Tag Archives: 1957

Dec. 3, 1957

Posted on December 3, 2007 by lmharnisch

 

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Deadly triangle

Posted on December 2, 2007 by lmharnisch

  Dec. 1, 1957 Los Angeles George and Bill had known each other for five years and were best friends. They worked together in an East Los Angeles metal shop and lived next to one another in Rosemead. Bill, 30, … Continue reading →

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Should women work?

Posted on December 2, 2007 by lmharnisch

Dec. 2, 1957 Los Angeles I am always perplexed when I come across one of these 1957 stories in The Times in which a working woman preaches against the evils of working women. It is almost beyond belief that nobody … Continue reading →

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Dec. 2, 1957

Posted on December 2, 2007 by lmharnisch

   

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Gas prices

Posted on December 1, 2007 by lmharnisch

Nov. 22, 1957Los Angeles The statements in this ad may all sound remarkably familiar. In case you young people are wondering what’s going on in this picture: Once upon a time there were service station attendants who pumped the gas … Continue reading →

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Woman kills robber

Posted on December 1, 2007 by lmharnisch

  Nov. 28, 1957 Los Angeles Sometimes you have to wonder where newspapers get their facts–at least I do. Here’s another take on the story of Zenobia Maddox. A few things haven’t changed. James Bedford Burton is just as dead … Continue reading →

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Korngold dies

Posted on December 1, 2007 by lmharnisch

Erich Wolfgang Korngold, 1897-1957 The suite from "Robin Hood" is playing at the Daily Mirror HQ as I post The Times obituary on Korngold, one of the great film composers of his generation. And he lived in the Valley!   … Continue reading →

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Dec. 1, 1957

Posted on November 30, 2007 by lmharnisch

     

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Nov. 30, 1957

Posted on November 29, 2007 by lmharnisch

 

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Nov. 29, 1957

Posted on November 28, 2007 by lmharnisch
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Aaron baseball sold

Posted on November 28, 2007 by lmharnisch

Nov. 29, 1957 Adjusted for inflation, this baseball went for $7,165.28 in 2006 dollars.   I can hear every memorabilia collector in America screaming.

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Woman kills robber

Posted on November 28, 2007 by lmharnisch

  Nov. 28, 1957 Los Angeles The last bad decision in James B. Burton’s 42 years of bad decisions was to light a cigarette. Because to light the cigarette, he had to put down his gun.  Of course he had … Continue reading →

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Nov. 28, 1957

Posted on November 27, 2007 by lmharnisch

     

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In memoriam

Posted on November 27, 2007 by lmharnisch

Nov. 25, 1957Los Angeles The Daily Mirror is in mourning.     Email me

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Kennedys have girl

Posted on November 27, 2007 by lmharnisch

Nov. 27, 1957

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Rampages revisited

Posted on November 27, 2007 by lmharnisch

  Photograph by Larry Harnisch / Los Angeles TimesHere’s 307 Tamarac Drive, where Harvey F. Rawlings killed his family and committed suicide.   And this is 555 Avenue 64, where Harold Oilar killed his family in 1954.   And here’s … Continue reading →

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Nov. 27, 1957

Posted on November 26, 2007 by lmharnisch

 

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Caryl Chessman

Posted on November 26, 2007 by lmharnisch

Nov. 26, 1957Los Angeles Here’s an update on two stories we have been following…. After 98 witnesses and eight weeks of testimony, the prosecution is about to rest in the murder trial of L. Ewing Scott. Throughout the trial, the … Continue reading →

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Nov. 26, 1957

Posted on November 26, 2007 by lmharnisch

 

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Things to come

Posted on November 25, 2007 by lmharnisch

Nov. 25, 1957Los Angeles The designers display a painting of the proposed Theme Building at LAX:  

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