Category Archives: #courts

Architectural Ramblings — The Sowden House

Posted on March 20, 2011 by lmharnisch

      Drawing by Charles Owens/Los Angeles Times   The Sowden House by architect Lloyd Wright at 5121 Franklin Ave. is on the market for $4.2 million. You may recall that this was the purported murder HQ of Dr. … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates and Matt Weinstock, March 11, 1961

Posted on March 11, 2011 by lmharnisch

        March 11, 1961: The unemployed man who turned in $240,000 that fell from a Brink’s armored car gets a job offer! An overturned propane trailer causes a five-hour jam on the Hollywood Freeway, Matt Weinstock says, … Continue reading →

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Pages of History — Morrow Mayo’s ‘Los Angeles’

Posted on March 3, 2011 by lmharnisch

      The Evening Express,Dec. 17, 1927       The Evening Express,Dec. 20, 1927       The Times, Dec. 17, 1927     The Times, Dec. 20, 1927   I haven’t forgotten about my little project on … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates, March 2, 1961

Posted on March 2, 2011 by lmharnisch

    March 2, 1961: Paul Coates has one of his better columns today. It’s about a couple of suspects who didn’t take part in a mass escape at the County Jail – and why they didn’t.  ALSO Manhunt Widens … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates, Feb. 27, 1961

Posted on February 27, 2011 by lmharnisch

         Feb. 27, 1961: “The Apartment” gets 10 Academy Award nominations, including best picture. The other nominees are "The Alamo," "Elmer Gantry," "Sons and Lovers" and "The Sundowners." Paul Coates has an interview with  Herman Abrams, who … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates and Matt Weinstock, Feb. 25, 1961

Posted on February 25, 2011 by lmharnisch

         Feb. 25, 1961: A "confessed love slayer" is among 11 men who escaped from the booking room at the County Jail.The leader of the jailbreak is identified as "love slayer" Joe Morgan, who at the age … Continue reading →

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Feb. 24, 1961, Paul Coates

Posted on February 24, 2011 by lmharnisch

             Feb. 24, 1961: Notice the different headlines between the two editions: "I JUST HAD TO KILL," L.A. SLAYER ADMITS and SUICIDE BARES THIRD IOWA BANK SCANDAL. All of this will change when the Mirror … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates, Feb. 21, 1961

Posted on February 21, 2011 by lmharnisch

      Feb. 21, 1961: The choice of which Mercury astronaut will be the first launched into space narrows to Marine Lt. Col. John H. Glenn Jr., Air Force Capt. Virgil L. Grissom and Navy Cmdr. Alan B. Shepard … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates, Feb. 20, 1961

Posted on February 20, 2011 by lmharnisch

         Feb. 20, 1961: Paul Coates follows up on a story about the DMV insisting that Spanish speakers attempt—and fail—the test in English before taking it in Spanish. A new directive allows applications to take the test … Continue reading →

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Another Good Story Ruined — The Black Dahlia

Posted on February 18, 2011 by lmharnisch

      This item comes from the Atlantic: by Mark Bernstein “My morning drive to Eastgate, our software workshop, is literary. “In the car this morning, I listened to the estimable Katherine Kellgren reading  Connie Willis' new historical fiction, … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates, Feb. 17, 1961

Posted on February 17, 2011 by lmharnisch

      Feb. 17, 1961: The death of Burdette E. Lowery, 67, was an accident – or was it? Lowery, a retired engineer, was tenant in a home at 514 Via De La Paz occupied by Turner Ashby Martin, … Continue reading →

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Back in the News: Fred Otash

Posted on February 15, 2011 by lmharnisch

            Feb. 15, 1961: Remember Fred Otash’s alleged involvement in the doping of racehorses? The private detective (and former LAPD officer) got probation.  ALSO Fred Otash on the Daily Mirror

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Alcala Appeals Conviction for Murder of Girl

Posted on February 14, 2011 by lmharnisch

Feb. 14, 1981: Rodney James Alcala appeals his death sentence in the killing of Robin Samsoe, 12, of Huntington Beach. Alcala, a former typist in The Times composing room, was convicted of kidnapping Robin after approaching her and a friend … Continue reading →

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Communists Use Porn to Attack U.S. Morals, Sociologist Says

Posted on February 13, 2011 by lmharnisch

           Feb. 13, 1961: Who is this sociologist who warns that pornography “is part of a Communist-inspired effort to break down American character?” Alas, The Times doesn’t identify him — or her. And details are sketchy … Continue reading →

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Editor Falls to His Death From Hollywood Landmark

Posted on February 12, 2011 by lmharnisch

        6331 Hollywood Blvd., now the Scientology HQ, via Google maps’ street view.           Nothing about Norman Siegel’s death made any sense. The former publicist, now working as the West Coast editor of … Continue reading →

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Pages of History — Morrow Mayo’s ‘Los Angeles’

Posted on February 9, 2011 by lmharnisch

    For many people, this will be an exercise in tedium. But I’m hopeful that the research fanatics among the Daily Mirror readers will find it engaging. I’m going to spend some time on Morrow Mayo’s “Los Angeles” to … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates, Feb. 6, 1961

Posted on February 6, 2011 by lmharnisch

         Feb. 6, 1961: A religious group moves into a vacant storefront next to a country-Western bar and Paul Coates has the rest of the story… Richard Daniel Johnson, owner of the Eaton Canyon Riding Club, is … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, Feb. 1, 1941

Posted on February 1, 2011 by lmharnisch

           Feb. 1. 1941: Tom Treanor writes about the collision of his impressions of English resolve against the Nazis with that of reporters who had been based in London. Treanor says Edward Beattie of United Press … Continue reading →

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Jan. 26, 1961, Paul Coates

Posted on January 26, 2011 by lmharnisch

       Jan. 26, 1961: Paul Coates has the latest example of the recurring stories the Mirror published about petty intimidation by LAPD officers, under Chief William H. Parker, particularly traffic officers.  ALSO Justice Strained

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Wife Seeks Divorce After Learning Mother-in-Law is Black

Posted on January 25, 2011 by lmharnisch

           Jan. 25, 1911: Divorce proceedings reveal the peculiar tale of Elda P. Kenny/Kenney and her husband, Robert. The Kenneys married in Cleveland in 1902 and moved to Los Angeles shortly thereafter, The Times says. In … Continue reading →

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