italy since World War I (or the World War, as it was then known) have six months to leave Italy and many of its colonies, including Libya and the … Continue reading →

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August 31, 1958: Woman kills husband as children sleep, Giants win over Dodgers

Posted on August 31, 2008 by lmharnisch

Lillian loved Ed. She loved him even though he beat her. She loved him even though he was on probation for beating her. And she loved him even when he lay dying on the kitchen floor after she stabbed him … Continue reading →

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Dodgers Labor Day weekend TV schedule, August 30, 1958

Posted on August 30, 2008 by lmharnisch

Los Angeles Times file photo(s) Check it out! Jerry Doggett and Vin Scully are glued together! GLUED!! Published in The Times on Sept. 2, 1958. Glue and all. Oh you photogs (or more likely the guys in the art department, … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates

Posted on June 7, 2008 by lmharnisch

 

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Matt Weinstock

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June 6, 1958

Posted on June 6, 2008 by lmharnisch

A couple of odd, sad stories… A Spanish American War veteran’s widow dies while donating the flag from his casket to a junior high … A student with polio graduates as valedictorian from Washington and Lee University … And the … Continue reading →

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June 5, 1958

Posted on June 5, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Here’s where we have a rare convergence: The Dodgers, columnists Matt Weinstock    and  Paul Coates, and Jack Searles writing about Chavez Ravine residents’ reaction to the passage of Proposition B. How can you not love an interview with … Continue reading →

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Voices–Juan Romero

Posted on June 5, 2008 by lmharnisch

Photograph by William Dietsch / Los Angeles Times Juan Romero in a photo dated June 18, 1968. "It is hard to understand. I did nothing. It just happened. Mr. Kennedy was there and he needed someone with him, that’s all." … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on June 4, 2008 by lmharnisch

June 4, 1958  

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Paul Coates

Posted on June 4, 2008 by lmharnisch

June 4, 1958  

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