Category Archives: @news

Jan. 22, 1958

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Jan. 21, 1958

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Note the crash of yet another Stratocruiser.  

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Raymond bombing

Posted on January 21, 2008 by lmharnisch

Jan. 21, 1938Los Angeles The state attorney general’s office steps into the bombing investigation and everyone in our cast of characters gets ready for the drama. (I love the front page photo of Police Capt. Earle Kynette). On the jump, … Continue reading →

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Jan. 20, 1958

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Raymond bombing

Posted on January 20, 2008 by lmharnisch

Someone asks: "Why is the Harry Raymond bombing important?" Good question. In 1937, Clifford Clinton, the owner of Clifton’s Cafeterias, was named to the Los Angeles County Grand Jury after a long dispute with the city’s health officer. Clinton led … Continue reading →

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Jan. 20, 1908

Posted on January 20, 2008 by lmharnisch

  More than 200 African Americans gather at First Methodist Church to protest the vandalism of a house on East 33rd Street that was rented to a black family (above, the original Jan. 16, 1908, story) …  A man on … Continue reading →

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Raymond bombing

Posted on January 19, 2008 by lmharnisch

Arrests are expected in the Harry Raymond bombing… An attempt at child visitation at Barbara Stanwyck’s San Fernando Valley ranch  (18600 Devonshire) does not go well … Paul Whiteman, Fanny Brice, Judy Garland and Ilona Massey at the Cocoanut Grove… … Continue reading →

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Jan. 19, 1908

Posted on January 19, 2008 by lmharnisch

A prop man gets in trouble for stealing greenery from Elysian Park … A devout Methodist and street corner evangelist severs his connections to the church, saying it has nothing to do with his relationship with a troubled woman … … Continue reading →

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Jan. 18, 1908

Posted on January 18, 2008 by lmharnisch

A nude man shocks the neighborhood by taking a shower in the frontyard  of his home on the aptly named "Lookout Drive" …  Los Angeles County Coroner R.S. Lanterman (one of my favorite nefarious officials) wins a ruling in his … Continue reading →

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Jan. 17, 1958

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Raymond bombing

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Jan. 17, 1908

Posted on January 17, 2008 by lmharnisch

An old-fashioned horse thief and gunman is in the Los Angeles County Jail … Charges of dirty dealing at Santa Anita … Two police chiefs in Long Beach … Republicans gather … A painter is badly burned while holding a … Continue reading →

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Jan. 16, 1958

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Jan. 15, 1958

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Jan. 14, 1958

Posted on January 14, 2008 by lmharnisch

Jayne Mansfield and Mickey Hargitay get married… (note that The Times used an AP photo)… will the Dodgers play at Wrigley Field? (no "Moon Shots" there, folks)… Sarah Churchill, daughter of a fellow named Sir Winston, gets popped for being … Continue reading →

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Edmund Hillary

Posted on January 13, 2008 by lmharnisch

    Here’s Dennis McLellan’s obituary on Hillary.

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Jan. 13, 1958

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Jan. 12, 1958

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Jan. 12, 1908

Posted on January 12, 2008 by lmharnisch

A feud between millionaire James Irvine and his neighbors involving access to land ends up in court … a dispute over the harbor… political influence and graft … and a man recovering at home from brain surgery to remove a … Continue reading →

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Jan. 11, 1958

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