Category Archives: Columnists

Jim Murray, May 12, 1961

Posted on May 12, 2011 by lmharnisch

        May 12, 1961: Paul Pender is not really a prizefighter at all. He has retired from the game more times than Jackie Jensen. He is a fireman by trade and he still reaches out instinctively to … Continue reading →

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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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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, May 11, 1941

Posted on May 11, 2011 by lmharnisch

               May 11, 1941: We decided to poll a vote to decide which of the "funny men" are really funny. Bob Hope won the majority vote for originality. Milton Berle was classed as the … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, May 10, 1941

Posted on May 10, 2011 by lmharnisch

        May 10, 1941: Times Managing Editor L.D. Hotchkiss has a long piece against using material that is off the record. He says: “The moment any speaker or person being interviewed announces ‘this is off the record,’ … 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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‘Citizen Kane’ Opens in L.A.!

Posted on May 9, 2011 by lmharnisch

            May 9, 1941: “Citizen Kane” opens at the El Capitan and the RKO Hillstreet. “Orson Welles strikes out in a dozen new directions with his technique of ‘Citizen Kane.’ Yet what he does can … 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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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, May 8, 1941

Posted on May 8, 2011 by lmharnisch

        May 8, 1941: John J. McNamara, one of the key figures in the 1910 bombing of the Los Angeles Times and the bombing of the Llewellyn Iron Works , dies in Montana. His brother James had … 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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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, May 7, 1941

Posted on May 7, 2011 by lmharnisch

           May 7, 1941: Mayor Fletcher Bowron is reelected and another Times endorsement goes down in flames. Still recovering from surgery, Lee Shippey files  a column from the hospital, this time on nurses. Tom Treanor, who … 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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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, May 6, 1941

Posted on May 6, 2011 by lmharnisch

           May 6, 1941: Westbrook Pegler wins a Pulitzer Prize for "articles on scandals in the ranks of organized labor, which led to the expulsion and conviction of George Scalise" of the Building Service Employees International. … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, May 5, 1941

Posted on May 5, 2011 by lmharnisch

        May 5, 1941: Lee Shippey writes about some of his hospital experiences – and the cost of healthcare. HEADLINES (and what they mean): From a trade journal: "Hays Office Bans 'The Outlaw' Because of 'Breast Shots' … 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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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, May 4, 1941

Posted on May 4, 2011 by lmharnisch

        May 4, 1961:  Lee Shippey returns and although he doesn’t elaborate on the surgery that kept him from writing, he shows that the cost of healthcare is nothing new.  Tom Treanor has the story of an … 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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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, May 3, 1941

Posted on May 3, 2011 by lmharnisch

           May 3, 1941: Novelist James Hilton fills in for Lee Shippey, who is recovering from surgery. (I must say, I’m impressed by the number of authors among Shippey’s friends). Tom Treanor, who was killed covering … 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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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, May 2, 1941

Posted on May 2, 2011 by lmharnisch

           May 2, 1941: Darrell Ware, filling in for Lee Shippey, writes about the opening of trout season. I've yet to see Adolphe Menjou in evening attire sans a boutonniere, Jimmie Fidler says 

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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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