Category Archives: @news

Jan. 10, 1958

Posted on January 10, 2008 by lmharnisch

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Johnny Grant

Posted on January 10, 2008 by lmharnisch

Sept. 4, 1948 Los Angeles The King’s, 8153 Santa Monica Blvd., 1945-1954KWIK-AM (1490) 1947-1951 Johnny Grant 1923-2008

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Jan. 9, 1958

Posted on January 9, 2008 by lmharnisch

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Nov. 7, 1952 Operation Skywatch was launched July 14, 1952, and used thousands of ground-based civilian observers who volunteered to search the skies around the clock for unidentified aircraft that were undetected by U.S. radar. According to … Continue reading →

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Jan. 8, 1958

Posted on January 8, 2008 by lmharnisch

Here’s a relic of headline writing: "H’wood."

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Jan. 8, 1908

Posted on January 8, 2008 by lmharnisch

Oil at 40 cents a barrel ($8.36 USD 2006), overcrowded jails, a road from the San Gabriel Valley to Long Beach (the stirrings of a freeway, perhaps?), a near-lynching and a lady of the stage who had led a colorful … Continue reading →

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Jan. 7, 1958

Posted on January 7, 2008 by lmharnisch

Inside… Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Arleigh Burke predicts that by 1959, the Navy will have an atomic-powered airplane. The Air Force was working on one too. It’s quite a challenge to build an aircraft in which lead is a … Continue reading →

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Jan. 7, 1908

Posted on January 7, 2008 by lmharnisch

A slice of life in Los Angeles: A man is fined $3 for feeding his horse without the bit in its mouth, a mother rescues her child after a gasoline stove exploded (which they did all the time) and a … Continue reading →

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Jan. 6, 1958

Posted on January 6, 2008 by lmharnisch

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Jan. 6, 1908

Posted on January 6, 2008 by lmharnisch

This is an example of the ghastly injuries that occurred when a streetcar hit a horse. The stories in the days before papers published photos of breaking news were graphic and left little to the imagination–if you are a horse-lover, … Continue reading →

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Jan. 5, 1958

Posted on January 5, 2008 by lmharnisch

Note: Carl Sandburg died at the age of 89, despite his predictions.* * Of course, if you figure he lived 32,703 days, he was right. It is divisible by 11.

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Jan. 5, 1908

Posted on January 5, 2008 by lmharnisch

Here’s what we looked like 100 years ago. Notice we have the eight-column grid, and illustrations instead of photographs. I don’t believe the dropcaps on those stacked headlines will come back anytime soon. Most important, there’s almost no local news … Continue reading →

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Jan. 4, 1958

Posted on January 3, 2008 by lmharnisch

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Jan. 3, 1958

Posted on January 3, 2008 by lmharnisch

Note: Three Border Patrol agents crawling through brush found Roberta Elizabeth Donovan the next day, asleep in a clump of mesquite. Also note ABC’s settlement with Police Chief William Parker over remarks by Mickey Cohen in an interview … Continue reading →

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Jan. 2, 1958

Posted on January 1, 2008 by lmharnisch

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1958 Rose Parade

Posted on January 1, 2008 by lmharnisch

Ready for the 1958 Rose Parade? Let’s step off. Photograph by John Malmin / Los Angeles Times The Long Beach Mounted Police, accompanied by a stray dog. Photograph by Art Rogers / Los Angeles Times Rose Queen … Continue reading →

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Jan. 1, 1958

Posted on December 31, 2007 by lmharnisch

The Los Angeles Times, Jan. 1, 1958. You can sure tell it’s the era of the TV Westerns: Guy Madison and Andy Devine from "The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok," Richard Boone from "Have Gun — Will Travel" and … Continue reading →

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