Tag Archives: 1958

Paul Coates

Posted on March 14, 2008 by lmharnisch

March 14, 1958 There are days when it doesn’t pay to be a peaceful, sleepy, slightly overgrown little community. And one of those days came this week. It came at the weekly session of the elected county Board of Supervisors. … Continue reading →

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Missing woman

Posted on March 14, 2008 by lmharnisch

March 13-16, 1958Los Angeles She was 24, lived with her mother out in Sun Valley and had two children from a marriage that ended in divorce three years earlier. Her name was Shirley. According to her mother, Alice Jolliffe, she … Continue reading →

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March 13, 1958

Posted on March 13, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, what has to be the quote of the day: "Two things are at stake for America in the Middle East … Arab oil and Arab friendship. Both depend upon understanding. You can afford to lose the oil. You cannot … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on March 12, 2008 by lmharnisch

March 12, 1958 More people than usual are collecting their unemployment insurance and inevitably new pressures are added to a transaction that is always difficult–handing out public money. And so complaints are reverberating. A woman who worked steadily for four … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates

Posted on March 12, 2008 by lmharnisch

March 12, 1958 The fact that I detest the tactics of some car repossession outfits has nothing to do with why this story appeals to me. It’s just that I’ve always been a pushover for a tale which blends a … Continue reading →

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Body dumped

Posted on March 12, 2008 by lmharnisch

March 4-May 7, 1958 Riverside A couple of Pinal County deputies found the new Fiat, wrecked and abandoned in Florence, Ariz., with a bloodstain in the backseat and a charge slip dated the previous day from a gas station in … Continue reading →

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March 12, 1958

Posted on March 12, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, a cook goes on a bloody rampage–and no, we didn’t follow up on this story. According to California death records, mad cook Andrew Rewal lived to the age of 79, presumably without access to sharp objects  … Below, the … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on March 11, 2008 by lmharnisch

March 11, 1958 Committees have been formed, speeches are being made and posters and slogans are everywhere to discourage that abomination of society, the litterbug. It is clear that in the scale of villainy he is barely one notch below … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates

Posted on March 11, 2008 by lmharnisch

March 11, 1958 He sat across the desk from me, and while he didn’t admit it outright, I got the feeling that he knew–by standards of our society–he was the lowest form of human being. Because in our kind of … Continue reading →

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Dirty pix

Posted on March 11, 2008 by lmharnisch

March 11, 1958 Los Angeles As rackets go, it was a pretty good one. There was a lot of quick, easy money to be made from suckers. And because the victims were breaking the law, they couldn’t complain that they … Continue reading →

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Mystery photo

Posted on March 11, 2008 by lmharnisch

Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection in the the Regional History Collection of USC Libraries OK, who are they? Jerry Geisler and Lana Turner? (Chris Morales and Mike Mynahan). Yep, they were easy. Now for the fun part: Who are the … Continue reading →

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March 11, 1958

Posted on March 11, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, an early column by Jack Smith. Click on the thumbnail for the entire story … Below, meat prices are going up by 3 cents to 21 cents a pound (22 cents to $1.53 USD 2007) … The U.S. will … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on March 10, 2008 by lmharnisch

March 10, 1958 In the dark days of the Depression of the 1930s, Police Chief James E. Davis deployed 40 L.A. policemen to the Arizona state line to turn back the stream of jobless people heading for California. The rumor … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates

Posted on March 10, 2008 by lmharnisch

March 10, 1958 He’s a character actor. In movie circles his name is well known, and if I told it to you you’d probably say it sounded familiar. But he’d prefer that I didn’t use it. He’s suffered enough embarrassment … Continue reading →

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Videotape

Posted on March 10, 2008 by lmharnisch

April 28, 1958Los Angeles As The Times noted in November 1957, NBC planned to introduce videotaped programs with the switch to daylight saving time. Although the time switch didn’t occur until April 27 in 1958, we have already rolled the … Continue reading →

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March 10, 1958

Posted on March 10, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, yes, it’s William Peter Blatty, author of "The Exorcist," writing about the Middle East. In fact, he was in the U.S. Foreign Service and stationed in Beirut … Below, attempts to control air pollution in California … Mamie Eisenhower … Continue reading →

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March 9, 1958

Posted on March 9, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, a literary time capsule: Thomas B. Costain … James Jones … James Gould Cozzens … and Vance Packard. Below, Republican President Dwight Eisenhower calls for a huge spending program to end the U.S. recession. Eisenhower advocates civil works programs … Continue reading →

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Mystery photo

Posted on March 8, 2008 by lmharnisch

Photograph by Frank Q. Brown / Los Angeles Times OK, this photo is from the funeral of Columbia executive Harry Cohn, which was held on a massive sound stage that had been turned into a chapel. Who are these pallbearers, … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates

Posted on March 8, 2008 by lmharnisch

March 8, 1958 A high school official who nearly died from stab wounds inflicted by a sheriff’s vice officer said today that he intends to take legal action against the deputy. William R. Barringer, 43, dean of boys and vice … Continue reading →

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March 8, 1958

Posted on March 8, 2008 by lmharnisch

Transportation in Los Angeles as it was 50 years ago. A motorist is stranded on the median of the Harbor Freeway. Significant point: At this time in Los Angeles history, the freeways were patrolled by the LAPD, not the CHP … Continue reading →

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