Tag Archives: 1958

Matt Weinstock

Posted on March 4, 2008 by lmharnisch

March 4, 1958 A midtown resident was awakened at 2 a.m. recently by a woman screaming outside his apartment. He rushed to the phone and called police. Before he could fully give the circumstances he was asked his name and … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates

Posted on March 4, 2008 by lmharnisch

March 4, 1958 Oct. 3, 1957–A former Santa Monica councilman was announced as winner of the $140,000 capital prize in the Irish Sweepstakes today. Jack Guercio, 49, had a ticket on Stephanotis, which brought home his $140,000 by winning the … Continue reading →

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Ewing Scott

Posted on March 4, 2008 by lmharnisch

March 4, 1958 Los Angeles Late one night in his cell at the County Jail, in fitful sleep, convicted killer L. Ewing Scott had a dream: An arm … his missing wife’s arm … bloody … wrapped in newspapers … … Continue reading →

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March 4, 1958

Posted on March 4, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, a Jack Smith piece on religious figure Daddy Grace. Click at the bottom of the post to read the entire column. Below, a very dull news day in The Times. So dull, in fact, that I’m adding the Mirror … Continue reading →

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March 3, 1958

Posted on March 3, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, this is hard to believe, isn’t it? Below, things get nasty in the DUI case of Marjorie Durant Waller, wife of  Rams star Ron Waller, who accuses two LAPD officers of making "improper advances" after a traffic stop … … Continue reading →

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March 2, 1958

Posted on March 2, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, "Fort Dobbs," with Clint Walker, Virginia Mayo and Brian Keith. Below, our own Chuck Hillinger and photographer Bruce Cox try to go rafting in the L.A. River after the Army Corps of Engineers finished its project to cover the … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates

Posted on March 1, 2008 by lmharnisch

March 1, 1958 Paul, I had a fight with my wife in the restaurant below the hotel tonite. She ran out on me. I slammed the resterant door so hard it almost fell off the hinges. Now I’m having a … Continue reading →

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March 1, 1958

Posted on March 1, 2008 by lmharnisch

Granted, President Eisenhower’s health was an important issue by 1958, but it’s hard to picture anyone pitching a story about his dental work for Page 1 … An atomic-powered rocket to the moon … And a major setback for Caryl … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on February 28, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 28, 1958 There’s a widespread belief among cynics that civilization hangs by a gossamer thread and if it ever falls it will be because of a trivial miscue somewhere, not, as others think, from a covey of guided missiles. … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates

Posted on February 28, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 28, 1958 The following is not to be construed as against womanhood. Because, in all sincerity, I think women are necessary. They serve a purpose. Just like trees and oceans and poison ivy, they’re part of the scheme of … Continue reading →

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Feb. 28, 1958

Posted on February 28, 2008 by lmharnisch

Studio executive Harry Cohn dies … On the jump, the rest of the Cohn obituary … A man commits suicide by jumping from the Subway Terminal Building … Pilot whale Bubbles "celebrates" a year in captivity … The Fire Department … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates

Posted on February 27, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 27, 1958 This is a story that never ends. It started two years ago when a man in his early 20s came into my office. He had a problem: Heroin. He’d had it for three or four years. He … Continue reading →

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Feb. 27, 1958

Posted on February 27, 2008 by lmharnisch

A wayward blimp … A "short, swarthy man" and his partner menace a Pasadena matron (and no, The Times never followed up on this story) … Nixon knows what to do if something happens to Ike … Email me

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on February 26, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 26, 1958 After a hard day at the office, two fellows named Bob and Mike like to drop into a Hill Street dive for a cooling draught, to brood, to contemplate the infinite or merely to read THE evening … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates

Posted on February 26, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 26, 1958 The ghouls never die. Not in L.A., they don’t. They fade away, lay low, sometimes. But always they come back–with new schemes as fantastic as they are sadistic. They dedicate their lives to devising profitable little plots … Continue reading →

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An urge to kill

Posted on February 26, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 26, 1958Stanford Thomas was handsome, clean-cut, 19-year-old sophomore on the tennis team at Stanford, where his father had gone to college and was a prominent alumnus. He lived at 248 Edlee Ave., across the street from Mr. and Mrs. … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on February 25, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 25, 1958 Everyone, it seems, is trying to write television scripts, but Al Blake hadn’t given it a thought until a friend called him one day and said, "Al, I’m in an awful fix. I’ve got a job as … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates

Posted on February 25, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 25, 1958 The biggest hero is often the last heralded. He acts with such quiet, automatic efficiency that he destroys the drama of his own actions. He remains anonymous, unknown and unthanked for his service. Today I have a … Continue reading →

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Voices, Frank Heller

Posted on February 25, 2008 by lmharnisch

Photograph by the Los Angeles Times Frank Heller and Linda Mintz in a photograph published Nov. 11, 1958, in The Times. Frank Heller was a defense attorney for Linda Mintz, the housekeeper charged with beating her employer Thelma Macomber to … Continue reading →

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Feb. 25, 1958

Posted on February 25, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, a profile of William Alland, who played the reporter tracking down the life of "Citizen Kane" and in his final years worked for the Los Angeles Times poll. Below, A race car plows into a crowd of spectators at … Continue reading →

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