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Matt Weinstock

Posted on July 26, 2007 by lmharnisch

July 26, 1957 This is to report that the Swiss family Caserini has held its annual picnic at Steckel Park near Santa Paula and it is now OK for things to get back to normal. Caserini is a generic term … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on July 26, 2007 by lmharnisch

July 23, 1957 There have been so many homicides lately it’s almost impossible to remember one from another. But David Swaim, the news photog, won’t soon forget an incident in connection with a slaying he covered in Baldwin Park a … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on July 25, 2007 by lmharnisch

July 25, 1957 You know how some newspapermen are–gay and carefree. Well, a reporter–let’s call him Mac–was driving home the other day after suitably observing the decline of common sense with a few literate friends. Two blocks from his home, … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on July 24, 2007 by lmharnisch

July 22, 1957 This is to report that a distressing situation has arisen in MacWestlake Park. Certain pigeons–just a few of the hundreds in the park, mind you–have adopted a decidedly unmilitary attitude toward the recently dedicated statue of the … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on July 16, 2007 by lmharnisch

July 16, 1957 Account 727-1 in the auditor's office of the Southern Pacific is known within the company as the "Conscience Fund." It consists of money sent in by people for services rendered but unpaid for. An average of $200 … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on July 15, 2007 by lmharnisch

July 15, 1957 Farther and farther go the freeways, preceded by roaring monsters which sweep aside or reduce to rubble everything in their paths, then claw and shape the earth. But all is not lost. Every Tuesday, Lenard Kester takes … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on July 11, 2007 by lmharnisch

July 11, 1957 There was a traffic tie-up at the Harbor turnoff the other day as Inspectors Ed Walker and Bob Houghton were traveling inbound on the Hollywood Freeway. They threaded their way through it and came upon a woman … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on July 8, 2007 by lmharnisch

July 8, 1957 Readers may have noticed that, except when vital to the story, this paper no longer uses the names of victims of rapists. The policy was prompted by the editors’ opinion that printing these names only added to … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on July 3, 2007 by lmharnisch

July 3, 1957  We have on our hands today a taxpayer in that happy frame of mind known as irate. He is enraged because he finds himself helpless at fighting City Hall. Half a dozen years ago he bought a … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on July 2, 2007 by lmharnisch

July 2, 1957 You simply have no idea of the hazards of journalism. The city desk got a call from a woman on East 6th Street who proudly announced that she had become a great-grandmother at 48. This was indeed … 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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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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Matt Weinstock

Posted on June 17, 2007 by lmharnisch

June 17, 1957 Sometimes it is very difficult to know whom to believe. Take the case of a young sailor named Mike. Mike, 19, on leave from his base in San Diego, went to a wedding and reception a few … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on June 15, 2007 by lmharnisch

June 15, 1957 It can now be revealed that a dark plot against the Stanfords by the Uclans–an offshoot of the feuding between the two universities as a result of PCC [Pacific Coast Conference] penalties–has been inadvertently thwarted. Not long … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on June 3, 2007 by lmharnisch

June 3, 1957An alumnus of a large social fraternity has received a letter from national headquarters in Indianapolis alerting him to a "major crisis in California." Under this particular fraternity’s laws, Negroes and Orientals are not eligible for membership. The … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on June 1, 2007 by lmharnisch

June 1, 1957A rewrite man assigned to vacation relief on the police beat was shown around the new police building the other day. As he entered a padded cell he was told to feel how soft the walls were. When … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on May 22, 2007 by lmharnisch

May 22, 1957 A group of newspapermen yesterday were discussing the angry outbursts which have filled the air following a certain telecast–and the irony thereof. Over the years, sensitive public officials and law enforcement officers have been wary of newspapermen … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on May 20, 2007 by lmharnisch

May 20, 1957 It is characteristic of our pueblo to blow up a typhoon over matters which might more wisely be handled quietly and in proper perspective. For instance, the fuss over the impending arrival of the Brooklyn Dodgers. As … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on May 17, 2007 by lmharnisch

May 17, 1957 Anyone who does any downtown strolling can’t help noticing the parade of shabby gentlemen lost in misfortune and alcoholism. Most of them are obviously drifting aimlessly and hopelessly. But many of them, beneath their ragged clothes, are … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on May 14, 2007 by lmharnisch

May 14, 1957 They are reluctant to say so publicly, but many men of science are extremely apprehensive about the continued testing of atomic bombs. As scientists, they know what it means that a single present-day bomb has several hundred … Continue reading →

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