Category Archives: Transportation

Kennedy Kills Project to Build Atomic Airplane

Posted on April 1, 2011 by lmharnisch

April 1, 1961: You may not recall the idea of nuclear-powered aircraft, but there was once such an idea. General Electric, one of the companies involved in the experiment, "challenged President Kennedy's statements that achievement … Continue reading →

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Private Investigator Held in Extortion

Posted on March 31, 2011 by lmharnisch

Private investigator Charles R. Chase decided to make a little extra money by squeezing an extra $900 out of a teenager who stole $100 from the drugstore where he worked. The police set a trap and … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, March 24, 1961

Posted on March 24, 2011 by lmharnisch

March 24, 1961: Matt Weinstock drives to Alhambra for the first time in a long while and wonders why he keeps seeing big green signs directing motorists to Bakersfield. CONFIDENTIAL TO "IN LOVE WITH THE BOSS": … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates and Matt Weinstock, March 11, 1961

Posted on March 11, 2011 by lmharnisch

March 11, 1961: The unemployed man who turned in $240,000 that fell from a Brink’s armored car gets a job offer! An overturned propane trailer causes a five-hour jam on the Hollywood Freeway, Matt Weinstock says, … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, March 2, 1961

Posted on March 2, 2011 by lmharnisch

March 2, 1961: Why are so many streetlights out in West L.A.? Matt Weinstock has the story, and it’s a good one. DEAR JEALOUS: A married woman often "flirts" because she needs the reassurance that she is desirable, … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates, Feb. 2, 1961

Posted on February 2, 2011 by lmharnisch

Feb. 2, 1961: Los Angeles County Supervisor Ernest Debs (d. 2002) calls for lower fares on buses and streetcars (yes, Los Angeles still had them in 1961) for senior citizens between 9:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. on … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates, Jan. 25, 1961

Posted on January 25, 2011 by lmharnisch

Jan. 25, 1961: Mel Blanc, 51, is making progress after being badly injured in a head-on crash with Menlo College student Arthur Rolston, 18, on Sunset Boulevard at the notorious “Dead Man’s Curve” at Groverton Place. … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Jan. 12, 1961

Posted on January 12, 2011 by lmharnisch

Jan. 12, 1961: TWO YOUNGSTERS from a junior high school in the San Fernando Valley, winners of a Community Chest contest, came downtown the other day and, with Suburbia editor John Cornell as guide, were taken on a … Continue reading →

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Amazing Predictions for Aviation!

Posted on January 1, 2011 by lmharnisch

Jan. 1, 1911: The Times asks pilots who are in Los Angeles for the Aviation Meet about the future of flying. The Times said: "We will see in the next few years, if the … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, Dec. 30, 1940

Posted on December 30, 2010 by lmharnisch

Rose Queen Sally Stanton, Gov. Culbert Olson and Highway Patrol Chief E. Raymond Cato at the ribbon cutting of the Arroyo Seco Parkway (Pasadena Freeway), Dec. 30, 1940. … Continue reading →

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World Record at L.A. Aviation Meet!

Posted on December 27, 2010 by lmharnisch

Los Angeles Times file photo Dec. 27, 1910: The year ends as it began, with an aviation meet. Despite 50-mph winds that swept Dominguez Field, Arch Hoxsey of Pasadena sets a new altitude record … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, Dec. 17, 1940

Posted on December 17, 2010 by lmharnisch

Dec. 17. 1940: Watching Mae West stroll down the avenue, I always catch myself musing on the sway of all flesh, Jimmie Fidler says.

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, Dec. 11, 1940

Posted on December 11, 2010 by lmharnisch

Test pilot Rudolph B. Lechner, 37, is killed when his SBC-2 Navy bomber fails to come out of a test dive. Dec. 11, 1940: Eleanor Powell has invented a tap-dancing shoe that quadruples the number … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Dec. 8, 1960

Posted on December 8, 2010 by lmharnisch

Dec. 8, 1960: Matt Weinstock takes a look at the spiraling costs of public transportation – first, raises for union workers who go out on strike, then fare increases to pay for the raises. He has his … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, Dec. 7, 1940

Posted on December 7, 2010 by lmharnisch

Dec. 7, 1940: Yes, the bell on traffic semaphores in the old Warner Bros. cartoons wasn’t a joke. Today, we just honk since drivers are usually checking their BlackBerrys when the light turns green. … Continue reading →

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Bus Strike Begins!

Posted on November 16, 2010 by lmharnisch

Nov. 16-21, 1960: Another bus strike ends after six days, with MTA mechanics winning a raise of 54 cents an hour to be given in three steps. Officials say that the raises will probably require … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, Nov. 14, 1941

Posted on November 14, 2010 by lmharnisch

Nov. 14, 1941: One unpublicized reason for Lou Costello's New York jaunt is a conference with his pal, Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, anent screening of His Honor's life story — with Costello in the title role, Jimmie Fidler says.

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Paul Coates Is on Vacation, Nov. 10, 1960

Posted on November 10, 2010 by lmharnisch

Nov. 10, 1960: Paul Coates is on vacation. Instead, we have a letters column in which readers say that women have too many rights, the minimum age for a driver’s license should be raised to 18 and wonder, … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Oct. 28, 1960

Posted on October 28, 2010 by lmharnisch

Oct. 28, 1960: ONLY IN L.A. — Another bus became lost in the big city Tuesday. It was a Beverly Boulevard express which is supposed to turn on Vermont Avenue and take the Hollywood Freeway downtown. Somehow the … Continue reading →

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L.A.’s Dream Airport Nearing Reality

Posted on October 10, 2010 by lmharnisch

Oct. 10, 1960: The Times takes a look at construction of Los Angeles’ Jet Age airport. The “Theme Building” will resemble a giant flying saucer and there will be a monorail called the Skylift to whisk passengers from … Continue reading →

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