Category Archives: Columnists

March 11, 1958

Posted on March 11, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, an early column by Jack Smith. Click on the thumbnail for the entire story … Below, meat prices are going up by 3 cents to 21 cents a pound (22 cents to $1.53 USD 2007) … The U.S. will … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on March 10, 2008 by lmharnisch

March 10, 1958 In the dark days of the Depression of the 1930s, Police Chief James E. Davis deployed 40 L.A. policemen to the Arizona state line to turn back the stream of jobless people heading for California. The rumor … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates

Posted on March 8, 2008 by lmharnisch

March 8, 1958 A high school official who nearly died from stab wounds inflicted by a sheriff’s vice officer said today that he intends to take legal action against the deputy. William R. Barringer, 43, dean of boys and vice … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on March 7, 2008 by lmharnisch

March 7, 1958 Another citizen is resentful because police came and got him at 2 a.m. on a warrant for an unanswered parking violation. Eventually, after the long ride to City Jail, the processing and waiting, a neighbor put up … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on March 6, 2008 by lmharnisch

March 6, 1958 They’ve stuck a flock of pictures on the walls of the County Museum by some fellow named Degas and, well, I was shanghaied by some well-meaning friends the other night just like in "This Is Your Life" … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates

Posted on March 6, 2008 by lmharnisch

March 6, 1958 I was visited yesterday by one of the women who placed the following classified ad in a local community newspaper: WIVES of union members who protested conditions at Union Headquarters–sued by Union officials for 1/2 million dollars–need … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on March 5, 2008 by lmharnisch

March 5, 1958 A few days before his father died in 1936, F.B. Kelley sent him a postal money order for $50. Last month, in going through some old papers, Kelley came upon the familiar green piece of paper–uncashed. It … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on March 4, 2008 by lmharnisch

March 4, 1958 A midtown resident was awakened at 2 a.m. recently by a woman screaming outside his apartment. He rushed to the phone and called police. Before he could fully give the circumstances he was asked his name and … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates

Posted on March 4, 2008 by lmharnisch

March 4, 1958 Oct. 3, 1957–A former Santa Monica councilman was announced as winner of the $140,000 capital prize in the Irish Sweepstakes today. Jack Guercio, 49, had a ticket on Stephanotis, which brought home his $140,000 by winning the … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates

Posted on March 1, 2008 by lmharnisch

March 1, 1958 Paul, I had a fight with my wife in the restaurant below the hotel tonite. She ran out on me. I slammed the resterant door so hard it almost fell off the hinges. Now I’m having a … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on February 28, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 28, 1958 There’s a widespread belief among cynics that civilization hangs by a gossamer thread and if it ever falls it will be because of a trivial miscue somewhere, not, as others think, from a covey of guided missiles. … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates

Posted on February 28, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 28, 1958 The following is not to be construed as against womanhood. Because, in all sincerity, I think women are necessary. They serve a purpose. Just like trees and oceans and poison ivy, they’re part of the scheme of … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on February 27, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 27, 1958 John Cusic, 25, a Northrop Aircraft worker, his wife, Irma, and their daughter, Pamela, 5, drove to the downtown district of Fullerton one day recently to pay some bills. As Mrs. Cusic came out of a utilities … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates

Posted on February 27, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 27, 1958 This is a story that never ends. It started two years ago when a man in his early 20s came into my office. He had a problem: Heroin. He’d had it for three or four years. He … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on February 26, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 26, 1958 After a hard day at the office, two fellows named Bob and Mike like to drop into a Hill Street dive for a cooling draught, to brood, to contemplate the infinite or merely to read THE evening … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates

Posted on February 26, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 26, 1958 The ghouls never die. Not in L.A., they don’t. They fade away, lay low, sometimes. But always they come back–with new schemes as fantastic as they are sadistic. They dedicate their lives to devising profitable little plots … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on February 25, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 25, 1958 Everyone, it seems, is trying to write television scripts, but Al Blake hadn’t given it a thought until a friend called him one day and said, "Al, I’m in an awful fix. I’ve got a job as … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates

Posted on February 25, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 25, 1958 The biggest hero is often the last heralded. He acts with such quiet, automatic efficiency that he destroys the drama of his own actions. He remains anonymous, unknown and unthanked for his service. Today I have a … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on February 22, 2008 by lmharnisch

        Feb. 22, 1958 There has been quite a literary lament lately to the effect that youngsters today don’t have as much fun as kids used to. Of course, the lament comes from those who have reached … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates

Posted on February 22, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 22, 1958 A hungry man is an angry man. He has no patience with puttering systems of bureaucracy. And today, judging from the state unemployment reports, there are about 150,000 impatient men in Los Angeles. Men and women, I … Continue reading →

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