Woody Allen and Billy Graham

Posted on September 20, 2009 by lmharnisch

Sept. 20, 1969, Woody Allen

Woody Allen got a rave review in The Times for his upcoming CBS special.

Can you think of anything as weird or complex or interesting as the
thought of Allen sitting in a chair next to evangelist Billy Graham,
discussing moral and ethical issues?

"Mr. Graham, introduced rather irreverently but honestly by Allen,
returns the fire with good humor and even agrees to see one of Allen's
pictures if Allen will come to one of his revival meetings [to which
Allen agrees]," wrote Don Page in The Times.

It is fascinating television and made me think twice about the predictable plots I've been wasting my time watching. Here's a glimpse.

–Keith Thursby
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Dodgers Tie for First!

Posted on September 20, 2009 by lmharnisch

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So not everybody in Los Angeles was focused on Nikita Khrushchev's visit.

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The Dodgers swept the Giants in a doubleheader in San Francisco and
moved into a first-place tie for the National League pennant. Milwaukee
was in third place but only a game out.

Two things stood out in The Times' coverage:

–A wonderful photo on the jump showed several Dodgers, including Wally Moon and Don Zimmer, playing cards between games.

–A small story noted that news of Charlie Neal's two-run double
stopped play during the Rams' game against the Eagles at the Coliseum.
"The blow caused such a terrific roar from the crowd listening on
radios that play was suspended because Bill Wade's signals were drowned
out," The Times reported.

Once again, the power of Vin Scully.

–Keith Thursby
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A New Format for KLAC

Posted on September 20, 2009 by lmharnisch

Sept. 20, 1959, KLAC

KLAC tried a new weekend lineup focusing on comedy, with some familiar faces going undercover on the radio.

Jim Backus, the voice of Mr. Magoo and later one of the "Gilligan's
Island" cast, took the 3-6 p.m. slot. Louis Nye, a regular on Steve
Allen's TV show, was heard from 9-noon and Louis Quinn, who played
Roscoe the bookie on "77 Sunset Strip," was on from noon to 3 p.m.

Sounds like a great idea to me. Anyone out there remember those shows?

Any suggestions on who might fill those roles today if the Daily Mirror decided to expand into the radio biz?

–Keith Thursby
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A Quiet Khrushchev Leaves for S.F.

Posted on September 20, 2009 by lmharnisch

Sept. 21, 1959, Times Cover

Sept. 21, 1959: Khrushchev grew increasingly frustrated that his U.S. trip was being closely controlled, preventing him from meeting "average Americans." In San Francisco, he finally broke loose from his handlers to meet crowds.

San Francisco Mayor George Christopher takes a slap at Los Angeles Mayor Norris Poulson, saying: "We're not going to have any ideological discussions here — we're just going to live up to San Francisco's reputation for hospitality."

 

Sept. 20, 1959, Khrushchev, Security

Photograph by Ben Olender / Los Angeles Times

A police officer is stationed on the roof of the IBM Building across from the Ambassador Hotel on Wilshire Boulevard.

Sept. 20, 1959, Motorcade

Photograph by the Los Angeles Police Department

Nikita Khrushchev's motorcade leaves the Ambassador Hotel, heading east on Wilshire Boulevard. Note the Tishman Building, 3325 Wilshire Blvd. 

Sept. 20, 1959, Khrushchev Motorcase

Photograph by the Los Angeles Police Department

Khrushchev's motorcade heads for downtown Los Angeles, just east of the athletic field at Belmont High School, where Beverly Boulevard turns into 1st Street.

Sept. 20, 1959, Press at Union Station

Photograph by the Los Angeles Police Department

Reporters and photographers wait for Khrushchev at Union Station.

Sept. 20, 1959, Union Station, Parker

Photograph by the Los Angeles Police Department

Police Chief William H. Parker gives an interview.

Sept. 20, 1959, Union Station

Photograph by George R. Fry / Los Angeles Times

Khrushchev leaves Union Station for San Francisco, ignoring microphones set up in case he wanted to make some farewell remarks.

Sept. 20, 1959, Glendale

Photograph by Don Cormier / Los Angeles Times

A crowd meets Khrushchev's train when it stops in Glendale. The sign reads "Nice work in Hungary, Nikita," according to the 1959 caption information.
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Found on EBay — Catalina Tile Table

Posted on September 19, 2009 by lmharnisch

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This rather dazzling Catalina Tile table has been listed on EBay with an equally dazzling price: $1,000. I'm not sure I would pay that kind of money but it certainly looks like gorgeous tile work.
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Rosh Hashana, 1948

Posted on September 19, 2009 by lmharnisch

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Photograph by Ray Graham / Los Angeles Times
Rosh Hashana at
the Jewish Home for the Aged, 325 S. Boyle Ave., in a photo taken in
advance, Sept. 29, 1948.  (In 1948, Rosh Hashana began Oct. 3). From
left, Abraham Anis, Zelig Meyerson, Baruch Solomon, Joseph
Flasterstein, Benjamin Gorelik and Samuel Rosen.

Below, Boyle Avenue via Google maps' street view.

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Khrushchev Scolds L.A. Mayor

Posted on September 19, 2009 by lmharnisch
Sept. 20, 1959, Times Cover

Sept. 20, 1959: Mayor Norris Poulson makes headlines for his remarks to Khrushchev.

Sept. 19, 1959, Khrushchev, Poulson

Photograph by Art Rogers / Los Angeles Times

Sept. 20, 1959, Poulson

Sept. 19, 1959: Los Angeles Mayor Norris Poulson, above left, greets Nikita Khrushchev at Los Angeles International Airport.

Are you tired of Khrushchev yet? At this point, even Khrushchev was getting tired of Khrushchev. In one day, he had flown from New York, addressed a Hollywood luncheon, watched staged scenes from "Can-Can" and toured the San Fernando Valley.

Now, followed by a throng of reporters and photographers, he went to the Ambassador Hotel, where he was to make another speech.

Sept. 19, 1959, Ambassador Hotel Photograph by the Los Angeles Police Department

Khrushchev's limousine (a Chrysler Imperial) at the Ambassador Hotel.

Sept. 19, 1959, Ambassador Photograph by the Los Angeles Police Department

A crowd of news photographers covers Khrushchev. 

Sept. 19, 1959, Ambassador Hotel Photograph by the Los Angeles Police Department

From left, Khrushchev and Andrei Gromyko at the Ambassador Hotel. I believe the man just behind Khrushchev is Mikhail Menshikov.

Sept. 19, 1959, Khrushchev, Ambassador Hotel Photograph by Wayne F. Kelly / Los Angeles Times

Khrushchev and translator Oleg Troyanovsky at the Ambassador Hotel.

In an appearance at the World Affairs Council and Town Hall, Khrushchev was introduced by Mayor Norris Poulson, who said: "We do not agree with your widely quoted phrase 'We shall bury you.' You shall not bury us and we shall not bury you. We are happy with our way of life. We recognize its shortcomings and are always trying to improve it. But if challenged, we shall fight to the death to preserve it." 

Khrushchev finished his speech and then scolded Poulson, saying that he had already addressed that issue in previous remarks before arriving in Los Angeles and asked Poulson, in essence, "Don't you read the newspapers?"

Khrushchev told Poulson: "At least in our country, our chairmen of cities read the press or risk not being elected next time." The audience roared, The Times said.

Sept. 20, 1959, Khrushchev and Poulson

Sept. 20, 1959, Khrushchev Speech

The entire text of Khrushchev's speech, back in the days when newspapers had the space to run such things.

After a banquet that lasted until 11:30 p.m., Khrushchev retired for the evening.

Next stop, Union Station, tomorrow!


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Nikita, Film Bigwigs Gay at Studio Party

Posted on September 19, 2009 by lmharnisch

Sept. 19, 1959, Mirror Cover

Sept. 19, 1959: The Mirror-News gets a photo of Nikita Khrushchev from a TV monitor. An early frame grab!

Sept. 19, 1959, Mirror

And photos on the cover for the 10-star edition.

Sept. 19, 1959, Mirror

First celebrities to arrive at the studio to
greet the premier were Henry Fonda, producer Jerry Wald and Merle Oberon.
Next came Eddie Fisher and Elizabeth
Taylor.

Sept. 19, 1959, Mirror Studio

Miss Taylor wore a modestly cut Dior creation of navy blue wool with a hobble skirt. Her matching hat had a broad band of mink.

Sept. 19, 1959, Paul Coates

"What needs to be done in order to offset the propaganda victory of the moon rocket by the Russians is the installation of a Washex automatic toilet at the Ambassador Hotel by the Americans."

Edgar Schrater is sentenced to prison in the death of Brenda Emerson, 16, who died from an overdose of anesthetic during an abortion after being dumped on the grounds of St. Joseph Hospital in Burbank. 


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CIA ‘a Farce,’ Khrushchev Says

Posted on September 19, 2009 by lmharnisch
Oct. 4, 1959, Khrushchev

Oct. 4, 1959, Republic Corp. President Victor M. Carter describes comments made by Nikita Khrushchev during a tour of housing developments in the San Fernando Valley. Khrushchev told ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge that the Soviets had intercepted and read secret messages between President Eisenhower and foreign leaders.

Oct. 4, 1959, Khrushchev

Los Angeles Mayor Norris Poulson asked Carter to serve as a guide because he was Russian-born and spoke the language fluently. However, there was evidently friction between Carter and Khrushchev. The Soviet leader remarked that Carter could not be a true American, apparently because Carter was a Russian Jew and was born in Rostov, the site of massacres by the czar's cossacks, according to a 1959 analysis by The Times.

According to The Times, Khrushchev's motorcade visited a housing tract centered at 16200 Rinaldi St. 



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Next: The Ambassador Hotel.

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Khrushchev: ‘Why Not Disneyland?’

Posted on September 19, 2009 by lmharnisch
Sept. 19, 1959, Toast, David Niven Photograph by Bruce Cox / Los Angeles Times

Actor David Niven, center, in a toast at Twentieth Century Fox studios with Nikita Khrushchev, left, Eric Johnston of the Motion Picture Producers Assn., Andrei Gromyko and studio executive Buddy Adler.

Sept. 19, 1959, Khrushchev at Fox Studios Photograph by Bruce Cox / Los Angeles Times

Sept. 19, 1959: Khrushchev addresses a luncheon at Twentieth Century Fox's Cafe de Paris. The man at the far left is unidentified in the caption information, but I believe he is ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. Next is Soviet envoy Mikhail Menshikov; studio President Spyros Skouras; translator Oleg Troyanovsky; Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev; Eric Johnston of the Motion Picture Producers Assn.; Andrei Gromyko;  studio executive Buddy Adler; and Khrushchev's son Sergei.

Sept. 20, 1959, Khrushchev, Studio


Reporter Marvin Miles covers Khrushchev's speech and interviews Marilyn Monroe.

Sept. 20, 1959, Studio, Speech


 Sept. 20, 1959, Philip Scheuer The Times' Philip K. Scheuer is seated with Judy Garland, Shelley Winters and Shirley MacLaine.

 

Sept. 19, 1959, Khrushchev, SpeechPhotograph by Larry Sharkey / Los Angeles Times

Khrushchev addresses the luncheon.

Sept. 20, 1959, Nina Khrushchev Nina Khrushchev is seated between Frank Sinatra and Bob Hope.

Sept. 20, 1959, Khrushchev, Scheuer "I'm furious. I see vodka on their table!" Shelley [Winters] joked, indicating the still unoccupied table. The waitresses had just set before us bottles of Wente Bros. Pinot Chardonnay '57.

Judy [Garland] raised her glass. "I think we'll all get blind drunk and hiss and boo and carry on."

Scheuer says of Khrushchev: "Most of all he bemoaned that he had been advised against visiting Disneyland — 'for security reasons.' "what is it they have — a rocket launching platform — there?' he demanded, grinning."

Sept. 19, 1959, Khrushchev, Can-Can Photograph by the Los Angeles Police Department

After lunch, Khrushchev and his entourage went to Stage 8 to see scenes reenacted from "Can-Can"

Sept. 19, 1959, Khrushchev, Can-Can Photograph by Bruce Cox / Los Angeles Times

Maurice Chevalier and Louis Jourdan perform for Khrushchev. 

Sept. 19, 1959, Khrushchev, Can-Can Photograph by Bruce Cox / Los Angeles Times

Dancers perform a scene from "Can-Can" for Khrushchev.

Sept. 22, 1959, Can-Can
Sept. 22, 1959: Khrushchev calls "Can-Can" immoral.

Sept. 19, 1959, Spyros Skouras, Khrushchev Photograph by the Los Angeles Police Department

A crowd presses around Khrushchev and Skouras at the studio, accompanied by Troyanovsky.

Sept. 19, 1959, Khrushchev, Parker Photograph by the Los Angeles Police Department

Khrushchev gets into a limousine under the watchful eye of Police Chief William H. Parker.

Next, a tour of the San Fernando Valley. 

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Khrushchev Arrives in L.A.!

Posted on September 19, 2009 by lmharnisch
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Sept. 19, 1959: Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev arrives in Los Angeles.

Sept. 19, 1959, Airport
Photograph by the Los Angeles Police Department

Four tiers of scaffolding are set up for photographers and TV cameras, which are already in place. Khrushchev’s travels required three aircraft: One for the Soviet leader and his entourage, another carrying the press and a third hauling luggage, The Times said. 

Sept. 19, 1959, Airport

Photograph by the Los Angeles Police Department

Reporters and observers (is that Paul Coates  on the left?) stand along a chain-link fence, separated from the U.S. military plane carrying Khrushchev and his entourage. Because the State Department failed to send press credentials to Los Angeles in time, only reporters with LAPD press passes  were admitted, the Mirror-News reported.

Sept. 19, 1959, Airport Photograph by the Los Angeles Police Department

Police Chief William H. Parker, center-right, inspects the Cadillac Fleetwood limousine that will carry Khrushchev to Twentieth Century Fox studios for lunch. The Cadillac (note the whip antenna on the rear bumper) was replaced with a Chrysler Imperial for Khrushchev’s trip to the Ambassador Hotel.

Sept. 19, 1959, Khrushchev's Plane Photograph by the Los Angeles Police Department

With a row of officers lining the interior perimeter, a Chevrolet station wagon leads the plane carrying Khrushchev to the reception area. The aircraft is now at the Museum of Flight south of downtown Seattle.

Sept. 19, 1959, Flowers Photograph by Art Rogers / Los Angeles Times

Nina Khrushchev receives a bouquet of bird of paradise, the official flower of Los Angeles.

Sept. 19, 1959, Airport Photograph by Ben Olender / Los Angeles Times

Khrushchev stands near a microphone that has been set up for him.
Sept. 19, 1959, Airport Photograph by the Los Angeles Police Department

Khrushchev at the microphone.
 
Sept. 19, 1959, Airport Los Angeles Times file photo

Translator Oleg Troyanovsky, center, delivers remarks on behalf of Nikita Khrushchev as Nina Khrushchev listens. 

Sept. 19, 1959, Khrushchev, Hat

Photograph by Art Rogers / Los Angeles Times

Khrushchev waves his hat to the crowd.

Next stop: Twentieth Century Fox!
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Artist’s Notebook — Pasadena

Posted on September 19, 2009 by lmharnisch
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Castle Green, Pasadena, by Marion Eisenmann

Marion sends her impressions of one of Pasadena's more unusual landmarks, the truncated remains of a bridge — demolished in 1929 — over Raymond Avenue that once connected Castle Green with the Hotel Green. Castle Green has been converted to apartments, with ballrooms on the first floor that are frequently used for weddings and receptions.

Note: In case you just tuned in, Marion and I are visiting local
landmarks in a project inspired by what Charles Owens and Joe Seewerker
did in Nuestro Pueblo. Check back next week for another page from Marion's notebook.

By the way, Daily Mirror readers have asked about buying copies of
Marion's artwork. Naturally, this is gratifying because I think
Marion's work is terrific, and one of my great pleasures is sharing it
with readers every week. We have decided that the project is a journey
about discovering Los Angeles rather than creating things to sell.
Marion is busy with other projects and says she isn't set up to
mass-produce prints but would entertain inquiries about specific
pieces. For further information, contact Marion directly.

 

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Posted on September 18, 2009 by lmharnisch

Batchelder Tile EBay
 This Batchelder tile has been listed on EBay. The border design looks familiar, but I can't recall seeing this particular piece. Bidding starts at $16.50.
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September 18, 1959: Matt Weinstock

Posted on September 18, 2009 by lmharnisch
Everyone seems to be trying to settle on what Mr. K. “should really see” when he gets to L.A. — ranging from beatnik joints to supermarkets to the interchange and freeway traffic, Matt Weinstock says.

Continue reading →

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September 18, 1959: Paul V. Coates — Confidential File

Posted on September 18, 2009 by lmharnisch
September 18, 1959: “The only trouble with a woman who ‘wants a man’ is that everybody knows it,” Dear Abby says.
Paul Coates writes of Richard Swanson’s death: “At SC, for example, there are 32 fraternities. I’m told, on excellent authority, that at least 90% make hazing an annual practice. There’s a university regulation forbidding it. Now, there’s even a state law against it. Yet the students make no secret of their ceremonies. I’m not so naive as to believe that the school administrators didn’t know what was going on. They did know. But, in spite of a growing list of pointless deaths which result from the practice, they did nothing to stop it.”

Continue reading →

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Sex Killer Harvey Glatman Executed

Posted on September 18, 2009 by lmharnisch
Sept. 18, 1959, Mirror
Sept. 18, 1959: Attorney Jerry Giesler (d. 1962) has a heart attack.

Sept. 18, 1959, Glatman
Harvey M. Glatman is executed in the sex killings of Judy Ann Dull, Ruth Mercado and Shirley Ann Bridgeford. The Mirror said that 45 minutes before the execution, Glatman told an associate warden that "he wanted nothing done to save him."

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Movie Star Mystery Photo

Posted on September 18, 2009 by lmharnisch
Sept. 14, 2009, Mystery Photo
Los Angeles Times file photo

Update: Our mystery guest is Esther Ralston, above, in 1923.

Esther Ralston; Silent Era ‘American Venus’

 January 21, 1994

By MYRNA OLIVER, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Esther Ralston, the beautiful blonde “American Venus” of silent films, has died at the age of 91.

Miss Ralston, who appeared in about 150 films, died last Friday in her Ventura home after a short illness, her brother, Carleton Ralston of Los Angeles, announced Wednesday.

One of Miss Ralston’s last public appearances was in September at the Silent Movie Theater in
Hollywood for a showing of “Old Ironsides,” a patriotic film set in the early 1800s that she made in 1926.

She had been designated to receive a lifetime achievement award from the Southern California
Motion Picture Council on April 8, her brother said.

A native of Bar Harbor, Me., Miss Ralston began performing at the age of 2 with
prominent billing in the family theatrical troupe, the Ralston Family
Metropolitan Entertainers With Baby Esther, America’s Youngest Juliet.

She made her screen debut in 1916 in “Phantom Fortunes” and took several
small roles until she was picked to play Mrs. Darling in the 1925
version of “Peter Pan.”

Miss Ralston soon became one of the highest-paid actresses in silent films. She was publicized as the “American Venus,” the title of a film she made in 1926. She also earned
the appellation of “Paramount Clotheshorse,” known for her extravagant
lifestyle, which included riding about in a Rolls-Royce with a
chauffeur uniformed in whatever color matched her dress.

Her credits included “Huckleberry Finn,” “Oliver Twist,” “Beggar on
Horseback,” “A Kiss for Cinderella” and “Children of Divorce.”

Miss Ralston played the Palace twice, headlining in the top vaudevillian venue as the “Golden Girl of the Silver Screen.”

Unlike many silent actresses, Miss Ralston moved easily into “talkies” and continued her film career until the early 1940s.

Later, she acted occasionally in radio soap operas. But after three failed
marriages and the loss of her film fortune, she also supported herself
working in a department store, a talent agency and an Upstate New York
utility company.

Miss Ralston married and divorced George Webb,  a publicist and agent; Will Morgan, who was with Fred Waring’s Pennsylvanians, and newspaper columnist Ted Loyd.

In addition to her brother, she is survived by three children, Mary, Judy and Ted,
five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Just a reminder on how this works: I post the mystery photo on Monday and
reveal the answer on Friday … or on Saturday if I have a hard time
picking only five pictures; sometimes it’s difficult to choose. To keep
the mystery photo from getting lost in the other entries, I move it
from Monday to Tuesday to Wednesday, etc., adding a photo every day.

I have to approve all comments, so if your guess is posted immediately,
that means you’re wrong. (And if a wrong guess has already been
submitted by someone else, there’s no point in submitting it again).

If you’re right, you will have to wait until Friday. There’s no need to
submit your guess five times. Once is enough. The only prize is
bragging rights.

The answer to last week’s mystery star: Lance Fuller!

Sept. 15, 2009, Mystery Photo

Los Angeles Times file photo

Update: Esther Ralston in “The Best People,” 1925.

Here’s another photo of our mystery guest. I have snipped out something to keep the playing field level.

Sept. 16, 2009, Mystery Photo

Los Angeles Times file photo

Update: Esther Ralston in “Mister Dynamite,” 1935.

Here’s another picture of our mystery guest. Please congratulate Eve Golden, Suzy Q and Mary Mallory for identifying her! Tilting a portrait to turn it into a one-column mug shot was standard procedure at The Times for decades.

Sept. 17, 2009, Mystery Photo

Los Angeles Times file photo

Update: Esther Ralston in an undated photo, modeling a hat she designed.

Here’s another photo of our mystery guest. Please congratulate Mike Hawks for identifying her!

Sept. 18, 2009, Mystery Photo Photograph by the Los Angeles Times

Esther Ralston in 1979.
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Coming Attractions — Marion Eisenmann

Posted on September 18, 2009 by lmharnisch
July 10, 2009, The Huntington The Huntington Gardens, Marion Eisenmann, July 10, 2009
Marion Eisenmann, who contributes artwork to the Daily Mirror, is giving classes on Plein Air watercolor painting on the next two Saturdays from 9 a.m. to noon at the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens. Further information is available at (626) 405-2128.

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Groundbreaking for Dodger Stadium

Posted on September 18, 2009 by lmharnisch
Sept. 18, 1959, Chavez Ravine
Photograph by Harry Chase / Los Angeles Times

Ground-breaking for Dodger Stadium at Chavez Ravine.

Sept. 18, 1959, Cover

President Eisenhower quietly told the world today he is just as confident of the verdict of history as Soviet Chairman Khrushchev. "He is always saying … history is going to decide between us," the president said. "I believe history, in the long run, is going to decide in favor of the free system."
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A rally protesting Khrushchev's visit is planned for the Rose Bowl. 		Sept. 18, 1959, Khrushchev
Los Angeles prepares for Khrushchev's visit.

Sept. 18, 1959, Madison Avenue

Capitalism and advertising can't exist without each other, Madison Avenue says.

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Bruce Russell on Khrushchev's visit to the Lincoln Memorial.

Sept. 18, 1959, Comics

"I'll Bet I Make a Terrific President Some Day … of the School Mothers' Club!"

Sept. 18, 1959, Metro
The Dodgers provide boxes so guests can take souvenir dirt from the groundbreaking at Chavez Ravine.

 

Sept. 18, 1959, Sports

The Dodgers beat the Reds, 4-3, making them tied for second with Milwaukee and two games behind the first-place Giants. The three teams have eight remaining games. 

 
Sept. 18, 1959, Hazing
Kappa Sigma was in difficulty in the fall of 1955 when a stripteaser complained that the "boys got out of hand" during a stag party, The Times says.

"Prohibition of hazing is a cardinal principal of our fraternity," says Kappa Sigma national President James E. Ivins. "The national officers extend heartfelt sympathy and deepest feelings of remorse to the bereaved."

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Cooking With the Junior League — Rochester, N.Y.

Posted on September 17, 2009 by lmharnisch

Applehood and Motherpie

This week in Cooking With the Junior League, Mary McCoy takes a look at recipes from Rochester, N.Y. (1981).

Mary writes: With the change in the weather, I find myself craving ginger
cookies, beef stews that simmer all afternoon, and apples.  Apple
cider, apple crisp, apples with pork chops, Macintosh, Gala, and
Northern Spy – basically apples in any form.
And so this week, I turn to the first edition of the Junior League of Rochester’s Applehood and Motherpie:  Handpicked Recipes from Upstate New York (1981).

Read more>>>

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