Tag Archives: 1957

You Have Got to Be Kidding Me

Posted on June 13, 2007 by lmharnisch

June 13, 1957  

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Traffic forecast

Posted on June 13, 2007 by lmharnisch

They said it: City Councilman Edward R. Roybal: Chavez Ravine is "the worst possible place for a major league park." Roybal said he favored Wrigley Field or a location in East L.A., predicting that putting a baseball stadium in Chavez … Continue reading →

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Visions of tomorrow

Posted on June 13, 2007 by lmharnisch

June 13, 1957Los Angeles There was a time when IBM’s standard office equipment included signs that said "THINK." Although  William B. Thompson was an economist with Prudential Insurance, rather than IBM, he was certainly thinking about the future. He couldn’t … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates–Confidential File

Posted on June 12, 2007 by lmharnisch

June 12, 1957 "Marijuana," you don’t say out loud. You whisper it. Because, in the last few years, it has become a hysterical word. And the hysteria has reached a point, today, whereby guilt can be decided by association. But … Continue reading →

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Hollywood’s peeping Toms

Posted on June 12, 2007 by lmharnisch

June 12, 1957 Los Angeles

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Frank Gehry, please note

Posted on June 12, 2007 by lmharnisch

  Downtown Los Angeles: Huge, efficient and beautiful with 52-story skyscrapers and subways, the hub of a developed area stretching from the Mexican border to Pismo Beach. Part 1 Part 2 Email me

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Sex slaying suspect

Posted on June 12, 2007 by lmharnisch

June 12, 1957 Los Angeles An illegal U-turn at Sunset Boulevard and Virgil Avenue at 1 a.m. led to the arrest of Charles Lawrence Dahlquist, a 6-foot-5, 211-pound fugitive from Chicago wanted for questioning in the sex slayings of three … Continue reading →

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1957 Chevy

Posted on June 11, 2007 by lmharnisch

In February 1957, after adding 300,000 square feet, the General Motors' Van Nuys plant (note: it's really in Panorama City) began making station wagons and convertibles.  A spokesman says the plant is producing 150 cars a day in five different … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates–Confidential File

Posted on June 11, 2007 by lmharnisch

June 11, 1957 Our national concern for the plight of soldier William Girard has, from the start, struck me as oddly misplaced. As well as I can understand it, we’re upset because the United States has failed to stand behind … Continue reading →

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Strangler attacks

Posted on June 11, 2007 by lmharnisch

  June 11, 1957 Los Angeles We’re parked outside a two-story apartment house at 3737 Los Feliz Blvd. It’s late, after 1 a.m. I’ll warn you before we go in: I hate this case. I can’t say I like any … Continue reading →

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Suicide on Crenshaw

Posted on June 10, 2007 by lmharnisch

  June 10, 1957 Los Angeles Elsa Klumbis O’Neil saw no hope. The 37-year-old woman wanted a divorce from her husband, Mark, who was due back in a few days from a voyage with the merchant marine. But since she … Continue reading →

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Suicide note

Posted on June 9, 2007 by lmharnisch

  June 9, 1957 Los Angeles James R. Shepard decided it was better to kill himself than be prosecuted for a crime so shameful that it could not be published in The Times. A few hours after  the 32-year-old insurance … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates–Confidential File

Posted on June 8, 2007 by lmharnisch

June 8, 1957 Maxwell Spencer knows more drunks, habitual and occasional, than most men know sober people. But he is a man of strong constitution. So far, he hasn’t permitted his associations to drag him down the neck of a … Continue reading →

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Barbershop bombed

Posted on June 8, 2007 by lmharnisch

  June 8, 1957 Los Angeles Someday a sociologist at USC (you know who you are) will make a study of the fad of bombing Los Angeles barbershops, which began about 1952 and ended about 1971 with the advent of … Continue reading →

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Go calypso

Posted on June 7, 2007 by lmharnisch

Calypso attire for summer

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Museum picketed

Posted on June 7, 2007 by lmharnisch

  June 7, 1957 Los Angeles Max Cossak, an abstract artist, hates the modern art on display at the Los Angeles County Museum. He hates the artworks so much that he is picketing a juried show because he believes "the … Continue reading →

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Reunited

Posted on June 6, 2007 by lmharnisch

  June 6, 1957 Los Angeles Just in time for Father’s Day, 16-year-old Barbara Davis Chilton was reunited with her dad, whom she had never seen, thanks to a Paul Coates column. Lester Eugene Davis came to the door of … Continue reading →

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Cop molests girl

Posted on June 6, 2007 by lmharnisch

  June 6, 1957 Los Angeles Former vice squad Detective Sgt. Philip Barnes was convicted of molesting a 13-year-old girl, according to The Times. Barnes, of 3811 W. Avenue 41, presented an unusual challenge to prosecutors. Because he waived his … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on June 5, 2007 by lmharnisch

June 5, 1957 Municipal collection of combustible rubbish began Monday in a vast area including Hollywood and, human nature being what it is, the results were slightly startling. Householders seized upon the opportunity to get rid of all sorts of … Continue reading →

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TV hypnotizes dog

Posted on June 5, 2007 by lmharnisch

  June 5, 1957 Beverly Hills "OK, 261 S. Maple, Beverly Hills. This is the place. "Hi, Mr. and Mrs. Bloom?" "That’s us." "We’re from The Times. You the folks with the dog that watches TV?" "Yes. Do you want … Continue reading →

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