Category Archives: Science

Plans for Aviation Meet

Posted on November 16, 2009 by lmharnisch

Glenn Curtiss takes to the air over Los Angeles, 1910. Plans are underway for an aviation week in early 1910. Glenn Curtiss has already signed a contract to appear. The “woman in black” may be involved in white … Continue reading →

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Council OKs Raises for Police, Firefighters; Union Effort Collapses

Posted on November 5, 2009 by lmharnisch

Successful businessmen use the Dictaphone. Great lettering, no? Nov. 5, 1919: The City Council gives police officers and firefighters a raise and the attempts to unionize the Police Department collapse.

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Dark Side of the Moon!

Posted on October 27, 2009 by lmharnisch

Oct. 27, 1959: In another setback for America in the space race, the Soviets release a photo of the hidden side of the moon, while two U.S. satellites plunge from orbit.

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Coming Attractions – Edwards Air Force Base Open House

Posted on October 13, 2009 by lmharnisch

Dec. 16, 1929: An artist’s concept of John K. Northrop’s Flying Wing. Alas, the 1929 version of Northrop’s Flying Wing will not be on display during the open house at Edwards Air Force Base on Saturday from 7 a.m. to … Continue reading →

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Reds Beating U.S. in Moon Race!

Posted on September 14, 2009 by lmharnisch

Sept. 14, 1959: An anxious time for Americans. Paul Weeks, one of the Mirror's top writers, profiles Nikita Khrushchev. Can a woman stay happily married to a man who has hit her? I say yes! Like all married people, my … Continue reading →

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Rocket on Moon; Russia Jubilant

Posted on September 14, 2009 by lmharnisch

Mr. Khrushchev is not coming to the United States to offer significant concessions or recant his lifelong enmity toward us and our values. He is coming prepared to score a propaganda victory, with confidence in his ability to arouse false … Continue reading →

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Mystery Observatory Photo — Update

Posted on September 1, 2009 by lmharnisch

Los Angeles Times file photo Cary Schneider and Robin Mayper of The Times library were going through our photos of observatories yesterday looking for pictures of Mt. Wilson and came across this unlabeled item. It appears to have been taken … Continue reading →

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Deputies Raid Spahn Movie Ranch; Booed by Fans, Wills Hits Grand Slam

Posted on August 17, 2009 by lmharnisch

Aug. 17, 1969: I suppose we at the Daily Mirror HQ should be talking about "Amerika" and how the military-industrial complex sucks the blood of the Woodstock Nation. But we're not. The only thing up against the wall here are … Continue reading →

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L.A. Welcomes Astronauts; Plane Buzzes Dodger Stadium

Posted on August 13, 2009 by lmharnisch

Aug. 13, 1969: Linda Mathews on college students' problems in getting loans, Ken Reich on a salute to the Apollo 11 astronauts, Dial Torgerson on the Tate killings and Lee Dye on the slaying of William Lennon, father of the … Continue reading →

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U.S. to Accept Division of South Vietnam; Airport Proposed at Anaheim Stadium

Posted on August 1, 2009 by lmharnisch

NASA says a manned trip to Mars could be possible by 1981 … Dist. Atty. Edmund Dinis wants an inquest into the death of Mary Jo Kopechne, who drowned when Sen. Edward Kennedy's car went off a narrow bridge on … Continue reading →

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Found on EBay — Quiet Birdmen

Posted on July 31, 2009 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore post from 2009. This Quiet Birdmen belt buckle has been listed on EBay.

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Hopes Dim for Mideast Peace; Drysdale Returns to the Mound

Posted on July 28, 2009 by lmharnisch

July 28, 1969; Someone thought "14 Moonquakes" would be a great screamer headline for street sales. In a story that still resonates 40 years later, Bill Tuohy writes that prospects for peace in the Mideast seem more remote than at … Continue reading →

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This Dodger Plays Like a Kid; Moonwalking on the Angels

Posted on July 21, 2009 by lmharnisch

July 21, 1969: "First, the picket who you sent to the hospital wasn't a student! He had no reason to be on this campus — except to stir up trouble!" :: The Dodgers' youth movement was led by a youngster … Continue reading →

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Remembering Apollo 11

Posted on July 20, 2009 by lmharnisch

The Daily Mirror's Apollo 11 stories are here. My fellow newspaper history blogger at the Houston Chronicle, John Gonzales, has posted the Chronicle's coverage here. The Chronicle's Rick Campbell posts here. My former colleague Elaine Raines posts at the Arizona … Continue reading →

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Apollo’s Unseen Titan

Posted on July 17, 2009 by lmharnisch

July 17, 1969: Apollo Speeds on Its Incredible Quest. COLUMN ONE Apollo's Unseen Titan Without Gene Kranz to guide him, Neil Armstrong might never have landed on the moon. The obscure but fiery flight director made the crisis … Continue reading →

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Santa Susana Meltdown

Posted on July 13, 2009 by lmharnisch

Reactor opens, July 16, 1957, in the Daily Mirror. Times reporter Louis Sahagun takes a look at the July 14, 1959, meltdown at the Santa Susana Field Lab: On the morning of July 14, 1959, Sodium Reactor Experiment trainee John … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Camera

Posted on June 24, 2009 by lmharnisch

June 24, 1970: Polaroid film. Ask your parents (or grandparents) what flash cubes were. For that matter, ask them what Polaroid cameras were!

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Boxing Promoter Beaten; Dodgers Sign Chavez Ravine Deal

Posted on June 4, 2009 by lmharnisch

"R-R-R-ING!" Life on Mars! Boxing promoter Jackie Leonard had testified before the State Athletic Commission about mob influence in prizefighting. View this page American jazz? Nyet! Charles Hillinger interviews Nicaragua's Luis Somoza. Carole Baker … Jeffrey Hunter … Richard Nixon … Continue reading →

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Pilot Disappears on Solo Flight Across Atlantic

Posted on May 30, 2009 by lmharnisch

On June 9, 1939, in a heavy predawn mist, a Welsh trawler came across the wreckage of an airplane in the ocean 130 miles from Milford Haven, Wales. The ship recovered some of the debris, then the tides shifted and … Continue reading →