Category Archives: Environment

Meltdown

Posted on July 16, 2007 by lmharnisch

  July 16, 1957 Los Angeles At a field lab in the Santa Susana Mountains, an experimental nuclear reactor has begun generating electricity for San Fernando Valley housewives, thanks to our friend, Mr. Atom, the Mirror says. Housewives "wouldn’t know … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on June 28, 2007 by lmharnisch

June 28, 1957 Rehabilitation can come in curious ways. Let a man who occasionally checks in here tell his story of self-appraisal and reinstatement in society. One day he picked up a book, “Blood on the Boards,” by William Campbell … Continue reading →

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Smog alert

Posted on June 26, 2007 by lmharnisch

June 27, 1957 Los Angeles Everybody knows that Los Angeles suffered terrible smog in the 1950s, but without statistics, all we have are stories and photos of toxic clouds obscuring the landscape. In fact, for the unfortunate people living in … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on June 22, 2007 by lmharnisch

June 22, 1957 By now, presumably, people who voted for the $40,000,000 bond issue to extend the city’s park and recreation system and expand the zoo know that $2,000,000 of the money will go for roads into Chavez Ravine, where … Continue reading →

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Smog Is a Four-Letter Word

Posted on April 10, 2007 by lmharnisch

Paul V. CoatesConfidential File April 10, 1957 And it is a comparatively new word in the American vocabulary. The 1953 Webster in my office defines smog as "a fog made heavier and darker by the smoke of a city." But … Continue reading →

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