Category Archives: Front Pages

November 17, 1959: Paul V. Coates – Confidential File

Posted on November 17, 2025 by lmharnisch

November 17, 1959: Paul Coates has the story of Beat poet Jerry Baker, arrested while hitchhiking on his way to a coffeehouse. Continue reading →

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November 16, 1958: I Want to Live — The Barbara Graham murder case

Posted on November 16, 2025 by lmharnisch

November 16, 1958: Five years after the execution of Barbara Graham in the Mabel Monahan killing, the story comes to the screen in the Robert Wise film “I Want to Live!” by Nelson Gidding and Don Mankiewicz, starring Susan Hayward in an Oscar-winning performance. Continue reading →

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November 12, 1958: Teenage hitchhiker killed

Posted on November 12, 2025 by lmharnisch

November 12, 1958: Daryle Kelch, 17, was kidnapped and killed while hitchhiking. His murder was never solved. Continue reading →

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November 8, 1938: Polish Jew shoots Nazi envoy

Posted on November 8, 2025 by lmharnisch

November 8, 1938: In Paris, Herschel Grynszpan, identified as a 17-year-old Polish Jew, shoots the third secretary of the German Embassy, Ernst von Rath. And Nora Ford is at the Follies Burlesque. Continue reading →

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November 3, 1958: Officials turn away football crowds at Coliseum

Posted on November 3, 2025 by lmharnisch

November 3, 1958: More than 100,000 people watch the Rams vs. the Bears at the Coliseum, with 10,000 more people turned away, Keith Thursby writes. Continue reading →

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October 28, 1938: Mayor investigates honorary LAPD badges

Posted on October 28, 2025 by lmharnisch

October 28, 1938: Mayor Fletcher Bowron calls for an investigation into so-called juice badges given to celebrities and others by the LAPD. This eventually resulted in an overhaul of the badge to its current design. Continue reading →

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October 27, 1968: Wilt Chamberlain and Richard Nixon

Posted on October 27, 2025 by lmharnisch

October 27, 1968: “I’ve never gotten involved in politics before. But you have to get off the fence and declare yourself sometime and this is the time for me. I’ve known Nixon and been impressed by him for 10 years and I decided to join him. It’s intriguing to know that I might have some hand in shaping the future of this country,” Wilt Chamberlain says. Continue reading →

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October 22, 1958: Mob suspected in bookie’s killing

Posted on October 22, 2025 by lmharnisch

October 22, 1958: Clifford Rue was a man who was ahead of his time when it came to sports results and behind on the payments to his bookie. Continue reading →

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October 7, 1938: Star pitcher Dizzy Dean walks his last mile

Posted on October 7, 2025 by lmharnisch

October 7, 1938: Dizzy Dean and the Cubs lost to the Yankees, 6-3, in the second game of the 1938 World Series. But it was more than a loss–it might have been the last chapter of a great career. Continue reading →

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October 6, 1965: Koufax chooses faith over Dodgers

Posted on October 6, 2025 by lmharnisch

October 6, 1965: Sandy Koufax sits out Game 1 of the World Series because it falls on Yom Kippur. Continue reading →

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October 5, 1958: Lost genius found in homeless camp

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October 5, 1958: Lost genius Elmer “Mox” Meukel is found living in homeless camp. Continue reading →

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September 29, 1919: Omaha Mob Burns Courthouse, Tries to Kill Mayor Before Lynching Black

Posted on September 29, 2025 by lmharnisch

Sept. 29, 1919: Trigger Warning: Graphic coverage of a lynching in Omaha, Nebraska. A mob burns the courthouse, tries to lynch the mayor and murders a Black man accused of assaulting a white woman. Many women take part in the lynching, saying the mayor didn’t do enough to guard their virtue Continue reading →

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September 25, 1959: Paul V. Coates — Confidential File

Posted on September 25, 2025 by lmharnisch

September 25, 1959: Paul Coates on the tragic story of Barbara Burns, the daughter of entertainer Bob “Bazooka” Burns. Continue reading →

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September 24, 1959: Paul V. Coates — Confidential File

Posted on September 24, 2025 by lmharnisch

September 24, 1959: The old door-to-door salesman peddling magazine subscriptions scam is making the rounds again, Paul Coates says. Continue reading →

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September 23, 1959: Matt Weinstock

Posted on September 23, 2025 by lmharnisch

September 23, 1959: To folks who think traffic in Los Angeles is a new problem, please read the stories on 1) freeways 2) new buses 3) moving sidewalks. Bonus story 4) drunk drivers. Matt Weinstock on the complaint that teachers spend too much time maintaining order in the classroom and too little time teaching. Continue reading →

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September 23, 1959: Paul V. Coates — Confidential File

Posted on September 23, 2025 by lmharnisch

September 23, 1959: Paul Coates on how not to start a conversation … and Abby’s advice to a widow who wants to meet a good man and get married. Continue reading →

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September 22, 1959: Paul V. Coates — Confidential File

Posted on September 22, 2025 by lmharnisch

September 22, 1959: Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev is gone but not forgotten, says Paul Coates, who polled 100 people about Khrushchev. Continue reading →

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September 13, 1958: Dodgers disciplined for playing golf

Posted on September 13, 2025 by lmharnisch

September 13, 1958: The Dodgers discipline Duke Snider and Clem Labine for playing… golf! Continue reading →

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September 1, 1949: L.A. Warned on Water

Posted on September 1, 2025 by lmharnisch

September 1, 1949: I thought it would be fun to dip into the Mirror from its early days as a tabloid. At that time, Paul Coates was covering nightclubs. Continue reading →

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

Posted on August 31, 2025 by lmharnisch

August 31, 1958: Lillian Kella admits stabbing her husband, Ed, to death after a swimming party. Both had been drinking heavily. Continue reading →

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