Above, an update on the Barbara Jean Marckle kidnapping. For some reason, The Times front page didn’t get microfilmed. All we have is the runover. |
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Lew Alcindor reached into the UCLA record books to become the school’s top all-time scorer. Alcindor had been ailing with a painful left arch but scored 25 Just how dominant was Alcindor in college? Here’s a clip that –Keith Thursby |
From the California State Archives
Los Angeles, Calif.
Jan. 27, 1928
Mr. Myron Clark,
Assistant Clerk,
Reprisa, Calif.
Dear Sir,
I want to thank you for the nice letter you sent me in answer to the
letter I forwarded Mr. C.S. Neumiller in regard to my husband Walter J.
Collins (#12824).
It pleases me to know that Mr. Collins’ conduct has been so good and
that it is to his credit. You know, Mr. Clark, my husband is not a
criminal but he just made a great big mistake due to financial worries
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 The facade of Earl Carroll’s in Hollywood  A frame grab of the nightclub’s neon.
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This is the best shot I’ve seen of the signatures that used to be outside Earl Carroll’s nightclub at 6230 Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood. Listed on EBay. To the best of my recollection, these signatures were preserved after the club closed, but I can’t recall at the moment who has them. |
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"Ephraham," a 1904 song by Vincent Bryan and J.B. Mullen, with a cover illustration of George Walker, is listed on EBay with bidding starting at $19.99. Walker later teamed up with Bert Williams. |
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Here’s Jack Webb’s downbeat Christmas present to "Dragnet" viewers, and the original radio version of ".22 Rifle for Christmas." This is a wonderful example of how the writers in the early days of television treated TV like radio with pictures. Take one of "The Lone Ranger" episodes and just listen to the audio. It’s really a radio show. |
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What can only be described as a massive archive of opera broadcasts has turned up on EBay. The reel-to-reel recordings are mostly Met performances, with a few from Bayreuth, Salzburg and Spoleto. This collection has all the familiar names of the past: Leontyne Price, Leonard Warren, Mario Del Monaco, Richard Tucker, Birgit Nilsson, Jussi Bjorling, Jerome Hines and Anna Moffo. Listed under Buy It Now for $2,500.
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 Los Angeles Times file photo Our mystery guest has more than 40 credits on imdb. Update: This is Barbara Laage in a photo announcing that Gene Kelly had cast her in "The Happy Road." |
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Kirk Douglas and Barbara Laage in "Act of Love." |
 My heart skipped a beat when I pulled up this page. Of course, this is the beginning of the Geronimo Pratt case. Note the Ted Thackery Jr. byline. — lrh |
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The potential coach was George Allen of the Rams. According to The There was plenty of first-rate speculation in Oates’ story. One Then there was the matter of where Simpson would end up. The Bills But the Bills in Seattle? O.J. in San Diego? How either might have changed the NFL. As for Allen, one other interesting item from Oates’ story: Rams Was $25,000 enough to keep everyone happy? Stay tuned. –Keith Thursby |
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Reese was one of the veteran Dodgers who came with the team to Los Angeles in 1958. He clearly was not the same player who was a perennial all-star during his tenure as the Boys of Summer’s shortstop. Reese played only 59 games for the Dodgers in 1958, hitting .224. The retirement story led the sports section, but it just didn’t seem like enough of a send-off. Even the headline, "Reese Finally Retires," missed the marked. Finally? "He could have remained on the active roster of another big league club but the Dodgers, in rebuilding, must make room for another youngster," general manager Buzzie Bavasi told The Times. "That’s baseball." Reese stayed with the Dodgers as a coach, a logical step for a player long praised for his leadership skills.
"He was the heart and soul of the Boys of Summer," Vin Scully was quoted as saying in Reese’s 1999 Times obituary. "He was the rare man who had the voice of authority and was still loved by his teammates." Reese played a key role in helping Jackie Robinson when he joined the Dodgers in 1947. Tot Holmes, a baseball historian, recounted an incident in Cincinnati when the Dodgers were on the field and Robinson was being verbally abused. "Reese had enough of the abuse, called time and walked over to Robinson and simply put his hand on his shoulder," Holmes said in Reese’s obituary. "Eyewitnesses said the crowd quieted as if a lightning bolt had struck." Reese, whose full name was Harold Henry, was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1984. –Keith Thursby |
 The Times’ obituary on Dolores Moran, Feb. 8, 1982. |
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The Daily Mirror is the journey of my discoveries in history and I hope they interest everyone else as much they interest me. Here’s something fun I stumbled across recently: The Vintage Fashion Guild.
The organization’s website says: The Vintage Fashion Guild’s mission is to become the international voice of the vintage fashion industry and its leading authority. The guild’s website features a directory of vintage labels to help date clothing. Check out the labels for Bullock’s Wilshire. >>> (At left, labels from previous Daily Mirror posts). And for questions, there’s "Ask Ms. Vintage." |
 U.S. Secretary of Defense Clark Clifford tells the North and South Vietnamese to stop squabbling over seating arrangements at the Paris peace talks.
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A team that finished 10-3-1 and second in its division would be "We played well enough to win but we made too many mistakes," Coach George Allen told The Times’ Mal Florence. Rams’ kicker Bruce Gossett had a tough day. He had two field goal –Keith Thursby
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The Christine Collins letters
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Los Angeles, Calif.
Sept. 13, 1925  Mr. Gannon,No. 1 Sansome St. San Francisco, Calif. Dear Sir, I am writing you in regard to my husband Walter J. Collins imprisoned at Represa, Calif. Mr. Gannon will you please see what can be done to gain my husband’s freedom? He I have done all I could to Which is worse. Mr. Mr. Gannon, will you please do what you can for me and speak a good word for Mr. Colins in order to gain a parole for him? Please help us. Hoping you will grant me this one great favor, I remain, Very respectfully,
Mrs. W.J. Collins, |
 Photograph by Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times Bullock’s Wilshire, at Wilshire and Westmoreland, opened in 1929 and closed in 1993. It is now the library of Southwestern University School of Law. |
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Above, an autographed program from Rachmaninoff’s 1933 concert at the Philharmonic Auditorium on EBay. It’s listed as Buy It Now for $671.40. According to The Times review, Rachmaninoff played six encores, including works by Tchaikovsky and Rimsky-Korsakov as well as one of his own compositions. |
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