Tag Archives: 1958

Feb. 24, 1958

Posted on February 24, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, a souvenir of the ETAOIN SHRDLU era. Below, what may be the last time Gisele Mackenzie got an eight-column, Page 1 headline … President Eisenhower goes golfing …  The abduction and shooting of Gerald De La O and George … Continue reading →

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Feb. 23, 1958

Posted on February 23, 2008 by lmharnisch

A couple of new drinking buddies decide to go joyriding in an airplane–and run out of gas … Former President Truman blames Republicans for the weak economy … President Eisenhower’s vacation plans draw questions–and controversy … Turmoil in the Mideast … Continue reading →

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Feb. 23, 1958

Posted on February 23, 2008 by lmharnisch
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Matt Weinstock

Posted on February 22, 2008 by lmharnisch

        Feb. 22, 1958 There has been quite a literary lament lately to the effect that youngsters today don’t have as much fun as kids used to. Of course, the lament comes from those who have reached … Continue reading →

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Feb. 22, 1958

Posted on February 22, 2008 by lmharnisch

One of the footnotes to the L. Ewing Scott case: An attempt to obtain body parts that would be passed off as the remains of Evelyn Scott. Email me

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on February 21, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 21, 1958 In addition to their other credentials, newspaper photographers must now carry letters signed by Police Chief William H. Parker authorizing them to listen to police radio calls. With the understanding, that is, that they will use these … Continue reading →

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Feb. 21, 1958

Posted on February 21, 2008 by lmharnisch

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Mystery photo

Posted on February 20, 2008 by lmharnisch

OK, who’s the young man with the guitar? Phil Spector? (Kris Gray, Fred Ahlert). Absolutely…. This is a photo taken Nov. 10, 1958, and published in the Los Angeles Examiner. It was sent to me by William Dotson of the … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on February 20, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 20, 1958 The case of Tom Garrett, 21, who was denied his $40 weekly unemployment compensation because he was detained for 24 hours at gunpoint by two criminals and therefore was not "available for work," rang a bell for … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates

Posted on February 20, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 20, 1958 I may not be much of a bear around the house, but as a journalist, I’m fearless. I give you All the News That’s Fit to Print. I am an Independent Newspaperman For All the People, the … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on February 19, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 19, 1958 Popular music can be a fragile commodity. good tunes die at birth if they don’t have popular appeal, whatever that is. Bad ones make the top 80 without a hitch if the right guy with a guitar … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates

Posted on February 19, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 19, 1958 May 14, 1954–Three workers were critically burned in a foundry explosion at 1651 S. Compton Ave., Compton, late today. The men, whose bodies were turned into flaming torches when a pot of molten magnesium exploded, were rushed … Continue reading →

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Mass transit

Posted on February 19, 2008 by lmharnisch

Photograph by Bruce H. Cox / Los Angeles Times I went down into the archives last night and pulled the original photo of Ralph P. Merritt, head of the Metropolitan Transit Authority, and our 1958 rapid transit plan. The map … Continue reading →

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Feb. 19, 1958

Posted on February 19, 2008 by lmharnisch

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Feb. 18, 1958

Posted on February 18, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, I’m a sucker for any story that has "love slave" in the headline. This was buried in the back pages of The Times for some reason … The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announces the nominations for … Continue reading →

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Mass transit

Posted on February 17, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 17, 1958Los Angeles Here’s Part 2 of Ray Hebert’s look at the consolidation of Los Angeles’ mass-transportation system under the MTA. Note the photograph of the streetcar, No. 312, heading from 6th and Main to Bellflower.  As far as … Continue reading →

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Mass transit

Posted on February 16, 2008 by lmharnisch

Hey look, it’s the Gold Line pulling into Union Station! Oops, I’m about 50 years ahead of myself. Does this elevated train look familiar? Or maybe you remember this artist’s conception of an elevated train, below, from January 1907.   … Continue reading →

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Dream home

Posted on February 16, 2008 by lmharnisch

Honestly, if you’ve seen one 1950s suburban tract home you have seen them all–Everything shiny, new and safely banal with no more soul than an empty shoe box! Of course now they have mature landscaping and burglar bars. I wasted … Continue reading →

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Feb. 16, 1958

Posted on February 16, 2008 by lmharnisch

 

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Black comix

Posted on February 16, 2008 by lmharnisch

Here’s 50 years of "progress" in the portrayal of African Americans in newspapers’ Sunday comic strips. The top panel is from Windsor McCay’s "Little Nemo in Slumberland," as published in The Times on Feb. 9, 1908. To be fair, McCay … Continue reading →

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